Thousands of schoolchildren gathered outside Westminster for a protest about climate change

Thousands of schoolchildren gathered outside Westminster as part of an organised protest about climate change.

Crowds gathered outside Parliament to protest a perceived failure of politicians to tackle the climate emergency facing the planet and a Government “that doesn’t care about” them. Children from more than 100 countries have skipped classes on Friday in walkouts across the world as part of a movement that began last year when teen Greta Thunberg, held a protest on her own outside the Swedish Parliament.