Volodymyr Zelensky faced public protests on Tuesday night after parliament backed a controversial bill limiting the power of anti-corruption agencies.

The demonstrations erupted outside the president’s office after Ukraine’s Parliament approved a law that would effectively strip independence from the anticorruption bureau.

There has been a large police presence outside the Bell Hotel in Epping over the past week An Essex town has been at the centre of protests over the use of a hotel to house asylum seekers. Police officers have been injured and several arrests have been made near the Bell Hotel in Epping.