Khan-backed campaign to increase foreign investment into London launches August 8, 2022 A new campaign backed by Sadiq Khan to increase green foreign capital investment into London post-Brexit has today been launched. The £500,000 Opportunity London campaign – which has been partially funded by City Hall, the City of London Corporation and the 32 borough councils – aims to “showcase London as one of the very best [...]
Campaigners challenge mayor’s decision to expand police access to traffic cameras August 4, 2022 Campaigners have launched a legal challenge against London mayor Sadiq Khan over his decision to expand police access to data from traffic cameras. Activists like Green Party London Assembly member Sian Berry called the decision “terrifying”, saying it would increase Londoners’ surveillance and hit ethnic minorities the most. “With human rights under threat from all [...]
Political rivalry will keep Transport for London in eternal financial purgatory August 4, 2022 People who live and work in London know the city would grind to a halt without an efficient public transport network. Almost half of the country’s 22 million public transport journeys undertaken every day are in London. Just a quarter of Londoners use a car to get to work – elsewhere it is 70 per [...]
‘Junk science’: London Conservatives dispute validity of research on TfL food ad restrictions August 3, 2022 GLA Conservatives have disputed the validity of an independent research on junk food ad restrictions implemented since 2019 on the Transport for London (TfL) network. Published yesterday by the University of Sheffield and the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, the study argued that the ban has prevented almost 100,000 cases of obesity. It [...]
Junk food ads restrictions on TfL network to save NHS £200m August 2, 2022 The restrictions on junk food ads on the Transport for London (TfL) network are set to save the NHS over £200m. According to a study published today by the University of Sheffield and the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, the ban has prevented almost 100,000 obesity cases. In place since February 2019, the [...]
Developers warned: House-building in three West London boroughs stalled until 2030 over lack of power July 29, 2022 Developers in three West London boroughs have been warned they may not have electricity capacity for new homes until 2030. The Greater London Assembly (GLA) wrote to developers in Hillingdon, Ealing and Hounslow this week, airing concerns about “availability of electricity capacity” which could stall new homes. It said power companies were warning developers “electricity [...]
London’s ULEZ must be fair and effective or risk reversal July 29, 2022 THE CLIMATE is changing rapidly. We saw that with the heatwaves that swept the country and the fires raging in Europe. But climate action can’t steamroll over people, or make them poorer as an economic crisis sets in. Well-meaning but unfair policies will, after all, eventually be unwound. No policy is a better example than [...]
Businesses to receive boost following restoration of Night Tube services for first time since pandemic July 28, 2022 London businesses are set to receive a boost after Night Tube services have been restored in full for the first time since the pandemic. “As visitors and employees return to London, a safer and reliable mode of transport is a crucial service to help raise footfall and aid the economic recovery of our businesses,” said [...]
Tube money: Govt warns long-term funding proposal for Transport for London is ‘our final offer’ July 28, 2022 Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has warned that the long-term funding proposal made to Transport for London (TfL) is the Government’s “final offer”. The capital’s transport body has been reliant on money from the Government to keep services running during the coronavirus pandemic. The latest short-term funding agreement expires on Thursday. Mr Shapps wrote on Twitter: [...]
TfL ask for more time to look at “very complex” Whitehall funding arrangement July 27, 2022 TRANSPORT for London chiefs have asked for more time to look at the detail of a long-term funding deal from central government. Late last Friday evening the Department for Transport sent the body a proposal which would bring to an end a series of temporary bailouts and fraught negotiations, but TfL commissioner Andy Byford yesterday [...]