Sadiq Khan warns against Westminster ‘anti-London agenda’ January 17, 2020 Sadiq Khan urged Labour and the Conservatives to ditch their “anti-London agenda” in a speech to City grandees last night. The speech, at the City of London Corporation’s London government dinner, hit out at Boris Johnson’s plans for “re-balancing spending away from London and towards other parts of the country”. However, the Tories weren’t the [...]
Crossrail 2 may already be facing delays, says Sadiq Khan January 16, 2020 Crossrail 2 may have been delayed before government approval has even been given, according to Sadiq Khan. The £41.3bn rail project – a new Tube line running from North to South London – is in limbo as it awaits for the Department for Transport (DfT) to deliberate on its business plan. Under the current funding [...]
Shares in Dechra Pharmaceuticals slump after slow first half January 16, 2020 Shares in Dechra Pharmaceuticals plummeted today, after it warned that full-year results would be more heavily weighted to its second half. The veterinary pharmaceuticals company published a note this morning to say its outlook for the year is in line with expectations, but that “the balance of trading will be more second half weighted than [...]
City Hall’s 300 per cent rise in office spending under Sadiq Khan queried January 16, 2020 A threefold increase in City Hall office spending under Sadiq Khan has come under question, with one London Assembly member suggesting it could be “uncontrolled”. The assembly’s Budget Committee today released its first response to the mayor’s 2020-21 budget, which details £17bn of public expenditure. Read more: Sadiq Khan has increased press office spending by [...]
Londoners have more two-hour commutes than anywhere in Europe January 15, 2020 Londoners have more two-hour commutes on average than anywhere else in Europe, according to a new survey. A study from Israeli app Moovit found that five per cent of all London and South East commutes are two hours or longer. Read more: TfL renames Piccadilly Tube station to celebrate new Star Trek film This was [...]
Nigel Farage’s Westminster Brexit bash granted planning approval January 15, 2020 Nigel Farage has been granted permission to throw a Brexit day party at Wesminster’s Parliament Square. The Brexit bash is set for 31 January to coincide with the date Britain leaves the EU, and is expected to cost £100,000 and attract 10,000 people. Read more: Planning uncertainty over Nigel Farage Brexit night party Farage tweeted [...]
Boeing reveals it had more cancellations than orders in 2019 January 14, 2020 Boeing reported its lowest number of net yearly orders in at least 30 years today, as the fallout from last year’s grounding of the 737 Max rolled on. The US aerospace manufacturer had 87 more cancellations than purchases in 2019, thanks mass cancellations of the grounded 737 Max. Read more: Boeing 737 Max ‘designed by [...]
London Waterloo named as UK’s busiest rail station January 14, 2020 London Waterloo has been named as the country’s busiest train station, with nine of the top 10 all located in the capital. The Office of Rail and Road released its annual passenger figures today, revealing there was 94.2m entries and exits at Waterloo in 2018-19. The figure was the lowest number of passenger journeys for [...]
Sadiq Khan and Google launch counter extremism fund January 14, 2020 Google and Sadiq Khan have teamed up to create a counter extremism fund in response to November’s London Bridge terror attack. The £800,000 fund, run in partnership with the Institute for Strategic Dialogue, will offer grants to local organisations to provide services and education to prevent extremism and radicalisation. Read more: Planning uncertainty between City [...]
Planning uncertainty over Nigel Farage Brexit night party January 13, 2020 Confusion surrounds the fate of Nigel Farage’s Brexit night party as City Hall and Westminster Council wrangle over planning permission for the event. The Brexit Party leader is planning on throwing a party at at Westminster’s Parliament Square to celebrate the UK’s exit from the EU at 11pm on 31 January. Read more: Boris Johnson’s [...]
