Saturday 26 November 2022 11:56 PM Rishi Sunak to crack down on Just Stop Oil ahead of fresh mayhem this week trends now

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Police chiefs will this week be told by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to finally crack down on eco-zealots who have brought chaos to Britain's roads.

With the Just Stop Oil protesters planning to bring fresh mayhem to London tomorrow, sources say Mr Sunak has increasingly expressed his frustration in No 10 meetings about the 'disruption to law- abiding citizens' everyday lives'.

Although more than 1,800 arrests have been made in relation to the JSO movement since March, Mr Sunak has told Home Secretary Suella Braverman to convene a meeting with police chiefs at Downing Street to 'set out the Government's expectations that the police must fully enforce the law'.

Tory MPs have called for JSO to be labelled a terrorist organisation because of the disruption it causes. Gareth Johnson, the MP for Dartford, told the Commons last week that JSO members are 'not protesters, they are criminals'.

The group wants the Government to commit to ending all new licences and consents for the exploration, development and production of fossil fuels in the UK.