London Assembly members have called on Boris Johnson to ask 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. More than £31m is outstanding in unpaid charges and Penalty … [Read more...]
Sale of US Embassy announced
November 3, 2009 By
The US State Department has agreed to sell the current London embassy building to the Doha-based Qatari Diar Real Estate Investment Company. The embassy is planning to move to a new "state-of-the-art" building in Nine Elms which Embassy officials will be completed "by 2016 or 2017". … [Read more...]
US Embassy listed by Government
October 22, 2009 By
The US Embassy in Grosvenor Square has been granted Grade II status after a recommendation by English Heritage on the basis that the building has "special interest in a national context". The Embassy, designed by Finnish-American architect, was the first modern and purpose-built … [Read more...]
Call for C-charge dodging Governments to explain themselves to Londoners
October 8, 2009 By
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...]
Johnson: We’re still chasing US Embassy for unpaid C-charge
September 16, 2009 By
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...]
New US Ambassador arrives in London
August 17, 2009 By
Louis Susman, the new U.S. Ambassador to the UK, arrived in London this morning to officially take up his new post. The appointment of Susman, a former banker and lawyer, was announced earlier this year by President Obama and confirmed by the U.S. Senate last month. The new … [Read more...]
Obama should order US Embassy to pay c-charge
August 13, 2009 By
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...]
City Hall: New US Embassy fails London Plan
July 31, 2009 By
London’s often awkward relationship with the US Embassy seems unlikely to improve anytime soon after Boris Johnson raised a number of wide ranging objections to plans for a ‘super embassy’ in Battersea. The US plans to move from its current Grosvenor Square building into … [Read more...]
