Met arrests more than 60 climate activists at Just Stop Oil protest

Force makes first use of new powers under Public Order Act to curtail slow march protest outside parliament

Police have arrested more than 60 climate activists taking part in a slow march outside parliament in the first use of draconian new anti-protest powers.

The Metropolitan police used section 7 of the Public Order Act 2023, which bans any act “which interferes with the use or operation of any key national infrastructure in England and Wales”, to order an immediate end to a Just Stop Oil protest on Monday morning.