Bakerloo line extension may be funded by landowner tax hike January 13, 2020 Transport for London (TfL) is considering funding the £3.1bn Bakerloo line extension with a tax on landowners. The proposed works would extend the line from Elephant and Castle to Lewisham via stations on Old Kent Road and New Cross Gate. Read more: Bakerloo line extension to Lewisham now open to public ocmment However, the project [...]
Sadiq Khan launches his own green energy company – London Power January 13, 2020 Sadiq Khan has launched his own green energy company, claiming it will save the average household £300-a-year on bills. The mayor of London today unveiled London Power, in conjunction with Octopus Energy, as a part of his Energy for Londoners programme. Read more: New Octopus Energy tarif aims to slash the charging cost of electric [...]
Museum of London lodges application for Smithfield Market move January 13, 2020 The Museum of London has submitted its plans to relocate to Smithfield Market, claiming that the new site could become one of the capital’s top-10 tourist attractions. The move would be a part of the wider project to move the historic Smithfield meat market, along with New Spitafields fruit and vegetable market and Billingsgate fish [...]
Clive Lewis withdraws from Labour leadership race January 13, 2020 Clive Lewis has pulled out of the Labour leadership race after only getting five endorsements from other MPs. The Norwich South MP needed 22 nominations by 2.30pm to proceed to the next round, however he only managed to pick up five. Read more: Labour leadership race: Rebecca Long-Bailey rejects Corbyn comments that party ‘won the [...]
Boris Johnson and Leo Varadkar to meet with Stormont representatives January 13, 2020 Boris Johnson and Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar will travel to Belfast today to meet with the newly restored Northern Ireland Assembly. Stormont convened on Saturday for the first time in three years, after the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) and Sinn Fein struck a renewed power sharing deal. Read more: Stormont: Sinn Fein agree deal [...]
Fewer than half of City of London representatives sign diversity pledge January 12, 2020 Fewer than half of the City of London Corporation’s elected representatives have signed a pledge to increase diversity in the governing body. The Corporation’s voluntary Members’ Diversity Charter includes seven commitments to attract “a wider pool of talent” in order to “build a City built for the future”. Read more: City of London councillors call for associate guild to admit female members [...]
Michael Gove set for promotion in new Boris Johnson cabinet January 12, 2020 Michael Gove is reportedly set for an expanded role in the new Boris Johnson cabinet, while a number of high-profile figures may be destined for the chop. The Duchy of Lancaster’s role in Johnson’s first cabinet was as master planner for a potential no-deal Brexit. Read more: Boris Johnson prepares mini-cabinet reshuffle as new Tory [...]
Three-quarters of London businesses think HS2 is too expensive January 12, 2020 Almost three-quarters, 74 per cent, of London businesses think the controversial HS2 rail line has become too expensive, according to new polling. The Savanta ComRes/London Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) poll also found that 64 per cent of the capital’s business leaders thought “the project has or will cause too much disruption”. Read more: [...]
Labour leadership race: Rebecca Long-Bailey rejects Corbyn comments that Labour ‘won the argument’ at election January 12, 2020 Labour leadership hopeful Rebecca Long-Bailey has rejected Jeremy Corbyn’s claims that the party won the argument at the election and criticised its campaigning efforts. Corbyn defended Labour’s efforts at the election last month – which delivered the party its worst electoral defeat since 1935 – saying that it “won the argument”. Read more: Long-Bailey gives [...]
Ireland and ex-top EU official disagree on UK trade deal timetable January 12, 2020 Ireland’s foreign minister has claimed a UK-EU trade deal will take more than a year to complete, putting him at odds with the European Commission’s former top civil servant. Boris Johnson has set a deadline of 31 December to thrash out a deal on the future trading agreement with the EU, after Britain leaves the [...]
