Westminster City Council sets out next steps for Oxford Street pedestrianisation alternative to tackle Elizabeth Line crowding July 2, 2018 After the controversial decision to put the brakes on Oxford Street pedestrianisation plans indefinitely, Westminster City Council will meet to discuss its alternative plans for the London shopping hotspot next week. The council's cabinet will meet on Monday 9 July to consider a report setting out the next steps for transforming the Oxford Street district. [...]
Virgin Atlantic has said it will no longer carry out forced deportation flights for the Home Office June 30, 2018 Virgin Atlantic has said it will no longer carry out involuntary deportation flights for people deemed to be illegal immigrants. A spokesperson for the airline said it had already informed the Home Office of its decision, which was made “in the best interest of our customers and people”. The decision follows months of controversy following [...]
Full steam ahead for Royal Docks regeneration plan June 27, 2018 A £300m plan to transform London’s Royal Docks has been given the green light today, in a move that will boost east London's business ambitions. The investment will go towards bolstering Newham’s Royal Docks, which has fallen behind London’s other waterside projects due in large part to its relative remoteness. Read more: The Royal Docks [...]
Parliament backs third runway at Heathrow with strong majority in the absence of Boris Johnson June 25, 2018 Parliament on Monday night voted in favour of building a third runway at Heathrow Airport in a historic decision taken after decades of delays. The bill passed the House of Commons with a large majority of 296, as MPs from both Labour and the Conservatives defied their leaderships in large numbers. 415 voted in favour, [...]
London has been crowned the world’s most popular city for work but the UK as a whole has fallen behind June 25, 2018 London has been crowned the most popular city in the world for work in the biggest ever study of workforce migration trends, but the popularity of the UK as a whole has dropped. In the giant survey of 366,000 overseas workers from nearly 200 countries, the capital beats New York, Berlin and Barcelona as the [...]
London mayor Sadiq Khan joins thousands for Trafalgar Square Eid Festival celebration June 23, 2018 London Mayor Sadiq Khan will join thousands at Trafalgar Square today to celebrate the capital's 13th Eid Festival. The event celebrates the end of Ramadan through displays of Muslim art, cultural exhibits, poetry, story-telling and food. This year, the event will focus on the contribution women make to Muslim culture, as a number of speeches [...]
Sadiq Khan vows to join local authority legal action against Heathrow third runway June 21, 2018 Sadiq Khan has thrown his weight behind legal action lodged by local council against Heathrow’s third runway if it is approved by parliament in a crunch vote next week. The mayor of London, who has long been a Heathrow sceptic, said he was opposing the government’s plans because they failed to allay his concerns over [...]
Wanted: Tory candidate who gets London June 19, 2018 Nominations for the Tories’ London mayoral candidate open this month, reminding us that London elections have been unkind to the Conservatives lately. The 2016 mayoral election, when Labour’s Sadiq Khan defeated Tory Zac Goldsmith 44 to 35 per cent on first preference votes – 57 to 43 with second preferences for other candidates counted – [...]
Multiple people injured after explosion at Southgate tube station June 19, 2018 Multiple people have been injured after an explosion at Southgate tube station this evening. British Transport Police said a small number of people have been treated at the scene by the London Ambulance Service following a minor explosion. The explosion is not being treated as suspicious with the Metropolitan Police saying that the cause of [...]
London mayoral race: Conservatives open candidacy to all – except die-hard Remainers | City A.M. June 18, 2018 The Conservatives are calling on people from outside politics as well as within to apply as the party’s future mayoral candidate to take on Sadiq Khan in 2020 – but die-hard Remainers need not apply. The Tories this morning began the process of selecting its candidate, calling for applicants from “all backgrounds and all parts [...]