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The climate activist group announced on social media that they 'are back'

A Just Stop Oil protest involving 60 people has blocked a road outside Parliament in what is regarded as the activist group's return.

During Andy Burnham's first Prime Minister's Questions, the climate activists blocked a road outside Parliament building in Westminster.

Just Stop Oil declared on social media that they "are back".

The activist group said: "60 people are blocking the road outside Parliament as Burnham's first PMQs begins.

"Oil and gas projects are a death sentence. The Government must sign a fossil fuel treaty.

No10 has confirmed the demonstration did not block Mr Burnham from departing Parliament.

This comes after the activist group announced they were disbanding in April 2025.

The group, born out of Extinction Rebellion, staged demonstrations which causes significant disruption, damage and ultimately, money to the public.

Just Stop Oil conducted a number of road protests, including one in November 2022, where activists climbed gantries around the M25, causing major traffic disruption over the course of four days.

This caused people to miss medical appointments, exams and flights as drivers were delayed for hours.

The demonstration cost the Metropolitan Police an estimated £1.1million.

In a press release, Just Stop Oil said "60 people are blocking the road on Parliament Square, with a significant number glued on".

They said: "One lane has been left free of glued-on action takers to permit access for emergency vehicles."

The action had been taken, the group continued, due to the possibility the UK Government will drill for more oil and gas in the North Sea.

A Just Stop Oil spokesman said: "We are all Just Stop Oil. Every single person who fears deadly wildfires, devastating droughts, and spiralling food shortages is Just Stop Oil.

"The first duty of Government is to keep the public safe – but by greenlighting oil and gas drilling, they endanger our survival while corporates and billionaires laugh their way to the bank.

“Every one of us feels alone and powerless in the face of this insanity but we know there is massive political and public support for our demand."

They concluded by announcing an online video call taking place on October 3.

The return of the group comes after it claimed victory last year that its campaigning had achieved its goal of ending new licences for fossil fuel extraction in the UK.

It denied its decision to disband was linked to the creased number of its supporters being jailed.

Other demonstrations performed by the activist group include spraying Stonehenge with orange paint, in which two of the vandals were arrested by Wiltshire Police.

The pair, 21-year-old student Niamh Lynch and 73-year-old Rajan Naidu, were cleared in Salisbury Crown Court in October last year.

Phoebe Plummer and Anna Holland threw tomato soup on Vincent van Gogh's "Sunflowers", then glued their hands to the wall.

Plummer and Holland were charged with criminal damage and were jailed for two years and 20 months respectively.

Another Vincent van Gogh piece was the subject of the Just Stop Oil's vandalism, when two activists glued themselves to the frame the Dutch painter's "Peach Trees in Blossom", resulting in the imprisonment of one the activists for three weeks.