Sir Keir plans crackdown on Just Stop Oil eco-zealots if Labour wins election

LABOUR is drawing up plans to hit ‘eco-zealots’ with stiffer sentences if Sir Keir Starmer takes his party into government.

Sir Keir, a former Director of Public Prosecutions, is said to be determined to crack down on Just Stop Oil protesters who have blocked emergency services and created misery across Britain.

The Mail on Sunday understands Labour is looking at issuing guidance to judges to hand down tougher sentences.

However, the party is also calling for greater use of injunctions to curb the behaviour of protesters who glue themselves to roads to cause maximum disruption.

A source said Sir Keir ‘just fundamentally believes there’s a right and respectful way of doing things and this sort of behaviour irritates him something rotten. He’s fired up.’

Earlier this year, Labour urged the Government to make greater use of nationwide injunctions to prevent the disruption of fuel deliveries to garage forecourts.

Last night, Steve Reed, Shadow Justice Secretary, said: ‘When the eco-zealots return to cause their latest round of counterproductive misery, Labour will clamp down on their disruptive nonsense and use all means available to get injunctions in place.’