Overground crash: Two injured after buffer collision at Enfield Town Station October 12, 2021 Two people have been injured at Enfield Town Station today when the Overground service crashed through the buffers. “Thankfully, there are not the sort of casualties we could have had – just the one driver taken for shock to hospital,” London Mayor Sadiq Khan said. The mayor added that a full inquiry will be held [...]
TfL unveils designs for Covid-19 transport victims’ memorial October 11, 2021 Transport for London (TfL) has unveiled designs for a memorial to honour London’s transport workers who died from Covid-19. Set in Aldgate’s Braham Street, the memorial will feature a plaque paying tribute to the pandemic’s transport victims and will be surrounded by several benches and a cherry tree. TfL is expected to submit a planning [...]
Sadiq Khan: Making misogyny a hate crime could change police culture October 11, 2021 Making misogyny a hate crime could force a change of culture within police services and the criminal justice service, London mayor Sadiq Khan said this morning. It comes as a Freedom of Information Request revealed that at least 750 accusations of sexual misconduct were made against police officers across the UK between 2016 and 2020, [...]
Watch as DWP Secretary Therese Coffey sings ‘The Time of My Life’ as benefit cuts come into force October 7, 2021 It appears the Work and Pensions Secretary sang (I’ve Had) The Time Of My Life during the Conservative Party conference just hours after the Universal Credit cut came into force. Therese Coffey was captured on video performing a rendition of the power ballad with welfare minister Will Quince during a karaoke session in Manchester in [...]
Night Tube decision to be made ‘within weeks’ as pressure to re-launch mounts October 7, 2021 London mayor Sadiq Khan said during his “Speak to Sadiq” segment on British radio LBC that an announcement regarding the reopening of the night Tube will be made soon. Khan, replying to host James O’Brien’s question, said: “I will have an announcement in the next couple of weeks. We’ve been working incredibly hard to bring [...]
TfL urged to re-launch night Tube this winter as 80,000 Londoners back petition October 7, 2021 Just over 80,000 Londoners have signed a petition that calls on Transport for London to reopen the nigh Tube as soon as possible, primarily to keep women and girls across the capital safe. Ella Watson, who launched the petition, is calling for the service to resume after it was shut in response to the outbreak [...]
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. [...]