Just Stop Oil activists face new penalties if they obstruct M25 motorway

National Highways has obtained an injunction to prevent unlawful protests' until November 2023

A high court injunction has been granted that would impose fresh penalties on Just Stop Oil activists for demonstrating on the country's busiest motorway until November next year.

National Highways said it had secured the civil order to prevent unlawful protests" on the M25, after a series of actions by the environmental group caused significant traffic disruption.