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Ministers prioritised driving in England partly due to conspiracy theories
London Underground tube strike called off
London Underground tube strike called off - Lemmy.World
The mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, said the strikes would have cost the hospitality industry £50m alone, and the suspension “shows what can be achieved by engaging and working with trade unions and transport staff, rather than working against them”.
British workers missing out on £10,700 a year as living standards fall
British workers missing out on £10,700 a year as living standards fall - Lemmy.World
“The result of a three-year inquiry by a group of the nation’s top academics, businesspeople and policymakers, the study warned that a generation of younger adults was being failed in particular – with 9 million having never worked in an economy with sustained average wage rises.”
BMW, Subaru and Porsche drivers ‘more likely to cause a crash’, study finds
Private Eye - In The Back - False account Tees freeport , Issue 1608
Private Eye - In The Back - False account Tees freeport , Issue 1608 - Lemmy.world
“TEES VALLEY regional mayor Lord (Ben) Houchen’s South Tees Development Corporation (STDC), responsible for Europe’s largest brownfield regeneration project, is using Enron-style accounting to mask the remarkable deals it has struck with local businessmen and their effects on the body’s finances, an examination of its latest accounts shows. Epitomising the smoke-and-mirrors is the single most expensive project at the heart of Rishi Sunak’s flagship freeport: the construction of a £113m quay on the south bank of the Tees, planned to serve green industrial companies such as the Korean wind turbine monopile manufacturer SeAH, which is building a plant next to it.”
UK admits extra £330m a year in charges for post-Brexit animal and plant imports
Revealed: Russell Brand Exited Comedy Central’s ‘Roast Battle’ After Facing Sexual Predator Claims On-Camera
Road casualties have become normal in Britain. But there is another way
Road casualties have become normal in Britain. But there is another way - Lemmy.world
“Poll after poll has shown that the biggest reason for people not wanting to cycle is perceived danger. And anyone who has dared to ride a bike on unprotected roads will soon discover that a large part of this danger comes from pure illegality, not least the vast proportion of drivers who speed, especially on residential roads. This neatly leads us to the other factor highlighted by the report, and its reaction to it: the howls of outrage if people politely suggest that people could perhaps be less of a danger to others when they drive. Before the report’s launch, the only one of 10 recommendations highlighted in the media was the idea of removing the so-called tolerances in speeding offences, whereby you can currently go about 10% plus 2mph above a limit and not be penalised.” The link to the parliamentary group report (.pdf file) is here [https://allpartycycling.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/APPGCW-Road-Justice-Report-2023.pdf].
Whatever happened to ‘the best-governed city in the world’?
Whatever happened to ‘the best-governed city in the world’? - Lemmy.world
“The ultimate problem is perhaps the lack of seriousness with which local authorities are regarded and the lack of seriousness with which councils are run. More than in 1890, our political culture is dominated by Westminster and Whitehall. We are an over-centralised polity. We do not take local government seriously enough to give councils significant powers and adequate resources and tax-raising abilities. And we do not take local government seriously enough for the powers and resources and revenue-raising abilities that local authorities do have to be used well. Few take any serious interest in local government matters. An account of the government of a large city other than London will rarely get 12 paragraphs in an earnest newspaper, let alone the 12 pages of a fashionable transatlantic journal. The sort of individuals who in 1890 would manage major acquisitions and improvement projects for provincial cities as part of their civic roles are not often the local councillors of 2023. And why should they be? Local authorities have limited independence, apart from in making mistakes. Local elections are largely treated as national opinion polls. Councils are expected to do a great deal, but with fewer resources and almost no real autonomy. This is a problem wider than Birmingham, even if the city provides a good illustration of it.” Some footnotes from the author are here [https://emptycity.substack.com/p/whatever-happened-to-the-best-governed].