Hundreds of people have signed a petition calling on the Home Secretary to ban a neo-Nazi demonstration in Golders Green.

Far-right groups including the New Dawn Party are planning the protest on Saturday, July 4.

The rally has been linked to an anti-Semitic demonstration in Stamford Hill last month.

A Metropolitan Police spokesman said the force has no legal power to prevent the 'static' protest, but must balance the right to protest with the rights of those impacted by it.

The petition, on change.org, calls for Theresa May to ban the rally because “it is racist in nature and has no place on modern Britain.”

Marc Feigenbaum, of London, was one of those signing the petion. He said: “This will be a highly inflammatory march through a very Jewish area of London. They are only doing this to antagonise the local Jewish community.”

Another, Lucette Tucker said: “This has no place in the 21st century. Racist and disgusting, particularly in this area.”

A spokesman for the Jewish security firm the Community Security Trust (CST) said: “We are aware that a rally is being planned for Saturday July 4 by some people who held a far right demonstration in Stamford Hill in April.

“It is the same people and it is a follow-up to that. That is as much as we know.

“As things stand, it is a static demonstration and we believe it is more difficult to ban a static demonstration than a moving march.

“We are speaking to the police and the Home Office about it and we have been for a couple of weeks. We are exploring what the options are in that respect.”

Chief Superintendent Adrian Usher, who is in charge of policing in Barnet, said: "Officers from Barnet will continue to work closely with the local community to make sure we fully understand their concerns and to brief them on the policing operation as it develops.

"We are aware of a static protest being planned for 4 July in Barnet Borough. Officers are speaking to the organiser of the protest to understand what their plans are."

Conservative MP for Finchley and Golders Green Mike Freer said: “I have called in the Home Office to step in and ban this demonstration. The rally is not about free speech but a deliberate attempt to provoke tension and anti-Semitism”.