Campaigners and MPs call for air quality to be addressed as a ‘social justice issue’
Campaigners and MPs have called for more emphatic action to tackle air pollution in Britain at this year’s…
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‘Labour must ignore scaremongering about the so-called war on the motorist’
In the month or so between the Uxbridge by-election and Monday’s expansion of the ultra-low emission zone (ULEZ)…
Active travel is booming. It must be at the heart of Labour’s transport offer
Demand for cycling and active travel is booming across the UK. A trend that developed during the pandemic…
Clean air zones work – don’t delay or water down plans to introduce them
A recent study from the University of the West of England found that while young children, young adults…
Low traffic neighbourhoods: the biggest transport controversy of the century
It has become the biggest transport controversy of the century. Not rail nationalisation, not the £27bn roads programme,…
Our reaction to Covid-19 could threaten the future of public transport
There is, perversely, something heartening about the atmosphere on the streets today. Kids are pedalling away behind their…
From tackling toxic air to freezing fares, Sadiq Khan is delivering for Londoners
I was delighted to join our mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, today as he announced that he has…
Tories’ Brexit bonfire of red tape poses serious risk to our air quality
By the eighth day of this year, London had already breached annual air pollution limits set by the…
Virendra Sharma: Heathrow will be a green and quiet source of employment and skills for a successful London
Last week the government confirmed that it is now more urgent than ever to expand Heathrow, and they…
McDonnell is right: The case against Heathrow expansion is compelling
Living just four miles from Heathrow focuses the mind on the ebb and flow of political re-positioning that…
