Day of Rage protests - live updates: Hundreds march on Downing Street demanding Theresa May quits
Follows slimmed-down Queen's Speech as Tories struggle to secure majority needed to pass legislation
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Your support makes all the difference.Hundreds of protesters are marching from west London to Parliament calling for Theresa May to resign over her handling of the Grenfell Tower tragedy.
The demonstration comes as the Queen delivered the 2017 Queen's Speech, which Conservative sources have told The Independent could be Theresa May's first and last as Prime Minister.
As the Prime Minister struggles to cobble together a parliamentary majority, there was no mention of many of the Tories’ key manifesto pledges.
Plans to axe universal free school meals, scrap the triple lock on pensions and lift the ban on new grammar schools now all seem likely to be ditched.
Instead, the speech focused on Brexit, with the Prime Minister under mounting pressure to abandon her plans for a hard Brexit that could result in Britain leaving the EU without a trade deal.
Other measures include new laws to improve protections of domestic violence, protect private renters from irresponsible landlords, tackle extremist ideologies, and protect people's online data.
The Government will also act to reduce motor insurance premiums and lower energy prices. The National Living Wage will be raised.
The speech included no mention of Donald Trump's scheduled state visit, fuelling reports that it may not happen. The US President is reported to be concerned about public protests in the UK should he visit.
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Our reporter Maya Oppenheim says scuffles have broken out as the Day of Rage march reaches Downing Street.
There are smoke bombs and lots of police. Half of the marchers are walking towards Parliament, the rest have stopped outside Downing Street. A scuffle broke out involving around ten people. Dozens and dozens more police have just arrived.
Marchers on the Day of Rage demonstration "remain defiant, with their chants only getting louder. The atmosphere remains one of outrage", says our reporter. They are out on what is reported to be the hottest June day in 176 years.
Demonstrators are shouting "Theresa May has got to go", followed by Jeremy Corbyn's name.
As protesters take up positions outside Downing Street, Theresa May is speaking in the House of Commons. She apologises for a "failure of the state" on both a local and a national level in the hours immediately after the Grenfell Tower fire.
"Let me be absolutely clear: the support for the families on the ground in the initial hours was not good enough. People were left without belongings, without roofs over their heads, without even basic information about what had happened, what they should do and where they should go to seek help. That was a failure of the state, local and national, to help people when they needed it most. As Prime Minister, I apologise for that failure."
Labour MP Wes Streeting says Theresa May "sought a very personal mandate and didn't get it" and asks "why is she still here?"
The Prime Minister says her party got the most votes and most seats.
The situation has calmed slightly at the Day of Rage demonstration after earlier scuffles. Maya Oppenheim reports: "People are now gathered outside Parliament in the road and the mood is calm in some areas but angrier in others. There is a line of police standing face-to-face with protesters. Police are desperately trying to move people out of the road but they are refusing to move. In fact there is a protester with a megaphone trying to cajole people out of the road."
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