The Greens at City Hall have accused London mayor Sadiq Khan of allowing the Conservatives to dictate his transport policies by “cowardly” ruling out a pay-per-mile charging road system for drivers. Khan has said in recent years that he wanted to introduce such a system, saying two years ago that drivers would “pay per mile […]
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TfL cash crisis: City Hall Tories refuse to oppose free children’s travel cuts
Conservative London Assembly members have refused to back a cross-party appeal to the government opposing cuts to children’s free travel in the capital. After October half-term, ministers plan to make most young people over ten pay to use London buses – with exceptions to help vulnerable pupils or those facing long journeys get to school. […]
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Schoolchildren plead with Sadiq Khan to scrap Silvertown Tunnel
Schoolchildren from Kidbrooke have pleaded for the Silvertown Tunnel to be scrapped, as protesters hit City Hall for a second time this morning. Pupils and teachers from the Thomas Tallis school joined environmental campaigners from Extinction Rebellion and the Stop the Silvertown Tunnel Coalition to pressure London mayor Sadiq Khan to backtrack on the controversial […]
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Climate protesters stage Silvertown Tunnel protest at City Hall
Climate change activists have protested outside City Hall this morning as part of a new campaign against the planned Silvertown Tunnel. Protesters met London Assembly members Caroline Pidgeon (Lib Dem) and Caroline Russell (Green) and handed in a letter for mayor Sadiq Khan asking him to scrap the £1 billion project to build a new […]
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