A quiet beginning to a day of planned protest near Whitehall

 

'Apathy is dead' as protestors veer off from the NUS march into Parliament Square
Numbers build outside the Houses of Parliament on the day of the crucial vote

 

Riot police appear on the scene to deal with an increasingly agitated crowd
Parliament Square is rapidly surrounded by police

 

Protesters burn placards and benches as the violence escalates

 

Quick thinking students narrowly avoid a police kettling manouever

 

Unusual scenes as the police are caught on the run