Campaigners fear rail increase will push commuters to cars January 16, 2022 Environmental campaigners believe the increase in rail fares – which is set to go up 3.8 per cent starting from March – will push commuters back to using their cars. “Transport is responsible for more carbon emissions than any other sector,” Paul Tuohy, Campaign for Better Transport’s chief executive, told the Sunday Telegraph. “Considering the [...]
Protests in London as Priti Patel’s Policing Bill heads into critical vote January 16, 2022 Protesters flocked London’s streets over the weekend to protest Priti Patel’s Policing Bill, which will be tabled for a critical vote by peers tomorrow. The Bill, if passed, will grant police new powers to clamp down on demonstrations, including extended stop and search powers and longer sentences. The so-called ‘Kill the Bill’ protests have cropped [...]
Google feels lucky in London: Tech giant bets big on London office space in major boost for capital’s global status January 14, 2022 Google is set to pump almost three quarters of a billion into London in a major vote of confidence in the capital’s post-Brexit future. The tech giant has snapped up the entirety of the Central Saint Giles development in which it currently leases office space, marking a major step change in the firm’s commitment to [...]
Santander Cycles hit record figures in 2021, TfL says January 12, 2022 Transport for London (TfL) has announced that 2021 was the year with the highest ever use of Santander Cycles, as almost 11 million hires were registered. More than a million people used the scheme last year, with 178,000 members joining the scheme – a 7 per cent increase on 2020. The past year hit a [...]
Controversy after controversy: Sadiq Khan will ‘hold the Met to account’ January 11, 2022 London Mayor Sadiq Khan will “hold the Met to account” after confidence in the capital’s police force plummeted amid a slew of controversies. “The Mayor is determined to continue to hold the Met to account to deliver the changes needed to rebuild and increase the trust and confidence of all Londoners in their police service,” [...]
London needs to slash car use to steer away from ‘filthy air and gridlocked roads’, says Khan January 11, 2022 London needs to slash its car use, otherwise the city faces a crisis of “filthy air and gridlocked roads”, mayor Sadiq Khan has warned. The mayor has urged for “greener means of travel”, after London was crowned the world’s most congested city late year, according to traffic information supplier Inrix. Public transport use in the [...]
TfL finance chief quits post amid financial turmoil for the London transport body January 10, 2022 Transport for London’s (TfL) chief financial officer has resigned amid the transport body’s ongoing financial turmoil. It was announced today that Simon Kilonback will leave his post and join internet provider G.Network, after working at TfL since 2009, in what is another blow to the body as it seeks to secure its financial future. It [...]
Sadiq Khan hits out at rail union over planned six-month Tube strike January 6, 2022 Sadiq Khan has hit out at the UK’s largest rail union for its planned Tube strike tomorrow, saying that the long-term industrial action will “cause further devastation” for London’s economy. London Underground staff from the The National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) will walk off the job on Friday and Saturday evenings [...]
Sadiq Khan eyes partial drug decriminalisation trial in Lewisham, Bexley and Greenwich January 4, 2022 Sadiq Khan may soon oversee trials of partial drug decriminalisation in three London boroughs to ensure under-25s caught with small amounts of cannabis escape arrest. The trials – in Lewisham, Bexley and Greenwich – would see police told to divert 18-24-year-olds found with small amounts of cannabis into drug courses or counselling instead of arresting [...]
2021 goes down as bloodiest year on record in London after double teen stabbing in Hillingdon and Croydon January 1, 2022 2021 has gone down as the bloodiest year on record for teen homicides in London as two boys were stabbed to death within an hour of each other. A 16-year-old boy was fatally wounded at Philpot’s Farm, Yiewsley, in Hillingdon in west London, and was pronounced dead at 8.25pm. It followed the fatal stabbing of [...]