City Hall presses Philip Hammond to return Londoners’ £500m in vehicle excise duty February 1, 2018 The London Assembly is pressing Philip Hammond to return some of the £500m the capital contributes to the government in vehicle excise duty (VED). Sadiq Khan has complained that none of the VED generated by London is spent on roads in the capital, which he says has put a strain on Transport for London (TfL), [...]
Air pollution: London reaches annual legal air pollution limit less than a month into 2018 January 30, 2018 London has officially reached the UK’s legal air pollution limit for the entire year, according to live data from King’s College London. Under EU pollution rules, an individual site cannot break the hourly limit of 200 micrograms of nitrogen dioxide per cubic metre of air more than 18 times in a year. This year, the [...]
Exclusive: Sadiq Khan says UK must leave students out of immigration targets post-Brexit January 30, 2018 Sadiq Khan has thrown his weight behind efforts to remove international students from the UK’s immigration target after Brexit. Responding to the government’s review of its immigration policy, which is being conducted by the Migration Advisory Committee, the London mayor said the UK must stop “politicising” students and stressed the importance of the student population [...]
Northern Line passengers to get quicker and more frequent journeys as TfL boosts services on busiest London line | City A.M. January 29, 2018 Transport for London (TfL) said today over 200,000 Northern Line passengers will benefit from quicker and more frequent trips as it boosts its high frequency services. From today, 225,000 commuters will benefit from a new timetable which will see TfL doubling the length of its highest frequency “evening peak” services in the central London section [...]
TfL sounds alarm over Heathrow Airport expansion causing significant public transport crowding in London January 29, 2018 Transport for London (TfL) has raised concerns over the impact Heathrow expansion will have on the capital’s transport network, warning over significant crowding. In surface access analysis compiled this month, London’s transport body said Heathrow expansion is expected to result in an extra 170,000 daily passenger and staff trips compared to today. The airport has [...]
London house prices: Sadiq Khan under pressure as figures show construction has started on just 428 affordable homes January 22, 2018 London mayor Sadiq Khan’s affordable housing programme is under pressure after figures showed he has started building just 428 homes in the first six months of 2017-18. In the 2016 Autumn Statement, Khan secured £3.15bn in funding from central government to build 90,000 affordable homes. Read more: London Assembly warns on £2.2bn funding black hole [...]
London mayor Sadiq Khan names the next 13 Tube stations going step-free January 19, 2018 London mayor Sadiq Khan today announced the next 13 Tube stations going step-free and said they will be completed by spring 2022. The stations to benefit are North Ealing, Rickmansworth, Wimbledon Park, Boston Manor, Burnt Oak, Debden, Hanger Lane, Ickenham, Northolt, Park Royal, Ruislip, Snaresbrook and Sudbury Hill. Combined, they record more than 33m passenger [...]
London mayor Sadiq Khan’s concerns over fresh Crossrail 2 delays revealed in letter to chancellor Philip Hammond January 18, 2018 London mayor Sadiq Khan’s concerns over fresh delays to the £31bn Crossrail 2 project have been revealed in a letter sent to chancellor Philip Hammond. The letter, published in a Freedom of Information response by City Hall, came ahead of November’s Autumn Budget, with Khan saying the rail route needed “an urgent ministerial decision” to [...]
French finance chief says Brexit won’t be a catastrophe for the City of London January 18, 2018 Warnings about Brexit’s impact on the City have been overblown, according to French finance chief Christian Noyer. Noyer was formerly the governor of the Bank of France, and is now leading French efforts to persuade banks to pick Paris as a location after Brexit. He has also been tasked with protecting France’s financial services sector [...]
Mayor Sadiq Khan unveils London Licence to safeguard pay for the capital’s bus drivers when they switch firms | City A.M. January 17, 2018 Sadiq Khan today unveiled a new “Licence for London” to ensure bus drivers can switch companies at a pay grade equivalent to their level of service and experience. The mayor said the move will provide a fairer deal for the capital’s 25,000 bus drivers, bringing an end to the previous system where drivers moving from [...]