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Exclusive: Minister talks electric cars, charging networks and... pot holes

Government minister Lilian Greenwood MP joins The Independent to talk all things electric cars - from charging networks to her own personal experiences having driven them.

The Independent UK

Car industry urges UK government to create new EV incentives

Automotive body says current policy is leading to job losses and has become a ‘driver of de-industrialisation’

The Guardian - UK

New restrictions for young drivers demanded by siblings of teens killed in high-speed crashes

Exclusive: Mia Pullen joins dozens of bereaved siblings calling on Sir Keir Starmer to to bring in new licensing laws

The Independent UK

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Government to spend £120m to help van drivers and cabbies make the switch to EVs

New funding and rule changes will make it cheaper for drivers and businesses to upgrade to electric fleets

The Independent UK

Minister declines request to tell councils to lower speed limits outside schools

Lilian Greenwood says councils ‘know roads best’ after Conservative MP Aphra Brandreth says an order should be given following a schoolboy’s death.

Evening Standard

Young drivers could face zero alcohol limit, minister suggests

Transport minister Lilian Greenwood said the Government is analysing the effectiveness of such a policy in other countries.

The Independent UK

Roads minister abandoned young driver safety plans after taking power

Exclusive: Growing calls for licence restrictions fall on deaf ears in the Department for Transport – despite Lilian Greenwood’s former support

The Independent UK

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Cost of pothole damage hits record high

Common problems caused by potholes include damaged shock absorbers, broken suspension springs and distorted wheels.

The Independent UK

Minister seeks to ease road safety concerns over brighter LED headlights

Motorists say they are feeling the strain of brighter headlights ‘more than ever before’, according to the AA.

The Independent UK

Roadside saliva testing could increase drug-driving charges, Tory MP says

Andrew Snowden argued the number of people being charged with drug-driving could be increased with the use of new technology.

Evening Standard

Two out of five young passengers killed in car crashes not wearing seat belt

The AA Charitable Trust, which conducted the research, said it highlights the ‘simple importance of wearing a seat belt’.

The Independent UK

Hundreds of new examiners to be recruited to reduce driving test wait times

The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency has announced a seven-point plan to tackle long waits

The Independent UK

Training hundreds more examiners among measures to cut driving test waits

The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency has announced a seven-point plan to tackle long waits.

Evening Standard

Young Londoners urged to take 'zero alcohol' approach to drinking and driving at Christmas

New campaign encourages people getting behind the wheel to drink no alcohol at all

Evening Standard

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Evening Standard

Young drivers warned a ‘little’ drink can ‘risk a lot’

The Government’s new Think! campaign targets 17-24 year-old men.

Evening Standard

Teen drivers could be banned from giving lifts to their friends under new proposals

The RAC Foundation has sent the proposals to Labour's Lilian Greenwood

Nottingham Post

Most Nottinghamshire MPs did not vote on Boris Johnson 'Partygate' report

The report found the former Prime Minister deliberately misled MPs

Nottingham Post

'Utterly heartbreaking' death of Nottingham man Errol Graham discussed in Parliament

A recent report found there were 'missed opportunities' to save Errol Graham's life

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Nottingham Post

I thought I had the flu but it turned out to be a 'quite deadly' cancer

She completed her dissertation from the hospital bed

Nottingham Post

Nottingham City Council spent £250,000 on failed Levelling Up bids

The Government's Levelling Up Fund has been dubbed "deeply flawed" as figures show the amount Nottingham City Council spent on it last year.

Nottingham Post

The Nottinghamian: Pubs offer reassurance - and bar determined to open after 'horror show'

Take a look at the Nottinghamian newsletter from Friday, February 10

Nottingham Post

Nottingham MP Lilian Greenwood hit by a van whilst cycling at busy junction

Luckily she was able to get up and walk to the pavement

Evening Standard

MP knocked off her bike cycling to her London home says she was ‘lucky’ to walk away

A cycling MP said she was lucky to be only left with “a sore knee, bumps, bruises and torn tights” after she was knocked off her bike by a driver.

Nottingham Post

'Disappointing' if HS2 Nottinghamshire connection was scrapped amid reports

Current plans would see the eastern leg of HS2 terminating near the East Midlands Parkway station just south of Nottingham.

Nottingham Post

Child was told 'parents will go to jail' by truancy officer during 8-year fight for suitable education

They are now joining a nationwide protest in the summer

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