Police attempt to remove Occupy protesters from Bank of England site Police and Occupy protesters during the march through the City of London. Photograph: David Wilcox/PA Police have attempted to remove Occupy protesters from outside the Bank of England in London after activists pitched tents on the site, according to reports. A spokesman for the Occupy movement said they had set up around 10 tents outside the bank. The stand-off followed a demonstration by several hundred people in the City of London as part of a global day of action that saw thousands of people rallying in cities including Moscow, New York, Athens and Madrid, organisers said. Several hundred people gathered outside St Paul's Cathedral for a rally before "visiting the 1%," in an attempt to walk to the offices of some of the largest banking institutions. These included the offices of some of the largest firms in the financial heart of the capital, such as Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch, RBS and Santander. Occupy London supporter David Lincoln said: "The Bank of England stands right at the intersection of finance and government. In the light of Mervyn King's recent comments about 'vested interests' standing in the way of reform of the financial sector, it is clear that that balance in the UK is fundamentally skewed. Hundreds of people gathering by the Bank of England is a powerful symbol of how things have to change. The demonstrators were closely shadowed during the march by police, who attempted to contain them on several occasions, leading to a number of minor skirmishes. A police spokesman said no arrests had been made and that the protesters had been given a deadline by which they had to leave the area outside the Bank of England. "We have a proportionate response in place," he said. Occupy claimed some police officers used "unreasonable force, including batons being drawn," as they marched. They said the protest numbered 300 people.