Rishi Sunak has warned pro-Palestine protesters against demonstrating on Armistice Day as thousands of activists prepare to descend on the capital.

The Prime Minister, who will lay a wreath at the Cenotaph on Remembrance Sunday next weekend, labelled the potential protest as both "provocative" and "disrespectful".

He said: "There is a clear and present risk that the Cenotaph and other war memorials could be desecrated, something that would be an affront to the British public and the values we stand for."

Sunak added: "The right to remember, in peace and dignity, those who have paid the ultimate sacrifice for those freedoms must be protected."

The Prime Minister also confirmed that Home Secretary Suella Braverman will support efforts by the Metropolitan Police to "protect the sanctity" of Armistice Day and Remembrance Sunday.

Sunak's statement comes after Security Minister Tom Tugendhat wrote to Scotland Yard and Sadiq Khan to ask them to stop the protests planned for next weekend.

It has been suggested Braverman is the only figure with the powers to prevent the demonstration under the Public Order Act.