60 h. ago British Steel latest: Parliament approves bill to save plant after workers block Chinese executives from site

MPs and Lords vote in favour of Starmer's plan to take control of British Steel after Chinese owners wanted hundreds of millions

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60 h. ago Eight arrested as Youth Demand block fire engine ‘on 999 call’

Eight arrested as Youth Demand block fire engine ‘on 999 call’  London Evening Standard

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60 h. ago Eight arrested as Youth Demand try to ‘shut down’ London and block fire engine ‘on emergency call’

Supporters gathered at Elephant and Castle, Russell Square and Vauxhall Bridge for campaign called ‘open swarming’

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62 h. ago Moment Youth Demand protesters block fire engine as it responds to emergency during pro

Protesters took to the streets of London as part of a pro-Palestine rally causing disruption and standstill traffic on key routes in the capital.

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5 d. ago Inside Youth Demand: The Gen Z protest group vowing to 'shut down' London

Youth Demand say they have 25,000 people on their mailing list and have seen interest surge since police raided a Quaker House meeting

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6 d. ago I'm Britain's 'biggest victim of identity theft'... romance fraudsters have used my face and body 400 TIMES to con women

Military fitness coach Farren Morgan, 38, from Essex believes he could be Britain's most prolific victim of identity theft after hundreds of romance fraudsters stole his name and images to con women.

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6 d. ago Youth Demand protest: Activists place 'body bags' outside David Lammy's home and block roads in central London

Two groups of Youth Demand protesters also blocked traffic on Commercial Street, by Angel Junction and near Tower Bridge on Tuesday

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6 d. ago JSO inspired Youth Demand line up fake BODY BAGS outside David Lammy's home before road block as they demand an end to British arms exports to Israel

Two members of the campaign group, which is looking to follow in the footsteps of renowned eco-activists Just Stop Oil , laid child-sized body bags outside David Lammy 's home today.

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7 d. ago How 'Just Stop Oil 2.0' will ruin your summer: Now Youth Demand plot to bring London to a standstill as orange

Last month, Brits rejoiced when Just Stop Oil announced it was hanging up the orange hi-vis after three years of stunts - but a new kid on the block is bringing fresh misery in its place. 

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9 d. ago Youth Demand protest: Activists block roads in central London as they threaten to ‘shut down’ city

Protesters blocked a number of key routes in London on Saturday

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9 d. ago Youth Demand block roads in central London as they threaten to ‘shut down’ city

Youth Demand block roads in central London as they threaten to ‘shut down’ city  London Evening Standard

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9 d. ago Youth Demand protest LIVE: Activists threaten to ‘shut down London’ with park protest over Gaza and climate crisis

Protesters are gathering from 11am at Lincoln’s Inn Fields

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1 week ago Vilified, arrested, held incommunicado: that's the price of protest in Britain today | George Monbiot

It seems to me that whatever the charges facing the activists at the Quaker meeting house raid, their fundamental crime is dissentThe faces are different, but it’s the same authoritarianism. Keir Starmer’s team might not look or sound like Donald Trump’s, but its policies on protest and dissent are chillingly similar. So is the reason: coordinated global lobbying by the rich and powerful, fronted by rightwing junktanks.Last week, six young women were having tea and biscuits in the Quaker meeting house in Westminster. Twenty police officers forced open the door and arrested them on conspiracy charges. Had the police discovered a plot to blow up parliament or to poison the water supply? No. It was an openly advertised, routine meeting of a protest group called Youth Demand, discussing climate breakdown and the assault on Gaza.George Monbiot is a Guardian columnistThe Invisible Doctrine: The Secret History of Neoliberalism, by George Monbiot and Peter Hutchison, was published in paperb...

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1 week ago Youth Demand vows to press on with 'disruptive' protests as Met accused of 'traumatising women' during arrests

Youth Demand held a rally in central London on Tuesday night - days after more than 30 police officers made six arrests at Quaker meeting house

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1 week ago Youth Demand say they will press on with 'disruptive' action in London after pro

It came days after members of the group were arrested at a Quaker meeting

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1 week ago Heavy criticism of Met Police at rally after arrests of Youth Demand supporters

Around 100 people gathered outside the University of London’s Senate House Library in central London on Tuesday evening.

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1 week ago London protests LIVE: Youth Demand accuse Government of 'trying to shut us down' at pro

The ‘Shut It Down For Palestine’ rally has begun in Bloomsbury

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1 week ago Who are Youth Demand? The protest group plotting to 'shut down' London

Who are Youth Demand? The protest group plotting to 'shut down' London  Yahoo News Canada

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1 week ago Police raid at Quaker meeting condemned as 'unprecedented level of police repression'

More than 20 police officers raided a meeting of the activist group Youth Demand at the Quaker Meeting House in Westminster, which has been condemned as an 'aggressive violation' by the Quakers in Britain

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2 w. ago Who are Youth Demand? Protest group at centre of Quaker house arrests threaten month of disruptive action

Youth Demand will be holding open rallies every week during April

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