The Metropolitan Police also confirmed a man had been arrested on suspicion of causing criminal damage to the statue of Winston Churchill in Parliament Square on Thursday evening.
Pictures shared on social media appeared to show graffiti had been sprayed on the statue branding the former prime minister a "racist".

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