Williams Formula One team owner considering sale of engineering arm August 31, 2019 The owner of the Williams Formula One team, Williams Grand Prix Holdings, is exploring the possibility of selling its engineering arm. The company has been approached by several parties looking to acquire Williams Advanced Engineering (WAE) and a sale could raise tens of millions of pounds for the racing team, according to Sky News. Read [...]
Toyota to halt production at UK factory day after Brexit August 31, 2019 Toyota is set to pause its production in the UK the day after Brexit in case there is any disruption to the delivery of parts. The car maker has said its work at the Burnaston plant in Derbyshire will stop on Friday 1 November and resume the following week. Read more: Sadiq Khan vows to [...]
London fails to make Economist’s top 10 world’s safest cities list August 30, 2019 London may be one of the globe’s ultimate tourist destinations, but it has missed out on ranking as one of the top ten safest cities in the world. The capital has come fourteenth in a list compiled by the Economist Intelligence unit, beaten by the likes of San Francisco, Amsterdam and Chicago. Read more: London [...]
London mayor Sadiq Khan calls for more devolution August 30, 2019 London mayor Sadiq Khan has renewed calls for more devolution of power from Westminster to City Hall. The mayor’s office today will release a report calling on “wholesale reform” of council tax and business rates so revenues from each stay with local authorities to spend on public services, education and housing. Read more: Mayor power: [...]
Sadiq Khan vows to take on Uber ‘big boys’ in licence decision August 29, 2019 Sadiq Khan has vowed to take on the “big boys” at Uber when it comes to renewing its licence, which expires next month. The London mayor, who revoked Uber’s licence in 2017, said everyone must play by the rules if they want to operate in the capital. Read more: Uber poaches new UK boss from [...]
Grant Shapps indicates support for TfL gaining control of commuter belt August 20, 2019 Sadiq Khan and transport secretary Grant Shapps held their first meeting yesterday, in which the devolution of commuter lines to Transport for London (TfL) was at the top of the agenda. Shapps, who replaced Chris Grayling as transport secretary in Boris Johnson’s Cabinet overhaul, is understood to be more open to the idea of giving [...]
Man charged over Home Office stabbing August 19, 2019 A man who allegedly stabbed a government worker outside the Home Office last week has been charged, police said this morning. Dominic Hornberger, 29, will appear in front of Southwark Crown Court on 13 September, Scotland Yard confirmed. Read more: Home Office stabbing: Man’s injuries ‘not life-threatening’ as police cordon off area Armed police responded [...]
Shaun Bailey pledges to make every red bus electric if he becomes London mayor August 15, 2019 Tory mayoral hopeful Shaun Bailey has pledged to make “every red bus electric” by the end of his first term if he wins next year’s mayoral election. Bailey, who hopes to replace Sadiq Khan as London’s mayor, claims that under Khan, London’s diesel and hybrid bus fleet won’t be replaced with electric models until 2037. [...]
Lib Dem mayoral hopeful Siobhan Benita: ‘We can win this’ August 12, 2019 Siobhan Benita, the Liberal Democrats’ London mayoral hopeful, arrives for our interview just two days before the crucial Brecon and Radnorshire MP by-election, where the pollsters’ predictions of a Lib Dem win proved to be right on the money: the party took just over 43 per cent of the vote, overturning a Tory majority and [...]
Business groups hit back over £36k migrant salary proposals August 11, 2019 Business groups have slammed proposals to raise the salary threshold for immigrant workers to £36,700 after Brexit, warning the move would harm British companies. Home secretary Priti Patel has been urged to increase the proposed salary minimum of £30,000 for all new foreign workers in a bid to protect lower skilled, UK-born employees. Read more: [...]