[ad_1] • From January 2, the central London congestion charge increases from £15 to £18, and EVs lose their full exemption (electric vans pay £9; electric cars £13.50) • The changes are expected to generate about £110m extra per year in income for Transport for London • Firms including Royal Mail, Tesco, Uber, DPD, DHL…
[ad_1] A poll of Standard readers has revealed that more than half believe that cannabis should be decriminalised in the UK. An independent commission set up by London Mayor Sir Sadiq Khan announced that possession of small amounts of marijuana in the UK should be decriminalised – which got tongues wagging across the city. As…
[ad_1] Companies with large delivery fleets, DPD, Amazon, DHL, FedEx, Royal Mail, to name but a few have invested millions of pounds in EV vans, partly … [ad_2] Source link
[ad_1] SIR – The expansion of the ultra-low emission zone (Ulez) to all London boroughs is imminent. The Tories have alleged that Sadiq Khan, the Mayor of London, made “false” and “dishonest” claims to the London Assembly over the scheme’s consultation. Furthermore, his office funded scientists who published studies on Ulez’s effectiveness, and he then…
[ad_1] A round 100,000 civil servants have voted to go on strike, joining nurses, rail workers, university staff and potentially teachers in industrial action that threatens to cripple public services in the coming weeks. Workers represented by the Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union, backed industrial action in strike ballots called over pay, pensions, jobs…
[ad_1] Sadiq Khan has unveiled £25,000 grants to help people change street names as part of a diversity campaign launched following Black Lives Matter protests. The Mayor of London has announced a £1 million fund that will be shared out among community groups, including those wishing to campaign to alter potentially offensive road names. Grants…
[ad_1] Sir Keir Starmer tonight called for a second national lockdown to start immediately as the Labour Party claimed vindication for calling for a ‘circuit-breaker’ two weeks ago. The Labour leader also indicated that his Party will back the Government in a vote on a new England-wide lockdown due to take place in the House of Commons…
[ad_1] The following are the top stories in the Financial Times. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy. Headlines Boris Johnson’s 3-year UK spending master plan set to be ditched https://on.ft.com/37t2FN0 Government threatens to take direct control of Transport for London https://on.ft.com/31mAxan Royal Mail launches doorstep parcel collections in…
[ad_1] Met Police have imposed a curfew on Black Lives Matter activists who are expected to march in London today amid an increasingly rancorous national debate over the proper place of statues with links to Britain’s colonial past – and despite warnings from Boris Johnson not to break social distancing rules. Senior police officers have…
[ad_1] The Mail on Sunday today calls on our readers to help block any attempt to remove the statue of Sir Winston Churchill from outside the Houses of Parliament. Our petition urges Boris Johnson to make a public pledge that the monument to Britain’s celebrated wartime leader will never be moved after it was attacked…