DISABLED activists were dragged by police officers and arrested outside the Houses of Parliament yesterday afternoon after a series of peaceful protest actions against George Osborne’s “emergency” Budget.

A coalition of campaigners led by Disabled People Against Cuts (DPAC) stopped traffic around Westminster as they targeted several government buildings, including Downing Street.

More than 50 campaigners, including several wheelchair users, marched down Whitehall and blocked Westminster Bridge after filling the gates of Downing Street with hundreds of rubber balls.