Fulham residents hit with matchday parking fees – even with no fans at Craven Cottage November 25, 2020 Tory MP Greg Hands has hit out at Fulham and Hammersmith Council for implementing matchday parking restrictions around Fulham FC’s Craven Cottage, despite there being no fans at games. The council is charging people £2.50 an hour to park in some areas around the Premier League club’s ground, with £80 fines given to cars parked [...]
Khan: Nothing to help London in any meaningful way in spending review November 25, 2020 London mayor Sadiq Khan has given a damning verdict on the chancellor's spending review, saying there was nothing in it to would help London
Exclusive: TfL officials watered down Croydon tram safety audit to ‘placate’ First Group November 25, 2020 Internal emails seen by Morning Wire show that Transport for London (TfL) officials agreed to water down an audit into fatigue management on the Croydon tram network in a bid to “placate” the company running the service. A group of TfL executives responsible for a 2017 audit of Tram Operations Limited’s (TOL) safety standards agreed [...]
Tories call for Sadiq Khan to scrap rent control push after policy ‘failed’ in Berlin November 25, 2020 City Hall’s Conservatives are calling for Sadiq Khan to drop his rent control policy, after new analysis this week showed similar measures depleted Berlin’s supply of new flats. The new study showed the supply of rental apartments fell by 41 per cent while demand soared by 172 per cent within a year of Berlin’s rent [...]
London to buck UK trend with uptick in 2020 housing sales completions November 25, 2020 London is expected to buck the national trend to record an uptick in housing sales completions this year, according to the latest research. Completed sales across the UK are expected to fall six per cent compared to last year, an improvement on the original forecast of a 15 per cent drop, as the housing market [...]
Londoners pay ‘astonishing’ 30 per cent of UK’s capital gains tax November 25, 2020 Londoners pay nearly 30 per cent of the UK’s capital gains tax, with taxpayers in Kensington and Chelsea forking out the most, according to a new study. The research published this morning showed that London accounts for 29 per cent of the tax, despite being home to just 13 per cent of the UK’s population. [...]
London black cab advert banned for exaggerating Covid-19 safety claims November 25, 2020 An advert for London black cabs has been banned after the watchdog found it exaggerated the extent to which the taxis can prevent the spread of Covid-19. A radio ad for black cabs, which aired in July, featured a woman’s voice listing the apparent safety benefits of hailing one of the capital’s classic cars. It [...]
Sadiq Khan: ‘Right and sensible’ to put London in Tier 2 after lockdown November 24, 2020 London is set to be placed under Tier 2 restrictions after the national lockdown ends next week, Sadiq Khan has said. The mayor said placing the capital back in Tier 2 would be the “right and sensible decision”, but added the final verdict would be made on Thursday based on the latest Covid-19 figures. Prime [...]
Love rats: London’s rodent population booms as lockdown silences urban areas November 24, 2020 Quietened urban areas as a result of coronavirus restrictions have helped the population of rats boom by 30 million in one year
‘Break’ London banks and give us access to data: fintech firms tell FCA November 24, 2020 A coalition of primarily London startups is calling on UK regulators to end the dominance of banking institutions over the use of consumer data as it would increase competition in the savings, credit, mortgages and pensions markets. The Coalition for a Digital Economy (Coadec), an advocacy group that represent a number of UK fintech firms [...]