Notting Hill Carnival is a “war zone” where policing is ineffective, a report has claimed. The annual celebration, billed as Europe’s biggest street party, sees hundreds of thousands of revellers fill the streets of west London over the August bank holiday weekend with a display of costumes, dancing and music.

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

A majority of police officers feel unsafe working at Notting Hill Carnival, a survey by the Metropolitan Police Federation has suggested. As part of the survey, officers who have worked at the event over the last 10 years described it as "hell" and a "warzone".

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,