Exclusive: Former TfL safety panel chief hammers rail watchdog over Croydon crash investigation April 13, 2021 A former Transport for London (TfL) board member has written to the boss of the UK’s rail accident investigation agency demanding that the body revise the conclusions of its report on 2016’s fatal Croydon tram crash. Michael Liebriech, who was the chair of TfL’s safety panel at the time of the crash, wrote that the [...]
Best of travel: Can hypnotherapy cure a chronic fear of flying? April 13, 2021 With the end of travel restrictions on the horizon, we’re republishing some of the best travel stories from the last few years. Today we revisit Dougie Gerrard’s article exploring the burgeoning industry trying to cure our fears of flying. ••• I haven’t always been an anxious person. In fact, I was an utterly fearless child, [...]
TfL passenger numbers jump as retail and hospitality reopen April 12, 2021 Passenger numbers on Transport for London (TfL) services jumped this morning as people rushed to back to the capital’s shopping hotspots following the lifting of some lockdown restrictions. As of 10am this morning, there were around 670,000 taps in and out of Tube stations, about a third of pre-pandemic levels. TfL said that this was [...]
S&P 500 and Dow climb for third day and close at records April 9, 2021 The S&P 500 and the Dow rose to close at record highs, posting a third straight weekly rise partly on lift from growth stocks, with a late-day rally building gains ahead of quarterly earnings season next week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 299.21 points, or 0.89 per cent, to 33,802.78, the S&P 500 gained [...]
Why China’s electric vehicle market is at full throttle April 9, 2021 We get under the bonnet and look at what’s driving growth in China’s electric vehicle market After a dip in sales in 2019 and the impact of the pandemic in early 2020, the market for electric vehicles (EVs) in China is recovering strongly. Among the factors driving this acceleration in sales is the combination of [...]
Shaping and taking opportunities post-Brexit April 8, 2021 CEO Cees Vermaas explores the recent strong financial results of The International Stock Exchange Group – despite COVID-19 – and what he has planned to unlock further growth in the coming years. The last year has been dominated by the COVID-19 pandemic but during this time, we have also seen the end of the transition [...]
Labour accuses Boris Johnson of breaking ministerial code in Sadiq Khan row April 7, 2021 Labour has today accused Boris Johnson of breaking the ministerial code for using a Downing Street press conference to attack mayor of London Sadiq Khan. Deputy Labour leader Angela Rayner is accusing the Prime Minister of using government resources for party political campaigning, a breach of the code, after Johnson said at Monday’s press conference [...]
Boris Johnson and Sadiq Khan – the best of enemies April 7, 2021 Boris Johnson and Sadiq Khan are never happier than when they are publicly flogging each other. The mayor of London and his Tory predecessor have gotten into countless scraps over the past year, this week’s row over Transport for London’s (TfL) funding situation is just the latest. Johnson’s claims that he left TfL’s finances in [...]
Mayor of London election: Shaun Bailey pledges to reverse Khan’s 9.5 per cent council tax rise April 7, 2021 Tory mayoral candidate Shaun Bailey has today pledged to reverse Sadiq Khan’s recent 9.5 council tax hike if victorious in the 6 May mayoral election. Bailey today said he would also reverse plans to extend London’s Ultra Low Emissions Zone (Ulez) and cut the capital’s congestion charge for motorists from £15 to £11.50. It comes [...]
Sadiq Khan London mayor election manifesto: Everything you need to know April 6, 2021 London mayor Sadiq Khan launched his election manifesto today by promising Londoners that he would focus on “jobs, jobs, jobs” if re-elected on 6 May. The 100-page document, one-third larger in size than the Tories’ general election winning manifesto in 2019, outlined policies on areas such as the economy, the environment, transport, crime, housing and [...]