Tube journey jumps to £2.50: Sadiq Khan hikes London transport fares by five per cent February 14, 2022 The Mayor of London has announced a price hike for rail and bus services in the capital as part of efforts to save struggling TfL services.
Mayor of London says new Met chief must have ‘robust plan’ to fix police culture February 13, 2022 London’s Mayor Sadiq Khan has said the new Metropolitan Police chief must have a “robust plan” to deal with the police’s “cultural problems”, following the departure of Dame Cressida Dick on Thursday. Dick resigned over Mr Khan’s lack of confidence in her plans for reform, giving her “no choice” by the leave the post, as [...]
Sunday Special: Britain’s top police officers who hope to replace Cressida Dick as head of the Met February 13, 2022 Less than 24 hours after Dame Cressida Dick’s dramatic shock resignation, speculation has already begun about who will replace the Metropolitan Police’s first female commissioner. Last night, Dame Cressida announced that she would be stepping down after losing the backing of London Mayor Sadiq Khan in the wake of a series of scandals during her [...]
Cressida Dick resigns after Khan loses faith February 10, 2022 Met Police commissioner Cressida Dick has reportedly resigned after Mayor of London Sadiq Khan said he no longer had confidence in her leadership.
UK loses £7bn from Omicron restrictions’ impact on travel and tourism February 8, 2022 The UK has lost around £7bn from the impact of Omicron restrictions on travel and tourism, according to World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) data. “Imposing unnecessary travel restrictions to ‘deal’ with Omicron was not backed by science and cost the UK economy £7bn in lost revenues,” said WTTC’s chief executive Julia Simpson. “Travel is [...]
There is a light at the end of the London underground if we fight for its funding February 8, 2022 Last week, Transport for London was given another short extension on its emergency funding deal. This is hardly anything except another sticking plaster solution, stretched out a little longer, rather than a long-term programme to invest in London’s transport system. This came the same week that TfL issued a budget update setting out a potentially [...]
Starmer rescued by police from anti-vax mob February 7, 2022 Sir Keir Starmer had to be escorted by police out of parliament this evening, after the Labour leader was mobbed by a group of anti-vax protestors.
UK lags behind other European nations on new-build delivery February 7, 2022 The UK is lagging behind several other major European nations on the delivery of new-builds, in relation to its population size, analysis has found. The country’s construction sector was hammered by rising costs on supply and labour, as well as having works delayed or stalled due to Covid restrictions. Countries including France, Belgium, the Netherlands [...]
Enough is enough: Cressida Dick seeks to root out “poor conduct” from Met February 6, 2022 Met commissioner Dame Cressida Dick has said that “enough is enough” when it comes to body’s “poor conduct and nasty and inappropriate behaviour”. In a letter sent to the 43,000 police officers and staff in the Met’s payroll, Dick said the body’s reputation had been tarnished because of bad behaviour, the Sunday Telegraph reported. “If [...]
Mayor of London calls for register of overseas property ownership to tackle money laundering February 6, 2022 The Mayor of London has called for a register of overseas property ownership to crack down on London being used for international money laundering. Properties in the capital owned by overseas individuals and firms could be sheltering billions of pounds of undeclared funds, Sadiq Khan said. It comes as a report by cross-party MPs found [...]