London mayor Sadiq Khan’s plans to pedestrianise Oxford Street by 2020 need more detail, say critics July 14, 2016 Plans to pedestrianise Oxford Street within four years have been given a mixed reception by campaigners, who say City Hall needs to release more details. London mayor Sadiq Khan plans to pedestrianise the stretch from Tottenham Court Road to Bond Street as part of his plans to tackle air quality. And this week, London deputy mayor [...]
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan hosts London devolution summit July 14, 2016 Mayor of London Sadiq Khan today held a summit of political and business leaders as he pushes for support on further devolution for the capital. Meeting business representatives from the Corporation of London, London First and the London Chamber of Commerce, Khan looked to bolster support for more powers in the wake of the Brexit vote last [...]
David Cameron stands down – here are his best moments at PMQs July 13, 2016 Prime Minister David Cameron will today head to his last session of Prime Minister's Questions, standing at the dispatch box once more before handing over to Theresa May. Since his first appearance on 7 December 2005, Cameron has faced off with Tony Blair, Gordon Brown, Ed Miliband and Jeremy Corbyn. Here are some of the most [...]
London mayor Sadiq Khan has secured a £15m windfall after licensing contactless ticketing technology July 13, 2016 London mayor Sadiq Khan has secured a £15m windfall after licencing the technology behind Transport for London's contactless ticketing system. TfL technology can now be used worldwide by Cubic Transportation Systems, which provides ticketing tools in Sydney, Brisbane, Vancouver and Chicago. London mayor Sadiq Khan said the cash from the licensing deal will go towards the delivery [...]
Who throws the best parties, Formula One or Formula E? The answer might surprise you… July 11, 2016 When it comes to Formula One, I feel like I lived through a golden era. I’m not just talking about the racing, I’m talking about the after-parties. When Red Bull launched their own F1 team in 2005 it was my job to cover not only what occurred on track and in the paddock, but what [...]
Mayor Sadiq Khan sets out to tackle gender pay gap as study shows that men in City Hall earn more than women on average July 11, 2016 NULL
Mayor Sadiq Khan sets out to tackle gender pay gap as study shows that men in City Hall earn more than women on average July 11, 2016 Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has called on employers to close the pay gap for women, and today launched a plan to ensure full pay equality across the Greater London Authority and its functional bodies. A full gender pay audit of all City Hall's staff published today in accordance with a manifesto pledge showed that women employed [...]
Reassure EU migrants they can stay or watch these vital workers leave the UK July 11, 2016 The London Stock Exchange is run by a Frenchman. The Bank of England is governed by a Canadian. The mayor of London is the son of a Pakistani immigrant. London is, and always has been, an internationally focused, vibrant city, and this outward facing and welcoming nature must continue. It has now been two weeks [...]
Post-Brexit passporting questions hang over fintech too July 5, 2016 The question of passporting hangs over fintech startups as well as banking in a post-Brexit world. Half of fintech firms in the UK stand to lose access to the European market handed to them by passporting. A snap survey of around 100 members of industry body Innovate Finance following the referendum result found half are authorised [...]
Sadiq Khan is to institute a £10 charge for London’s most polluting vehicles, while accelerating the planned expansion of the ultra-low emission zone July 5, 2016 Sadiq Khan has fleshed out his proposals to tackle London's air quality, including specifying new charges for drivers in environmentally unfriendly vehicles. Khan made tacking the city's pollution a key plank of his election platform, and figures last month showed that Londoners living in the capital’s most deprived boroughs are significantly more likely to die [...]