Climate change activists have announced they will not go ahead with any protests today.

Just Stop Oil said the group will not be causing disruption on the M25 due to it being Remembrance Day.

Four days of protests have been carried out by Just Stop Oil supporters this week.

Each morning, demonstrators have climbed onto overhead gantries along the M25 – causing daily disruption and chaos for motorists.

The protests are part of their campaign to demand that the government halts all new oil and gas licences.

However, at 6.19am, Just Stop Oil tweeted that they will "halt its campaign of civil resistance on the M25".

It stated: "We are giving time to those in government who are in touch with reality to consider their responsibilities to this country at this time.

"We ask that the Prime Minister consider his statement at COP27, where he spoke of the catastrophic threat posed by the ravages of global heating, the 33 million people displaced by floods in Pakistan, and the moral and economic imperative to honour our pledges.

"You don't get to recycle words and promises – you owe it to the British people to act."

It goes on to say: "Today is Remembrance Day, we call on you to honour all those who served and loved their country.

"Take the necessary first step to ensure a liveable future and halt new oil and gas.

"The UK government’s failure to do so is a criminal dereliction of its fundamental duty – to protect and safeguard the lives of its citizens, and is an act of utter betrayal of billions of people living in the Global South. It is murder, plain and simple.

"The supporters of Just Stop Oil are now the people upholding law and order and protecting civil society.

"Under British law, people in this country have a right to cause disruption to prevent greater harm – we will not stand by."

Yesterday, officers arrested five suspected supporters, who were packed into a car with climbing equipment and banners.

Essex Police also stopped a woman who was attempting to climb onto a gantry near Junction 28.

She was removed and arrested on suspicion of causing a public nuisance.