The UK has installed a record number of public electric car chargers this year, as companies race to keep up with the growing number of…
View More UK installs record number of public electric vehicle chargersTag: Transport policy
M25 five-mile closure: drivers warned to steer clear over weekend
Drivers have been warned to steer well clear, turn off the satnav and stick to the official diversions as some of the biggest roadworks since…
View More M25 five-mile closure: drivers warned to steer clear over weekendVehicle breakdowns due to potholes hit record level in 2023, says RAC
Vehicle breakdowns caused by Britain’s pothole-ridden roads reached record levels this year, according to the RAC. The motoring organisation said it received almost 6,000 calls…
View More Vehicle breakdowns due to potholes hit record level in 2023, says RAC£1bn fund to expand EV charging network still not open after three years
Almost £1bn meant to help build Britain’s electric vehicle charging network remains unallocated more than three years after it was first announced by Rishi Sunak.…
View More £1bn fund to expand EV charging network still not open after three yearsTories accused of hypocrisy in Ulez row after call to extend congestion charge
Ministers have been accused of hypocrisy in claiming Sadiq Khan expanded London’s ultra-low emission zone (Ulez) to raise revenue after it emerged the Department for…
View More Tories accused of hypocrisy in Ulez row after call to extend congestion chargeClean air ‘a right not a privilege’, says London mayor as Ulez is expanded
Clean air is “a right not a privilege”, the mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has said as the ultra-low emission zone (Ulez) was expanded to…
View More Clean air ‘a right not a privilege’, says London mayor as Ulez is expanded‘This is a public health crisis’: how the expansion of Ulez is affecting the daily lives of Londoners
The small business owners Alexandra Maynard runs Blue Bella Blooms, a florist in Enfield, with her sister Georgina Jeffrey. The Ulez expansion meant them having…
View More ‘This is a public health crisis’: how the expansion of Ulez is affecting the daily lives of LondonersBlood test for sleepy drivers could pave way for prosecutions
A blood test to measure whether a driver who has caused an accident was impaired by lack of sleep could be available within two years,…
View More Blood test for sleepy drivers could pave way for prosecutionsRoad-building spree will derail UK’s net zero targets, warn campaigners
The UK’s net zero targets will be missed because of a planned “road-building spree” by the Department for Transport, campaigners have said. Officials had to…
View More Road-building spree will derail UK’s net zero targets, warn campaignersDieselgate: millions of ‘extremely’ polluting cars still on Europe’s roads, says report
Thirteen million diesel cars producing “extreme” levels of toxic air pollution are still on the roads in Europe and the UK, according to a report,…
View More Dieselgate: millions of ‘extremely’ polluting cars still on Europe’s roads, says report