The Metropolitan Police Federation has said it is shocked by the results of its survey, which suggests the majority of officers feel unsafe working at the Notting Hill Carnival. In a survey of 486 officers, 89% said they did not feel safe and 29% said they been assaulted while policing the event.

Notting Hill Carnival organisers respond by calling the Metropolitant Police Federation survey an “anti-carnival agenda”

A police survey that described Notting Hill Carnival as “hell” and a “war zone” is part of an “anti-carnival agenda”, the event’s organisers have said.Almost 90% of officers who responded to the survey said they have felt unsafe while working there,