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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Peter Walker Deputy political editor

Claims government blocked low-traffic schemes were a fiction, papers suggest

Cyclist approaching barrier
Rishi Sunak’s ‘plan for drivers’ appears to be thus far mainly performative. Photograph: Carl Court/Getty

Government claims that it blocked councils from installing low-traffic neighbourhoods (LTNs) appear to have been a fiction, the Guardian has learned, in another apparent sign that Rishi Sunak’s “plan for drivers” is thus far mainly performative.

After the revelation last month that the prime minister’s decision to prioritise driving over walking and cycling was prompted in part by “15-minute city” conspiracy theories, documents show that a claim about the wider policy shift was invented.

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