Opponents hit out at Khan over pledge to scrap higher Congestion Charge April 26, 2021 Sadiq Khan has pledged to attempt to scrap the “temporary” £15 congestion charge if he is reelected as Mayor of London in May, prompting a wave of criticism from his opponents. The Labour Mayor raised the charge from £11.50 last June in order to secure a government bailout for Transport for London (TfL) amid the [...]
London Mayoral election: The leader of the capital needs the constitutional power to get the job done April 26, 2021 The Mayoral election is just over one week away. You will be easily forgiven if it’s not at the forefront of your mind – over the last year London has been hammered by the pandemic. The capital has lost more jobs than any other region, with a disproportionate effect on younger people, those in lower [...]
Why don’t I have an EV yet? April 24, 2021 Given all the hype around electric cars, it is sometimes easy to forget just how far off mass adoption of the climate friendly vehicles still is. A recent survey by consumer trends data firm Dynata suggests that as yet just 16 per cent of Brits have bought an electric or hybrid car – way behind [...]
As the capital recovers, the next Mayor of London cannot ignore the tech and investor community April 23, 2021 When the candidates for the Mayoral election gathered at Here East in 2016 to speak to the capital’s technology community, no one could have predicted the extent to which Brexit and a global health pandemic would utterly transform the five years that followed. Unfortunately, since then, it seems the ambition of London’s tech sector appears [...]
City of London’s new “Justice Quarter” gets the go-ahead April 22, 2021 New civic development will provide Crown, Magistrates, County and Civil Courts and a new City of London Police HQ, built to tackle national fraud and economic crime. Designed to last at least 125 years, the development will drive recovery and growth in the Square Mile and beyond, ensuring that the City retains its global position [...]
Corona Impact Series: A Tottenham kitchen on a mission to make Londoners eat more plants April 22, 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. Today: allplants, a plant-based food delivery startup that had no choice but to scale rapidly during the pandemic. The plant-based food brand allplants was created by Jonathan Petrides and [...]
London Mayoral elections: Whoever wins, scratchy relations with Downing Street must be mended to fight for the capital April 22, 2021 The Covid crisis has laid bare some of the UK’s harshest inequalities, nowhere more starklythan in London. East London boroughs have seen some of the highest death rates in thecountry, and London’s unemployment rate has soared. But other boroughs have some ofthe country’s lowest death rates, and the city that has lost most jobs has [...]
BA inks deal with £60 PCR test firm in boost to summer holiday plans April 21, 2021 Exclusive: BA inks deal provide £60 PCR tests in boost to summer holiday plans
As the City reopens, small businesses reliant on office workers cross their fingers and hope April 21, 2021 As the City reopens, small businesses reliant on office workers cross their fingers
Going underground (again): Tube journeys up 40 per cent as hospitality reopens April 21, 2021 The number of people taking public transport in London surged back to levels not seen since October last week as punters flocked back to pubs, bars, and shops as they reopened. In total, there were about 1.4m Tube journeys made on 16 April, up from around 1m a week before – an increase of 40 [...]