Showers, haircuts and GP appointments to be offered on revamped London buses October 7, 2021 Haircuts, doctors’ appointments, showers and financial advice will be offered on a number on revamped London buses. Two buses have been repurposed with the aim of providing direct support for more than 3,000 people a year sleeping rough in the capital. The project, by the not-for-profit company Change Please, will provide access to virtual GP [...]
Boris Johnson vows to transform economy in policy-light party conference speech October 6, 2021 Boris Johnson has vowed to transform the UK into a “high wage, high skill” economy in a Tory party conference speech that was heavy on rhetoric and short on policy. In a classic Johnson speech, the Prime Minister made a bevy of jokes about Labour, numerous literary references and promises to “build back better” and [...]
Boris Johnson to say in conference speech that ‘levelling up’ will ‘take pressure off’ London October 5, 2021 Boris Johnson will tomorrow say his agenda to “level up” poorer parts of the country will “take the pressure off parts of the overheating South East”. The Prime Minister will use his Conservative party conference speech to say “levelling up works for the whole country” in an attempt to quell fears that the government’s agenda [...]
Johnson: ‘Sadiq Khan has not handled the finances of TfL well’ October 5, 2021 Prime minister Boris Johnson has criticised London mayor Sadiq Khan’s handling of Transport for London (TfL) finances, snubbing Khan’s plan to impose a £5.50 levy for those driving into London. The charge is intended to fuel London’s transport system, which is looking for some £8bn to fund an extension of the Bakerloo line to Lewisham. [...]
Priti Patel launches inquiry into ‘systematic failures’ of police following Sarah Everard murder October 5, 2021 Priti Patel has announced an official inquiry into “systematic failures” by the Metropolitan Police after the murder of Sarah Everard. The home secretary said at the Conservative party conference today that the probe would look into how Wayne Couzens, who was a serving police officer when he murdered Everard, was able to continue to be [...]
Sadiq Khan: English footballers inspired me to open up on racist abuse September 28, 2021 Sadiq Khan has said English football players like Marcus Rashford have inspired him to start speaking about the racism and death threats he receives. Khan said today that people “need to know” that “the mayor of the greatest city in the world needs protection 24 hours a day, seven days a week, because of the [...]
Consultancy ads for driverless Tube trains prompt unions to issue strike threat September 28, 2021 A range of adverts for a consultancy contract to explore the introduction of driverless trains on London Underground has prompted a leading rail workers union to raise the threat of industrial action. The Rail, Maritime and Transport union said the move was part of Government-driven spending cuts on the Tube. General secretary Mick Lynch said [...]
Downing Street has cycling lanes row with TfL over £100m funding allocation September 27, 2021 Long-running tensions between Downing Street and City Hall have ignited again, after Transport for London (TfL) were slapped down over plans to give £100m to councils that have ripped out cycle lanes. Documents obtained by The Telegraph showed that TfL wanted to give £100m to councils that had removed cycling lanes and eliminated low traffic [...]
Sadiq Khan to call for Labour unity as he sets out his stall for future leadership bid September 27, 2021 Sadiq Khan will today call for a fractious Labour party to unite before fighting the next election, while also trumpeting his own achievements as London mayor in what is being seen as an attempt to set out his stall for a future leadership bid. Khan is expected to say that “Labour is already making a [...]
Sadiq Khan: London battles ‘potential existential threat’ post-restrictions September 25, 2021 London has been “hollowed out” amid the pandemic, which has pushed people away from city centres faster than ever before, London mayor Sadiq Khan has said. Covid-19 restrictions and economic uncertainty has made penny pinching Brits more reluctant to make use of the capital’s bars, restaurants and theatres, he added. “It’s been hollowed out because [...]