London News and Opinion
London's New Year's Eve free travel is to be sponsored this year by ING Direct. The sponsorship deal was announced today as the capital's transport chiefs issued travel information for the festive period and advised passengers that public transport "will without doubt be the best … [Read more...]
Boris Johnson is being asked to invite US President Barack Obama and other heads of state responsible for embassies with outstanding Congestion Charge fines to explain their refusal to pay to Londoners. The call comes in a motion (pdf) to be put before the London Assembly at next … [Read more...]
City Hall has denied media reports that Boris Johnson is set to announce he's scrapping plans to axe the western extension of the congestion charge. Rumours of such a move have been circulating in recent days, culminating in a report in today's Evening Standard quoting Mayoral … [Read more...]
Transport for London has announced an 8 week closure of the right-turn junction from Bressenden Place into Victoria Street in Westminster to allow BT's Openreach division to carry out maintenance works and are warning drivers of the need to follow signposted diversion routes during … [Read more...]
Denying recent press reports, Boris Johnson says Transport for London continues to chase embassies who are withholding Congestion Charge fees and penlaties. In answers to questions from Liberal Democrat Assembly Member Caroline Pidgeon, the Mayor said a recent report in the Telegraph … [Read more...]
President Obama has been urged to order the US Embassy in London to pay the more than £3m of outstanding Congestion Charge fines. Although the embassy initially paid the charge, this policy was reversed following the appointment Robert Tuttle as US Ambassador in 2005. Since then … [Read more...]
The United States should use the appointment of its new Ambassador to the UK as an opportunity “to show to Londoners that things really have changed under Barack Obama's new US administration” by agreeing to pay the London Congestion Charge, Liberal Democrats on the London Assembly … [Read more...]
Motorists who park ‘the most-polluting vehicles’ in Richmond could soon be paying 25% more than other car users, The Liberal Democrat controlled council’s ‘cabinet’ will discuss extending their CO2 based parking policy on the 19th January. Councillors say the proposals … [Read more...]
