Sadiq Khan warns Londoners city hall share of council tax bill will go up by almost £30 The Mayor of London has published a first draft of the Greater London Authority’s budget for 2023/24 Evening Standard · Dec 16, 2022
London air pollution: expanding the ULEZ is good but it won't work by itself On November 25 2022 Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London, announced plans to expand the Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) to cover the whole of Greater London. According to Khan, this will “ensure 5 million more Londoners can breathe cleaner air”. The Conversation · Dec 9, 2022
Antarctic sea creatures 'trapped under ice' for 50 years found after huge iceberg split A colossal iceberg, which is bigger than Greater London, split from the main Antarctic Ice Sheet, allowing researchers a 'once-in-a-lifetime' opportunity to discover a trapped species Daily Mirror · Dec 5, 2022
Tory MPs react with fury at Mayor’s decision to extend ULEZ charge to Greater London London Tory MPs are furious at the expansion of the ULEZ Evening Standard · Nov 25, 2022
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan announces Ulez expansion | Ross Lydall reports The ultra-low emission zone (Ulez) will be expanded across all of Greater London next summer, Sadiq Khan announced on Friday. The mayor’s decision – which he described as one of the most difficult of his political career – comes in the face of mass opposition and means 15 per cent… Evening Standard · Nov 25, 2022
Ulez expands to cover all of Greater London As the morning progressed, a clear blue sky descended into a hellish yellow-brown haze. Londoners were used to smog, but this was different. Visibility was cut to mere metres. People in the Isle of Dogs reported not being able to see their own feet. Evening Standard · Nov 25, 2022
The Standard View: Sadiq Khan’s bold move on Ulez expansion is a victory in the fight for clean air Governing is ultimately about choices. Mayor Sadiq Khan has made a bold one today, confirming that the ultra-low emission zone will be extended to cover all of Greater London from next summer. Evening Standard · Nov 25, 2022
Ulez to be expanded across whole of Greater London from August Mayor says ultra-low emission zone has been ‘transformational’ and expansion will benefit 5m more people The Guardian - UK · Nov 25, 2022
Greater London ULEZ expansion: What is Sadiq Khan’s new plan to improve air quality and who will have to pay What does an expanded ultra-low emission zone mean for London Evening Standard · Nov 25, 2022
Greater London Ulez expansion given go-ahead by Sadiq Khan Sadiq Khan’s decision comes in the face of mass opposition Evening Standard · Nov 25, 2022
Ulez £12.50 clean air charge to be expanded across whole of Greater London Mayor says Londoners are breathing in ‘poison’ and that ‘doing nothing is not an option’ The Independent UK · Nov 25, 2022
London MPs attack Sadiq Khan’s plans for expanded Ulez Sadiq Khan’s plan to expand the ultra-low emission zone across Greater London came under fire on Wednesday in a joint attack from a Labour MP and a Tory MP. Evening Standard · Oct 12, 2022
Sadiq Khan: poll shows clear support for expanding Ulez across Greater London City Hall survey funds 51 per cent back Ulez expansion but 27 per cent are opposed Evening Standard · Oct 10, 2022
Majority of Londoners back Sadiq Khan plan to expand ULEZ clean air zone, poll finds Mayor wants to expand the zone to the Greater London border from August 2023 The Independent UK · Oct 9, 2022
Wales Online · Sep 20, 2022 Bank of England 10-day warning over old £20 and £50 paper notes Specific types of old bank notes become redundant from September 30
Daily Mirror · Sep 16, 2022 Bank of England warns of massive queues as Brits rush to change old paper banknotes Old paper £20 and £50 banknotes cannot be spent in shops from September 30 - and now the Bank of England reports long queues as people try to change up their old currency
Evening Standard · Sep 12, 2022 Russian troops outnumbered ‘by 8 to 1’ during Ukrainian counter attack as Kyiv ‘turns tide’ of war The Ministry of Defence said Ukrainian troops had recaptured territory twice the size of Greater London
Daily Mirror · Aug 10, 2022 Kids under-10 to be offered polio jab as paralysed patient linked to suspected outbreak Polio booster vaccines will now be offered to all children under-10 in London to prevent the first community outbreak of the virus in Britain since the 1970s
Evening Standard · Jul 30, 2022 Sadiq Khan facing growing backlash over ULEZ expansion plans Sadiq Khan is facing a growing backlash over plans to expand the Ultra-Low Emission Zone to cover the whole of Greater London, with the City Hall Conservatives describing the potential positive impact as “negligible”.As the public consultation over the plans comes to an end on Friday, City Hall has released…
The Independent UK · Jul 25, 2022 Aldi hands 26,000 UK workers second pay rise of the year Aldi said store assistants will see with the minimum pay increase to £10.50 an hour, and £11.95 for those in Greater London.
Evening Standard · Jul 21, 2022 Air pollution data justifies widening Ulez to Greater London, says Sadiq Khan Critics say Ulez is a ‘blunt instrument that has caused real hardship to Londoners’
Evening Standard · Jul 13, 2022 Sadiq Khan urged to delay Ulez expansion for 3.5m Londoners Sadiq Khan has been urged to consider delaying the expansion of the ultra-low emission zone (Ulez) across Greater London due to the cost of living crisis and lack of funds for a scrappage scheme.
Evening Standard · Jul 12, 2022 Ulez expansion across Greater London will cost £200m Critics have suggested the money could be better spent elsewhere
Daily Mirror · Jul 11, 2022 Headteacher shocked as school's electricity bill set to rise to £150,000 Niall Smith, 51, said the electricity at Southborough High School, Surbiton, in Greater London cost £55,000 this academic year but the bill for the following school year will more than double that
Daily Mirror · Jun 16, 2022 Raging delivery driver filmed hurling parcels into van and booting £700 hoover sacked Mum-of-two Mehjabeen Jabarullah watched in horror as the delivery driver kicked her brand new vacuum cleaner while dropping it off at her home in Harrow, Greater London