BBC expects 10m viewers to watch London fireworks for New Year’s Eve December 31, 2022 BBC is set to broadcast London’s New Year’s Eve firework display this evening. The capital’s firework show will welcome crowds after a two year gap because of the pandemic. Over a 100,000 tickets for the Central London event have been sold, but Londoners and tourists have been advised not to come to the display unless [...]
More chaos ahead as Elizabeth line workers to walk out on 12 January December 23, 2022 Londoners should brace for more chaos in the new year as Elizabeth line workers will walk out on 12 January. It comes as members of the unions RMT and Aslef at 15 train operators will down tools throughout the first week of January, bringing the railway network to a grinding halt. Members of the TSSA [...]
Sometimes, size matters: what smaller cities can learn from London’s ever-expanding infrastructure December 22, 2022 I’m not saying news travels slowly up North, but it took me until this week to finally travel on The Elizabeth Line. The train was noticeably cleaner and nicer than the older trains that I had been on for the first part of my journey, and the sheer breadth of stations that the line serves [...]
Sadiq Khan to run for third term as London mayor in 2024 election December 20, 2022 Sadiq Khan will seek a third term as London mayor, after being selected as Labour’s candidate for the 2024 election. Khan, who would be the first London mayor to win three elections if victorious in 2024, said it would be a “very tough election” and that “there’s still so much more to do.” There have [...]
London City Airport submits revised expansion application to Newham December 19, 2022 London City Airport has submitted its revised planning application to the borough of Newham. Aiming to expand its annual passenger cap to nine million by 2031, the airport said the revised proposal incorporates feedback from a 10-week consultation it launched earlier this year. Following backlash from residents, the hub decided to reduce the proposed operating [...]
Sunak calls on Khan to scrap Ulez expansion to all London boroughs December 14, 2022 Sadiq Khan should “listen to the public” and scrap the planned expansion of the Ultra Low Emission Zone (Ulez) to all of London, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has said. Sunak said during Prime Minister’s Questions (PMQs) today that it is the “overwhelming” view of London residents that the levy should not be expanded. Ulez will [...]
Explainer-in-brief: Snowballing homelessness in London December 14, 2022 For some, the snow has brought a layer of white beauty to our capital. For others, it is a menace. When temperatures fall below zero degrees, something called the Severe Weather Emergency Protocol is activated to support people sleeping rough. Mayor Sadiq Khan activated it last week, and councils and charities have been scrambling to [...]
Khan calls for London to get bigger slice of Levelling Up cash from government December 14, 2022 Sadiq Khan has called on Rishi Sunak to give London more cash from the government’s signature Levelling Up fund to tackle “the capital’s own substantial inequalities”. The London mayor said the capital was missing out on hundreds of millions of pounds of government money post-Brexit. New figures from City Hall show London has received £76 [...]
We don’t need more puppet devolution with Whitehall still holding the purse strings December 13, 2022 There is no doubt in my mind that devolution is the right way forward for local politics and for the UK as a whole. As a former Mayor and local politician, I know that if you want to make a difference to your local community, and if you want to improve the place where you [...]
RMT doesn’t exclude chance of new tube strikes as members renew mandate December 8, 2022 The RMT has not excluded the chance of new strike action on the tube network as it received another six-month strike mandate from London Underground workers. General secretary Mick Lynch has urged London Underground and mayor Sadiq Khan to sit down with the union “so we can bring this dispute to a resolution.” “If a [...]