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Sadiq Khan war on rip-off pedicabs in London with new £1-a-minute fare restriction

Drivers of the vehicles will also be banned from blaring out loud music

Evening Standard · Feb 18

Senior MP criticised after saying Badenoch is ‘too preoccupied with her children’ to be Tory leader

Sir Christopher Chope questioned former business secretary’s commitment because ‘she spends a lot of time with her family’

Evening Standard · Oct 17, 2024

King Charles wakes up in Labour constituency for first time in central London

Tories lose Cities of London and Westminster amid Labour landslide

Evening Standard · Jul 5, 2024

Senior Tory MP Tracey Crouch to stand down at general election

Around 60 Conservative MPs have now said they will not seek re-election

Evening Standard · Feb 12, 2024

Minister Greg Hands in fight to win his seat to avoid Tory wipeout in central London, say political experts

The Conservatives currently hold three seats in central London but Labour is strongly targeting at least two of them

Evening Standard · Feb 12, 2024

OPINION - The Standard View: Prince William shoulders a heavy royal burden

Quietly, uncomplainingly and earlier than planned, the Prince of Wales has returned to public duties. William, who had temporarily stepped back to look after his wife after she had surgery, will perform an investiture ceremony at Windsor Castle today before attending a gala fundraising dinner for London’s Air Ambulance Charity…

Evening Standard · Feb 7, 2024

London's Lime bike epidemic: badly parked cycles are a scourge on the capital's streets

They have transformed the way we get about in our city but the sheer amount of discarded cycles strewn on our pavements has become an increasing menace. Robbie Griffiths reports

Evening Standard · Jan 25, 2024

Whose Lime is it anyway? How the green ebikes took over our streets

Are the tech giant’s bikes a convenient and sustainable form of transport or a menace clogging up pavements?

The Guardian - UK · Jan 14, 2024

Rogue West End pedicabs could be outlawed by Spring as 'passengers charged £200 for £20 trip'

Transport minister visits central London to see evidence that customers have been 'well and truly ripped-off'

Evening Standard · Dec 12, 2023

London pedicab fares to be regulated under new licensing system announced in King’s Speech

The new licensing system will close an archaic legislative loophole which allowed rogue drivers to fleece tourists

Evening Standard · Nov 7, 2023