Editor’s notes: Forget about Murdoch, media dominance is now an online battle December 16, 2016 For a while this week it felt as if we’d slipped back five years, as Ed Miliband and Vince Cable dusted down their criticisms of Rupert Murdoch. 21st Century Fox’s bid for Sky saw the former Labour leader take to Twitter like a student protester. “Do we want Rupert Murdoch controlling even more of [the] [...]
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan invests £220m in the capital’s boroughs including central London’s first new park for 100 years December 15, 2016 The mayor has announced he's plugging £220m into the capital's boroughs to boost transport, town centre and public space developments. Sadiq Khan said the funding will be used by boroughs across the capital for a range of projects, with initiatives to encourage walking and cycling, reduce road dangers and improve air quality. Among the projects to receive [...]
MPs slam government for failing to grasp “the serious impacts of poor air quality” on British people December 15, 2016 MPs aren't impressed with the government's progress on air quality. A letter from Conservative MP Neil Parish, chairman of the Commons environment committee, sent yesterday to environment minister Therese Coffey, said the government had not been convinced it was doing enough to tackle the problem. "We are extremely concerned that, despite the courts twice rejecting its [...]
Piccadilly line Night Tube launch to go ahead on Friday despite ongoing disruption as mayor says “lessons must be learned” December 14, 2016 Despite the mayor acknowledging that "Piccadilly line service has not been good enough" with ongoing disruption caused "for thousands of people," the launch of the Night Tube will go ahead as planned. It starts on the line – the fifth to get the all-night treatment – on Friday 16 December and will run all night [...]
London Uber drivers target Salesforce in fresh protests directed at business December 14, 2016 Uber drivers have targeted Salesforce in their fight for workers rights, holding a flash demo outside the tech company's London offices in the heart of the Square Mile. The United Private Hire Drivers (UPHD) union which last month disrupted Westminster with protests, staged the demo at Heron Tower over the firm's use of the corporate Uber for Business service, [...]
Sadiq Khan is selling Boris Johnson’s water cannon after more than £322,834 was spent on them by the Met Police December 14, 2016 Boris Johnson's water cannon never quite got the airing the former mayor wanted and now Sadiq Khan has put them up for sale via the Ministry of Defence. But not before costing more than £322,834 for the Met Police in purchasing, fitting out and repairing the three machines, "despite the fact they cannot legally be used in [...]
TfL starts its tougher crackdown on illegal cab activity in the capital with the roll-out of new officers December 14, 2016 The first wave of the mayor's new beefed up compliance team to tackle illegal cab activity in the capital has hit the streets. Sadiq Khan unveiled plans to crack down on illegal taxis and minicabs in August and 50 of the 250 new officers have now joined the existing team of 82, which Khan says is [...]
Sadiq Khan makes progress in bid to become the London mayor for business December 12, 2016 LONDON mayor Sadiq Khan is making progress in his bid to become the city’s “most pro-business mayor ever”. In a recent poll of more than 500 London businesses the proportion who saw him as pro-business remained at 39 per cent, the same as it was before his election. Yet the same poll, which was commissioned [...]
London Mayor Sadiq Khan urged to help make Anthony Joshua super-fight with Wladimir Klitschko a record crowd December 11, 2016 Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has been urged to fulfil his pledge to make London a rival to Las Vegas for the biggest fights when Britain’s Anthony Joshua faces Wladimir Klitschko next year. IBF champion Joshua’s heavyweight blockbuster clash with Klitschko at Wembley in April was announced just moments after the 27-year-old’s victory over American [...]
Sadiq Khan says London is a step closer to getting its own NFL franchise after four games announced for 2017 December 9, 2016 London will host four regular season NFL games for the first time next year, a move Mayor Sadiq Khan said will bring the capital closer to getting its own franchise. Four games represents half a regular season home schedule for an NFL franchise and will further put to the test London's capacity to host a franchise. Read more: The [...]