Protesters from the environmental campaign group Animal Rebellion have scaled the outside of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs building in Westminster.
The protesters posted a photo on social media on Tuesday morning of at least four people in hard hats and high-viz, seemingly half way up the Defra building on Marsham Street, London.
A spokesperson for the Metropolitan Police said: “Shortly after 6am we were alerted to a small group of protestors climbing the outside of a government building in Marsham Street to access the roof.
“Officers are on the scene with the London Fire Brigade and are engaging with the protestors. As yet, there have been no arrests.”
The protesters said they were scaling the building to demand “government support for a plant-based food system at Cop26”. They added: “The protestors have said that they will take action until the government defunds meat and subsidises a plant-based transition.”
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