Hundreds of protesters have marched in London to demonstrate against the government.

The Day of Rage protest, which hoped to "shut down London" on the day of the Queen's Speech, attracted a much smaller turnout than projected.

There were calls before the demonstration for a million of protesters to take to the streets, but ITV News Correspondent Dan Rivers estimated about 300 turned out.

Some activists scuffled with police and arguments broke out as protesters - angry over the Grenfell Tower disaster and austerity - marched in central London.

Several people appeared to be detained by police as tempers flared in Whitehall near Downing Street with protesters and police squaring off.

One man was restrained as he screamed in the face of an officer and another male protester was pinned to the floor by police.

As he was being carried away he repeatedly shouted he was a "peaceful" protester.

Another skirmish with police resulted in a man being led away in handcuffs.The suspect was seen shouting at the crowd of protesters and was then taken aside by officers

The description on the Movement for Justice event page, which organised the protest, says: "We will not settle for less than the destruction of May's coalition of austerity and bigotry - we must bring down this government."

The ClementJames Centre, which has been helping those displaced by the fire, shunned the movement as opportunistic.

"We cannot emphasise enough how against this many of the affected residents we've spoken to are and they do not want their grief hijacked for any violent or destructive means," a spokesman said.