Police swoop on Just Stop Oil protesters in Parliament Square demonstration

Police have arrested at least 15 Just Stop Oil protesters blocking the road in Parliament Square, central London.

The group said around 65 protesters were marching on Monday morning to demand an end to new oil and gas.

A spokesman added: “Ordinary people are in the road at Parliament Square, calling out our government’s genocidal policy of new fossil fuels.

“We will not stop.”

The Metropolitan Police said it arrived within four minutes of receiving the initial report, adding: “Officers are responding to a number of Just Stop Oil activists in the road. There have been 15 arrests made.

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