Climate protesters interrupt speech by UK finance minister | World News, The Indian Express

Climate protesters interrupt speech by UK finance minister | World News, The Indian Express

By Reuters |London |Published: June 21, 2019 11:04:00 am

Climate protesters interrupt speech by UK finance minister

Several women, wearing red evening dresses and sashes with the words 'climate emergency', prevented Hammond from speaking for a few minutes by using loudspeakers to shout slogans during a banquet in London's landmark Mansion House building.

UK Finance Minister Philip Hammond delivers a speech at the annual Mansion House dinner in London, Britain, Thursday.

Climate change protesters briefly interrupted a high-profile speech by British Finance Minister Philip Hammond to leaders of the country’s financial services industry on Thursday.