LONDON - some of the most violent protests here in years, including an attack on Prince Charles's car, testing the British police as UK an era of budget cuts expected enters to bring further unrest.
Friday confronted a day after a cap on tuition fees increase violent, turned student demonstrations against the Government of police public criticism what said protesters during a heavy-handed response was also having to answer questions about why the Prince was better protected not.
PA photos/Landov A worker blasts away graffiti links from demonstrators nearby the UK Treasury in protests Thursday. Police expect more to come social unrest.Demonstrators, some sing "off with their heads!," a window smashed and splashed on Prince Charles Rolls Royce color as it drove Thursday night by London's West end. Neither Prince nor his wife, the Duchess of Cornwall, who was with him was injured. But the incident led to questions for security services before the Prince William's planned wedding in April.
Earlier Court threw tens of thousands of students, objects on the police lines and smashed window of the Ministry of finance and the Supreme demonstrators amid demonstrations of what organizers were said.
Britain's most senior police officer, Sir Paul Stephenson, on Friday sentenced the action "Paddle" said, were behind the violence, praised police and said it would be an investigation into the attack on the Royals car.
United Kingdom is just start to see the fallout of the country to the most sweeping budget cuts in decades. London commuters have struggled with repeated strikes by public transport workers. Consecutive weeks big protests by students expressed violent episodes, criminal damage and hundreds of arrests.
Police are planned with several events for other errors, next week cuts of welfare and housing protest uptight.
The police changed its strategy in dealing with civil unrest, Sir Paul said last month, after which he November described as errors during the first round of recent student protests in early. These demonstrations led to a riot at the conservative party headquarters in Central London.
Adjustments, Sir Paul said last month, belong to handle sharply increasing and the number of officers to such events as well as a closer attention to social networking sites, which discusses plans for protests.
"The game has changed," he said in November at a public meeting of the independent body that monitors the police.
TV footage from Thursday demonstrations showed police officers in riot gear striking demonstrators and on horseback surrounded. The protests led to at least 34 arrests and 12 officers and 43 protesters injured.
A 20-year-old man was hospitalized with severe head injuries in the hospital said his mother were caused by the police. The independent Police Complaints Commission said it is "The nature of police contact, which was held" investigate the incident.
UK police on Friday directly to answer questions, whether your response was appropriate, instead refer to Sir Paul's-instructions to praise the police.
Provided a controversial tactic known limit the police as "Police boilers," by which contain a large crowd officers or block exit routes. The strategy which call "Containment" police, came under control in the Group of 20 Summit protests here last year, where a member of the public died.
Critics say the practice non-violent protesters and trouble makers, among others punished.
Sir Paul has said in the past that containment for student protests is suitable. Minister in the Government sentenced Monday's violence of protesters. "The police have a lot of hard work today in extremely difficult circumstances had." You are safe have put on the line to keep London streets and of the citizen, "Home Secretary Theresa May, in a statement said late Thursday."
The pressure on the police performance comes when the Government cuts plans to State funding for the country's police. In October, the Government said it would reduce its contribution to the police budget 20% from 2011 to 2015 according to the HMIC, police controls for England and Wales. Two-thirds are these cuts to come in the first two years.
Planned cuts to housing and social services, some of which planned to come out next year to start the British public could poisons. The British Government announced £ 18 billion ($ 28.38 billion) cut per year for expenditure on social benefits such as social housing and disability by 2015. More than half of the LibDems agreed legislation in Parliament against the invoice or the voice included. "It is clear to promote further protests," said Mr. Hawkins.
The coalition Government won almost a vote on the deficit cutting Bill Thursday. Andrew Hawkins, Chairman of the political research advice ComRes, the large number of LibDems, says with the Coalition broke to vote a message to protestors against the invoice or the voice part, sent, working their actions.
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