Six people arrested in connection to Labour antisemitism claims January 8, 2020 Six people have been arrested in relation to antisemitism allegations within the Labour Party, according to London’s police commissioner. Metropolitan Police commissioner Cressida Dick revealed today that files have been sent to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) to deliberate on whether to charge the individuals. Read more: Equality watchdog launches probe in Labour antisemitism Dick [...]
Exclusive: City of London councillors call for associate guild to admit female members January 7, 2020 One of the City’s ancient trade guilds that does not accept female members is “tainting” the City of London, according to a group of councillors. The City of London Corporation has 110 associated Livery companies, which were traditionally trade associations and guilds for different crafts. Read more: Exclusive: City of London mulls over historic Lord Mayor selection reform The groups [...]
Tfl set to cut hours of London Overground ticket offices January 7, 2020 Transport for London (TfL) has confirmed it will cut the hours of London Overground ticket offices after an ongoing row with the rail union. TfL announced today that a swathe of ticket offices will have their hours cut if they are deemed to not be busy enough to be open all day. Read more: London [...]
Minister refuses to confirm election pledge for temporary Hammersmith Bridge January 7, 2020 A transport minister has failed to stand by an election pledge by a fellow minister to build a temporary Hammersmith Bridge. In December, transport minister George Freeman joined environment minister Zac Goldsmith in a Twitter video to confirm that the government wanted to build the temporary river crossing alongside Hammersmith Bridge. Read more: Conservatives pledge [...]
Travelex held to ransom by hackers January 7, 2020 Hackers are holding foreign exchange giant Travelex to ransom, after a cyber attack forced the company to switch off all its computer systems. It has been reported that hackers infiltrated the company’s systems on New Year’s Eve and that it has taken down 30 of its websites to contain “the virus and protect data”. Read [...]
TfL and Santander to mark 10-year anniversary of Boris bikes January 7, 2020 Santander and Transport for London (TfL) are set to celebrate the 10th anniversary of so-called “Boris bikes”. The hire scheme – officially known as Santander Cycles – began in July 2010 with 315 docking stations over eight boroughs and was informally named after Prime Minister, and then mayor of London, Boris Johnson. Read more: TfL [...]
Boris Johnson’s Brexit bill returns to House of Commons January 7, 2020 Boris Johnson’s EU withdrawal bill agreement will return to parliament today for the first of three days of scrutiny from MPs. The Brexit bill has a tight timetable of just three days of debate, before it looks to be pushed through in time for the UK to leave the EU on 31 January. Read more: [...]
Westminster council proposes to scrap ‘depressing’ phone boxes January 6, 2020 Up to 1,000 phone boxes may be removed throughout the borough of Westminster. The Westminster City Council has proposed scrapping the vast majority of the near 1,000 phone boxes that are in the borough, arguing they are not used. Read more: Political fallout threatens the future of Westminster Holocaust memorial The council is proposing a [...]
London gets less per capita transport funding than rest of UK, says report January 6, 2020 London receives one-third less in government funding per rail passenger journey compared to the rest of the country, according to a new report. A study by the Greater London Assembly (GLA) into transport expenditure found that London receives £8 per rail passenger journey from central government, compared to £12 for the rest of the UK. [...]
Rail groups slam TfL admission that Crossrail won’t open until late 2021 January 6, 2020 Rail advocacy groups have slammed Transport for London’s (TfL) confirmation that they do not expect the main section of Crossrail to be open before the end of 2021. Speaking to the London Assembly’s budget and performance committee today, TfL commissioner Mike Brown said he was working to a timetable of between September and December to [...]
