Deputy mayor set to step down after Westminster call up October 28, 2019 London’s deputy mayor for housing will resign after being selected for a safe Labour seat. James Murray beat out deputy mayor for business Rajesh Agrawal and Ealing North councillor Aysha Raza to be the Labour candidate in Ealing North at the next general election. Read more: ‘Unhappy’ deputy mayors look for Westminster move Current Ealing North [...]
Rory Stewart: The mayoral candidate in need of a London story October 28, 2019 It might feel like a lifetime ago, but turn the clock back to the summer and for a brief moment it felt as if the Conservative party could be about to anoint Rory Stewart as Prime Minister. The dark horse candidate, who stood on a ticket of soft Brexit – code for being “anyone but [...]
London set for ‘fibre backbone’ to boost internet speeds October 24, 2019 New digital infrastructure will be built in London’s Tube tunnels in a “small but significant step” toward having full-fibre broadband across the capital. Mayor of London Sadiq Khan will spend £10m on creating a “fibre backbone” to enable gigabit broadband – internet speeds of 1,000 megabits per second – in 118,000 homes in South London. [...]
Let’s use Tube tunnels to boost London’s broadband connections October 24, 2019 One of London’s biggest infrastructure challenges is how to spread gigabit connectivity far and wide. Today, because of the way connectivity has been managed nationally, the vast majority of Londoners still get their broadband services through a ‘last mile’ of copper connections, with full fibre only reaching around 10 per cent of households. Read more: [...]
‘Unhappy’ deputy mayors look for Westminster move October 23, 2019 Two deputy mayors of London are seeking a move to parliament amidst claims the pair are unhappy with how Sadiq Khan runs City Hall. Deputy mayor for business Rajesh Agrawal and deputy mayor for housing James Murray have both been shortlisted to represent Labour in Ealing North at the next general election. Read more: Fintech boss [...]
Back to the future: London unveils first fully electric taxi since… 1897 October 23, 2019 A completely electric taxi hit London’s roads today, although the first fully electric vehicle came to the capital more than 100 years ago. The zero emissions Dynamo Taxi, made from a converted Nissan e-NV200 Evalia MPV, was unveiled as a part of the International Clean Air Conference at City Hall. Read more: Electric taxi cab [...]
Sadiq Khan sees internal poll rating boost October 22, 2019 Sadiq Khan has received a boost in satisfaction ratings from the latest internal City Hall polling. Read more: Sadiq Khan fires warning shot at Corbyn over Brexit neutrality City A.M. understands that yet-to-be-released polling from the Greater London Authority shows the mayor of London has a satisfaction rating of +4. This is a boost from [...]
Ulez charge drastically cuts London’s air pollution October 22, 2019 London’s pollution charges have significantly decreased levels of toxic gas emitted by vehicles, according to new figures. Mayor of London Sadiq Khan first introduced the Toxicity Charge in October 2017, which forced drivers of older diesel and petrol cars to pay £10 a day to drive in parts of London. Read more: Ulez should include [...]
MPs demand parliament’s pension fund divests from fossil fuels October 22, 2019 Three hundred MPs are calling on the trustees of the £700m Parliamentary Pension Fund to end their investments in fossil fuel companies. The cross-party initiative has the support of the leaders of Labour, the Liberal Democrats and the SNP as well as senior Conservatives. It comes as the fund’s trustees are preparing to announce a [...]
Rory Stewart ‘doesn’t speak for London’: Lib Dems mayoral candidate October 20, 2019 Rory Stewart’s support for Brexit makes him unfit to be mayor of London, according to one of his 2020 opponents. Liberal Democrats mayoral candidate Siobhan Benita slammed Stewart for not backing the Letwin amendment in parliament yesterday. Read more: DEBATE: Does former Tory leadership hopeful Rory Stewart have a shot at becoming mayor? The successful [...]