RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: From WFH and LTNs to lost pubs and sick note culture, six years after the first lockdown we're still living in a post-Covid Basket Case Britain ⊖
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Six years ago today, on March 23, 2020, then-Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced the first UK-wide Covid lockdown.
39 days ago
London council is accused of using six 'illegally' created LTNs as a 'fat cash cow' to make millions from motorists ○
Croydon Council, which has declared effective bankruptcy three times since 2020, has been accused of using the LTNs as a 'fat cash cow' to plug their financial black hole.
81 days ago
Sadiq Khan's way or the highway: Council is told it can't remove controversial LTN - as it needs the Mayor of London's permission first ○
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On Thursday, the Court of Appeal concluded that Tower Hamlets acted unlawfully by scrapping LTNs without getting permission from the Mayor of London.
6 months ago
The new age of highway robbery: From yellow box junctions to hated 20mph zones, car parks and LTNs, ROSS CLARK examines how the war on motorists is out of control ⊖⊖
One industry is making more money than ever: the business of fining motorists for the most inconsequential of traffic violations.
Report told Sadiq Khan's officials that Low Traffic areas FAIL to reduce car use... so they shelved it in secret ○
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The results come in stark contrast to Sir Sadiq's earlier claims that LTNs are good for the environment and reduce traffic.
7 months ago
Labour renews 'war on motorists' as it quietly ditches plans to limit new LTNs and 20mph zones ○
The reforms, which were drawn up by the Tories, would have curbed locals councils' powers to restrict traffic and impose 'unfair' fines and parking charges.
9 months ago
London’s low-traffic zones ‘cut deaths and injuries by more than a third’ ○
Study also finds no change in number of casualties on roads just outside low-traffic neighbourhoods
Low-traffic neighbourhoods (LTNs) cut road injuries and deaths by more than a third within their bou…
10 months ago
As Lambeth loses case brought by local campaigners, and other councils face court showdowns... Is this the end of the road for the hated LTNs fleecing drivers and leaving our suburbs gridlocked? ○
Thousands of south Londoners five years ago found themselves suddenly barred from making local car journeys they had been undertaking for decades.
Councils cracking down on car drivers and installing hated LTNs are spending tens of thousands of pounds on taxis for their own staff ○
Shocking data reveals how ten local authorities praised for their environmental action are forking out huge sums of taxpayers' cash to pay for chauffeurs and minicabs.
11 months ago
Low traffic neighbourhoods are 'a failed experiment' admits local Tory leader after traffic calming scheme so infuriated Florence Pugh's father that he sold his cafe ○
The first of the controversial LTNs were then first installed in Oxford in May 2022 - with the Oxfordshire County Council facing rabid opposition ever since.