Tens of thousands march through London for far-right and pro-Palestine protests – as it happened

• Organisers of the pro-Palestine Nakba Day rally estimated at least a quarter of a million people have attended, making it “10 times bigger” than the Unite the Kingdom demonstration, they said.

• Numbers for the Tommy Robinson march appear to be significantly down on his last show of strength in September, according to early police estimates. The Metropolitan police believe that 60,000 attended the far right Unite the Kingdom march. It is markedly down on the 150,000 the Met estimated at the same protest in September.

• A total of 31 arrests have been made at the Unite the Kingdom and Nakba Day protests in London as of about 4.30pm on Saturday, police said.

• Nick Tenconi, the head of Nigel Farage’s former party Ukip, was spotted at the far-right march. Tenconi has said he wants to use the military to “round up and deport the Islamists, illegals and the communists”.

• A man has been arrested in London after an incident in Birmingham in which a man was run over by a van after flags were removed from lamp-posts. Officers arrested the suspect at Euston station near the meeting point of the “unite the kingdom” march. Another man was arrested on suspicion of encouraging people to attack a police officer. West Midlands police confirmed on Friday they were investigating an incident where a man was run over by a van on Thursday evening in the Birmingham suburb of Stirchley.

The Nakba protest has concluded and all participants have left the area, the Metropolitan Police said.

The force added Parliament Square and Whitehall are now largely clear of protesters, but the road will remain at least partially closed while the infrastructure is removed.

Numbers for the Tommy Robinson march appear to be significantly down on his last show of strength in September, according to early police estimates.

The Metropolitan police believe that 60,000 attended the far right Unite the Kingdom march.

While still a sizeable number for a protest, it is markedly down on the 150,000 the Met estimated at the same protest in September.

Those who view Robinson as a danger will take some comfort that the momentum for his movement as shown by those prepared to march for it, has not grown.

Organisers were hoping for a million or more.

Police estimate up to 20,000 took part in today’s pro-Palestinian march.

Weyman Bennett, co-convenor of Stand Up To Racism, said: “Tommy Robinson tried to use his protest to silence solidarity with Palestine and divide communities through racism and Islamophobia. He failed. Today, thousands of people stood together to defend the right to protest and to say clearly that the far right do not speak for the majority.”

The Unite the Kingdom rally has now ended.

The campaign group Led By Donkeys said they put up a giant screen at the rally that played a video with the slogan “Immigration makes Britain brilliant”.

David Lammy, the deputy PM, said earlier The Unite the Kingdom march organisers were “spreading hatred and division. They do not reflect the Britain I’m proud of.”

Polish politician Dominik Tarczynski, who claimed to have been banned by Keir Starmer from entering the UK ahead of the Unite the Kingdom rally, has appeared on stage via video link.

He said: “He could ban me. He will not cancel you. And believe me, there will be a day I will be back.”

A man has been arrested in London after an incident in Birmingham in which a man was run over by a van after flags were removed from lamp-posts.

Officers arrested the suspect at Euston station near the meeting point of the “Unite the Kingdom” march. Another man was arrested on suspicion of encouraging people to attack a police officer.

West Midlands police confirmed on Friday it was investigating an incident where a man was run over by a van on Thursday evening in the Birmingham suburb of Stirchley.

A man in his 30s suffered a broken leg that required surgery. He remained in hospital after the incident on Thursday evening, police said.

A total of 31 arrests have been made at the Unite the Kingdom and Nakba Day protests in London as of about 4.30pm on Saturday, police said.

The Metropolitan police posted on X: “The rallies for both protests are ongoing.

“There have so far been 31 arrests across the whole operation.

“We will provide a more detailed breakdown at the conclusion.

“While this may seem high, to this point both protests have proceeded largely without significant incident.”

Organisers of the pro-Palestine Nakba Day rally have estimated at least a quarter of a million people have attended, making it “10 times bigger” than the Unite the Kingdom demonstration, they said.

Former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn told supporters at the rally in Pall Mall that Westminster needs a change in “policy” not “personalities”.

The Your Party co-founder said: “Whatever happens to Keir Starmer, I don’t know if he’s going to survive the coup, he should know about coups. I know about coups. I know what goes on.

“But I would say that if there’s to be a change, it’s got to be a change of policy, not the personalities.”

He added: “To those in Reform and the far right that do so much to attack us all and attack our communities, your hatred can succeed in dividing people, but your hatred will not build one council house, will not improve one hospital, will not teach one child, will not end somebody’s homeless life on the streets of London.

“The only thing that can change that is a change of economic, social, and international policy – that’s what brings us together.”

There are flyers lying on the road where people are marching for the Unite the Kingdom rally that say they want to secure “a future for white people”.

The flyer says: “In a country saturated with degenerates, grifters and imported political enemies … We are a brotherhood of White Europeans who share the same values.”

The text says anyone can join their “vanguard” and they can remain anonymous.

Here are some of the latest images from the pro-Palestine march:

The Unite the Kingdom march appears to be majority male and white, but there are a few families here and, very rarely, a person of colour.

Many people are holding crosses and signs related to Christianity. Some people are dressed as crusader-style knights, and one man held a mock medieval shield with a cross on it.

One flyer I’ve picked up says there is a “battle for Britain”, a country it describes as a “beacon of light in a dark world – a Christian nation built on truth, honour, and freedom”.

But there are also contingents of British-Iranian protesters who are waving the old Iranian flag. They are calling for the overthrow of the Iranian government and the reinstatement of the secular monarchy. This movement has found some common ground with sections (but not all) of the UK far-right, particularly anti-Islamism and support for the US and Israeli war on Iran.

Zarah Sultana, co-founder of Your Party, has told pro-Palestine protesters in Pall Mall that Andy Burnham is “not an alternative” to Keir Starmer.

“The establishment wants us to believe that change will come from swapping one Labour leader for another,” she said, according to PA.

“Perhaps Keir Starmer will be replaced by Andy Burnham, but let’s be honest, this is Andy Burnham, who voted for the Iraq war, an illegal war that killed millions of people.”

Burnham has been given the go-ahead to stand in the candidate selection process for the upcoming Makerfield byelection. He is widely considered one of the frontrunners to topple prime minister Keir Starmer.