The “blanket” 20mph limit is not true; neither is a road building “ban”. Mark Harper MP (Secretary of State for Transport) must know that, which means he’s deliberately spreading untruths + misinformation - which he is doing regularly. There’s a word for people who do that, though they don’t like being called it.

#20mph #Mark_J_Harper #MarkHarperMP #PlanForDrivers

Government claims that it blocked #councils from installing #LowTrafficNeighbourhoods (#LTNs) appear to have been a fiction, the Guardian has learned, in another apparent sign that #RishiSunak’s “#PlanForDrivers” is thus far mainly performative
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/feb/04/claims-government-blocked-low-traffic-schemes-were-a-fiction-papers-suggest
#ToryPoliciesInAction #ToryLies
Claims government blocked low-traffic schemes were a fiction, papers suggest

Exclusive: Low-traffic neighbourhoods applications were rejected due to lack of ambition, not policy shift

The Guardian