Sadiq Khan asks government for £5bn grant to protect housing from no-deal Brexit February 27, 2019 Sadiq Khan has asked the government to provide a £5.2bn emergency grant to to buffer housing in the capital from the negative effects of a no-deal Brexit. In a letter to the housing secretary, James Brokenshire, the mayor said he remained "deeply concerned" about the impact leaving the EU without a deal would have on London. [...]
Crossrail 2 set to cost taxpayers £41.3bn, reveals London mayor February 27, 2019 Crossrail 2 is set to cost over £40bn, the Mayor of London has revealed in a budget document published earlier this week. The £41.3bn estimate for the proposed north to south London line is higher than the Greater London Authority's widely cited £30bn budget, which is based on 2014 prices. Read more: Crossrail 2 boss says [...]
500 London roads breach air pollution limits as Mayor warns of air quality crisis February 27, 2019 Almost 500 London roads and landmark locations breach air pollution limits, campaigners warned today. Read more: Westminster pledges £28m to ease traffic jams on the Strand The news comes after the Mayor of London issued a high pollution alert for the capital yesterday in response to the unseasonably warm weather. The worst offender listed in the [...]
Sadiq Khan gets green light to increase council tax and business rates to tackle violent crime February 25, 2019 The London Assembly has backed Sadiq Khan's budget which includes plans to give an extra £234m to policing and tackling violent crime through council tax and business rate hikes. Around £95m has already been announced for the Metropolitan police, which has to make £263m worth of cuts by 2022-23. The £95m announced last December will be funded mostly from [...]
Crossrail bosses hope to give estimate for new opening date ‘by April’ February 25, 2019 London mayor Sadiq Khan has said there is no date that Crossrail chief executive Mark Wild can give "with confidence" for when the delayed railway will open, but that he hopes to give an estimate by the end of this financial quarter. The £17.6bn Elizabeth Line, which will stretch from Shenfield in the east to Reading in the [...]
U-Lez Miserable? London’s small businesses need support on new emissions rules February 25, 2019 A week is a long time in politics, or so goes the famous adage by former Prime Minister Harold Wilson. And it is apparent that a week and a half will be a very long time indeed in the world of small businesses, between 29 March and 8 April. With our departure from the European [...]
Critics hit out at Sadiq Khan’s ‘blunt’ junk food advertising ban to tackle child obesity February 24, 2019 Sadiq Khan's advertising ban on junk food across London's transport networks has come into force today, as part of the mayor's bid to tackle child obesity in the capital. Junk food advertising will be banned on the London Underground and at bus stops across London following a public consultation in May which received 1,500 responses, with 82 [...]
Heathrow breaks the history books with over 80m passengers flying through airport February 21, 2019 Heathrow airport enjoyed the busiest year in its history last year, bringing in 80.1m passengers, a near three per cent increase on the year before. The record-breaking numbers were accompanied by a climb in revenue of three per cent to £3bn, which the airport said was delivered by increasing demand and strong retail spend. Over the [...]
Port of Tilbury £200m London project gets green light February 20, 2019 Authorities have given the green light for a £200m port project on the outskirts of London, in a bid to deal with rising demand from the construction, manufacturing and retail sectors. The Department for Transport (DfT) gave the project its blessing yesterday, meaning work on the second terminal at the Port of Tilbury in Thurrock [...]
Labour pains: Seven MPs quit Corbyn’s party to launch The Independent Group February 18, 2019 Seven Labour MPs have resigned from the party and will now sit in parliament as an independent group in the wake of disaffection with the leadership's stance on Brexit and anti-semitism. The MPs, calling themselves The Independent Group, are Luciana Berger, Chuka Umunna, Former shadow chancellor Chris Leslie, Mike Gapes, Gavin Shuker, Ann Coffey and Angela Smith. Berger, [...]