Uber’s London licence appeal against TfL is set for first court hearing December 10, 2017 Uber's legal battle with London regulators is set to move forward with a court hearing due to take place this week over its licence to operate in the capital. The preliminary hearing at Westminster Magistrates court on Monday will lay out plans for the full case to be heard some time next year. It comes [...]
Brexit: David Davis says £39m bill “conditional” on final deal countering chancellor Philip Hammond’s claim December 10, 2017 The man in charge of Britain’s Brexit negotiations has contradicted claims by the chancellor over the payment of the Brexit “divorce bill” in a fresh cabinet rift. David Davis has said it wasn’t “quite right” that the UK will pay up to £39m regardless of the outcome of negotiations, as Philip Hammond had stated last [...]
Sadiq Khan has commissioned Brexit impact reports for London December 9, 2017 Sadiq Khan has commissioned studies to measure the impact of Brexit on London. The mayor said that the studies will be published next month, and had a dig at Brexit secretary David Davis who has been accused of misleading parliament over his own department’s Brexit impact studies. Khan said that the government’s approach to Brexit [...]
Michael Gove: Voters could change Brexit deal at 2022 general election December 9, 2017 The electorate will get the final say on the Brexit deal, according to environment minister and prominent Brexiteer Michael Gove. Gove wrote in the Daily Telegraph that the British people will have a chance to reject the final deal during the next general election. The next election is currently expected in 2022, three years after [...]
Marc Vlessing, CEO of Pocket Living on his mission to provide affordable compact homes for young Londoners December 8, 2017 Marc Vlessing’s eyes were first opened to millennials’ struggle to get on to the housing ladder when he was working in theatre. As CEO of Crescent Entertainment, which went on to become the largest group of theatres and cinemas in the UK, he was surrounded by passionate, hard-working people in their 20s and 30s, “but [...]
Sheffield suspends Uber licence after it fails to respond to council December 8, 2017 Uber has lost its licence in another UK city, just days before its next hearing in a battle to remain in London. Sheffield, the UK’s fourth-largest city, has become the latest local authority to clamp down on the ride-hailing app. It has had its licence suspended, from 18 December onwards, after it failed to respond [...]
London mayor Sadiq Khan praises Theresa May’s “u-turn” in Brexit talks December 8, 2017 London mayor Sadiq Khan has welcomed this morning’s move forward with Brexit talks, but said this progress should have been achieved months ago. He also applauded an “apparent u-turn” by Theresa May on the rights of EU citizens living in the UK. Jean-Claude Juncker confirmed this morning that Brexit talks can move on to the [...]
Brexit secretary David Davis hits back over Irish border fall out – and insists regulatory alignment does not mean staying in Single Market December 5, 2017 David Davis has hit out at critics of leaked proposals to solve the Irish border question, stressing that the UK’s borders will remain intact and clarifying what is meant by regulatory alignment. Davis told MPs he was still confident a deal could be concluded before the end of this week – although 24 hours ago [...]
Ruth Davidson snipes at May’s Irish border proposal December 5, 2017 Pressure is piling on Theresa May not to agree a special case deal for Northern Ireland, after yesterday’s much-hoped for breakthrough was scuppered by the DUP. A deal had been signed up to by Dublin and London, and was being briefed out in Brussels, with parties on both sides visibly relieved that the Brexit impasse [...]
Crystal Palace reveal £100m Selhurst Park transformation plans ushering in “new era” for the club December 4, 2017 Premier League strugglers Crystal Palace today released plans for a massive revamp of their Selhurst Park stadium. Costing between £75m and £100m, the club want to hike home capacity from 26,000 to more than 34,000 and wrap the ground in glass – paying homage to the historic original Crystal Palace exhibition venue. A new stand [...]