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300 officers made to sleep in unacceptable conditions during pressure of Trump's visit

HUNDREDS of police officers have been made to sleep in “unacceptable” conditions with no hot water or warm food after being drafted for security as US President Donald Trump arrives in Britain.

Pictures show cramped lines of camp beds filling a vast gymnasium in Essex and mats on the floor of a squash court for officers to have short rests in between long shifts while policing his trip.

The Police Federation complained about the conditions during the operation, which will see officers from across the country enlisted at a cost of up to £10 million.

West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner David Jamieson said the conditions some of his officers have been “forced to endure” are an “absolute disgrace.”

He said: “No officer should be made to sleep on a camp bed, inches from the floor, in a sports hall with scores of colleagues only metres apart after a 12-hour shift.”

Essex Police’s assistant chief constable Pippa Mills admitted the conditions were unacceptable and apologised to the officers, promising to rectify the situation.

The controversial president’s visit has prompted one of Britain’s biggest ever police operations with thousands of officers on duty.

Labour MPs lashed out at the extortionate cost to the police force, while Halifax MP Holly Lynch described the police accommodation as “shameful.”

“Beast of Bolsover” Dennis Skinner MP also took a swing at the government for “inviting a fascist like Trump to come to Britain and cause all the mayhem […] requiring police from every part of the British Isles?

“Does the government, and in particular the Prime Minister, want to hold his hand again? Is that what it is all about? They are making a rod for their own back.”

Meanwhile, the Met Police placed a last-minute ban on a stage outside the BBC for the anti-Trump protest today on the grounds of “health and safety.”

Protest organisers have been working to overturn the ban.

Together Against Trump’s Chris Nineham said: “There is supposed to be a right to protest in this country and we demand it is upheld.”

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