Ryanair boss warns planes could be grounded for up to three weeks in event of hard Brexit October 17, 2018 Ryanair boss Michael O'Leary has said a hard Brexit could ground planes for up to three weeks as the prime minister heads to Brussels for a crunch meeting with EU leaders to break the impasse in the negotiations. O'Leary said that while the grounding of planes for a "week, two weeks, three weeks" would be "painful", [...]
Sadiq Khan cuts thousands of homes from Old Oak Common project amid funding pressures October 16, 2018 London mayor Sadiq Khan has slashed thousands of homes from a flagship housing project in Old Oak Common while it waits for approval for more government funding. City A.M. understands that the decision to pull the 2,250 homes was due to concerns around a lack of government funding. In January, the Old Oak and Park [...]
Tory MP accused of hiding expenses in campaign to defeat Nigel Farage, court hears October 16, 2018 A Tory MP and two aides have been accused of being "complicit" in hiding their expenses in the 2015 general election to combat the prospect of electoral victory by former Ukip leader Nigel Farage, a court has heard. South Thanet MP Craig Mackinlay faces two charges of making a false election expenses declaration under the [...]
Former Westminster council employee guilty of stealing nearly £1m from pension fund October 15, 2018 A former Westminster city council employee has been found guilty of stealing nearly £1m from its pension fund. Ian Woodall, the former interim head of pensions and investments at the wealthy council for nearly three years, was convicted of one charge of fraud by abuse of position and a second charge of concealing criminal property at [...]
Robert Tchenguiz drops multi-million pound legal action against Grant Thornton October 15, 2018 Property mogul Robert Tchenguiz today dropped his multi-million pound claim against Grant Thornton in a move described by the accountancy firm as "total capitulation". The flamboyant millionaire was due to give evidence at court today in a trial in which he accused the accountancy firm, two of its partners and former Kaupthing lawyer Johannes Runar [...]
Land speed record-chasing Bloodhound car project goes into administration October 15, 2018 The project to break the land speed world record has been placed into administration after it was revealed it needed £25m to keep going. The Bloodhound project aims to hit speeds of 1000 mph at a purpose-built track in South Africa. It has already reached 200mph in test runs. The project, which was founded in 2007, [...]
Disclosure failings the ‘biggest single cause of miscarriages of justice’, says outgoing watchdog head October 11, 2018 The outgoing head of the body that investigates potential miscarriages of justice has said disclosure failings remain the "biggest single cause of miscarriages of justice" and called for a "targeted review" into existing convictions. In a farewell speech delivered last night, Richard Foster of the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) said that "too often" there [...]
Elizabeth Line trains will not reach Heathrow until ‘early 2019’ October 11, 2018 Elizabeth Line trains will not be used on the route to Heathrow Airport until "the early months of next year", Transport for London (TfL) has said. Howard Smith, TfL's director of operations for the Elizabeth, today told a Policy Forum for London conference today that TfL was still using Heathrow Connect units as the testing had [...]
Crossrail 2 boss Michele Dix says she would like tax rises to fund £30bn project October 11, 2018 The managing director for Crossrail 2 Michele Dix has said she would personally favour a rise in taxes to fund the proposed £30bn project. Crossrail 2 is a proposed route in the south east which would run from nine stations in Surrey to three in Hertfordshire, across London. It would connect the South Western main line to [...]
MPs call for £25m funding injection to extend Elizabeth Line to Kent October 11, 2018 MPs and council leaders have called for a £25m funding injection to extend the delayed Elizabeth Line to Ebbsfleet. A cross-party group of MPs, including former defence secretary Michael Fallon, Labour MP Teresa Pearce and Tory MP David Evennett, submitted their Budget submission to rail minister Jo Johnson this morning, in which they asked for the funding injection before the [...]
