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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Jon Stone

Why Grant Shapps is really calling for cyclists to wear number-plates

Reuters

Grant Shapps has raised some eyebrows by saying cyclists should be forced to wear number plates, get mandatory insurance, and follow new speed limits.

The transport secretary’s proposals, briefed to the Daily Mail in the middle of a Tory leadership contest, are as deliberately incendiary as they are impractical.

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