Air pollution is an invisible killer and a dangerous reality for Londoners March 15, 2021 While Covid-19 and Brexit have continued to dominate national headlines, there’s another another critical issue affecting the lives of every Londoner, which hasn’t been front and centre. Here in the City we’ve started three exciting schemes to help rid the capital of toxic air. In partnership with Camden Council, and funded by TfL through the [...]
London minister Paul Scully on his rise to government March 15, 2021 Paul Scully seems a natural fit for London minister. While the Sutton and Cheam MP didn’t grow up in the capital, Scully was born in Warwickshire and went to school in Bedforshire, he certainly sounds like a nailed-on Londoner. His south London twang is noticeable and so is his relaxed, chatty demeanour – the antithesis [...]
Round the bend again: TfL buckles up for crunch time in latest funding talks March 13, 2021 It’s almost like we’ve been here before. On 31 March, Transport for London will for the third time in under a year run out of money, unless it can agree a new funding deal with the government. The past two bailout packages – totalling £3.3bn – were only agreed after weeks of frantic and at [...]
Corona Impact Series: How the pandemic accelerated this e-scooter provider’s expansion plans March 12, 2021 In this series, City A.M. looks at the financial and economic impact of the ongoing pandemic on a range of small and medium-sized businesses across London. This week: How an e-scooter startup from Slough plans to conquer the capital as it is taking advantage of favourable post-pandemic government policies. Electric scooters are increasingly a common [...]
Ministers to consult on cutting air passenger duty for domestic flights March 10, 2021 The government today confirmed that it was launching a consultation on cutting air passenger duty (APD) on domestic flights in a bid to improve travel links within the UK. The review is part of a broader suite of recommendations identified in former TfL boss Sir Peter Hendy’s report on the connectivity of the UK, which [...]
Euros football tournament could mark post-Covid ‘London renaissance’, says minister March 9, 2021 Euros football tournament could mark post-Covid 'London renaissance', says minister
International Women’s Day: London gives green light to traffic-light women March 8, 2021 Londoners out and about today may notice something different about the capital’s traffic light men — they’ve been transformed into women. New ‘green woman’ pedestrian signals have been installed at more than 20 locations across the city, including Exhibition Road in South Kensington and high streets such as Clapham and Tottenham. The redesign has been [...]
Government slammed over lack of climate change plan March 5, 2021 Two government committees have hit out at the government over a lack of detail in its climate change plans ahead of this year’s COP26 conference. In a new report released today, the influential Public Accounts Committee (PAC) said that two years on from fixing its net zero target in law, the government had “no plan” [...]
Sadiq Khan broke half of 2016 election promises, claims Tory rival Shaun Bailey March 4, 2021 Sadiq Khan has broken just over half of his 2016 campaign promises, Conservative mayoral rival Shaun Bailey has claimed. Bailey will today launch an advertising claiming Khan has not delivered on 126 of his 244 manifesto promises, however Labour has called the allegation a “complete work of fiction”. Bailey cites a list of manifesto promises [...]
TfL unveils design of new Piccadilly Line Tube trains March 4, 2021 Transport for London and German engineering firm Siemens have today unveiled the design for the new Piccadilly Line underground trains. The trains, which will begin operating on the line in 2025, have 10 per cent more capacity than the old models and use 20 per cent less energy. They are the first air-conditioned models to [...]