In the 1970s the London Heliport in Battersea was granted planning permission by the Greater London Council, London’s previous regional Government, to operate up to 80 flights per day and up to 12,000 per year.
Social housing tenants gain veto over estate demolitions after new City Hall rules come into effect
Many redevelopments of existing estates have proven controversial with both residents and housing campaigners concerned at potential reductions in the level of social housing available.
Taxicard users could soon gain full control over their journey budget after London Assembly investigation
Operated by London Councils with funding from Transport for London, the scheme sees disabled and mobility impaired users allocated an annual quota of subsidised taxi trips, allowing them to make journeys many would otherwise struggle to carry out by public transport.
TfL told to fix Dial-A-Ride before getting “carried away” with fashionable app-based bus services
The service will involve TfL and private operators running an “on-demand minibus ordered through an app, or perhaps a service running on a semi-fixed route that can be diverted to pick up individual passengers.”
Met’s use of facial recognition technology to be reviewed by police ethics panel
Deployed at last year’s Notting Hill Carnival and the Remembrance Sunday ceremony at the Cenotaph, the force’s adoption of the technology has prompted questions from some London Assembly members concerned whether proper oversight arrangements are in place to govern its use.
