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Sunak set to cut off HS2’s northern leg as costs spiral – reports

Rishi Sunak has publicly refused to guarantee the high-speed line will go to Manchester and is reportedly set to wield the axe.

The Independent UK

Grant Shapps hints at change to HS2 plans amid £8bn cost shock

Defence secretary says it would be ‘irresponsible’ to finance scheme if cost soars

Evening Standard

Tory big beasts turn on Rishi Sunak’s ‘insane’ plan to scrap HS2

David Cameron, Boris Johnson and the government’s own infrastructure tsar join outcry against ‘tragedy’ of cancelling Birmingham to Manchester rail line – first revealed in The Independent

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Rishi Sunak pushes to axe northern HS2 rail line ahead of Tory conference

Sources say the PM wants to scrap the project’s section o Manchester before the party’s annual gathering in the city next weekend

The Guardian - UK

Sadiq Khan’s ally expected to face re-selection battle after losing votes

Dr Onkar Sahota is understood to be facing a backlash from some in his party over Ulez

Evening Standard

Sadiq Khan refuses to rule out breaking up Met Police if reforms fail

The mayor said the new London Policing Board would help hold the force to account

Evening Standard

Populism has polluted the fight for clean air

Letter: The backlash faced by Sadiq Khan in response to novel and brave measures is absurd, says Nancy Collins

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Car drivers face £4 toll to use Blackwall and Silvertown tunnels, TfL draft road signs suggest

Draft TfL sign indicates the toll for car crossings from 2025, although TfL insists no final decision has been made on the new levies

Evening Standard

1p tax on every new clothing item to tackle fast fashion among Lib Dem proposals

The levy would apply to new garments for sale on the UK market, with the proceeds ringfenced for improving local recycling facilities.

The Independent UK

Sadiq Khan announces London Policing Board to help scrutinise the Met

The board was set up in line with a recommendation in the review of the culture and standards in the Metropolitan Police by Baroness Casey.

The Independent UK

Stephen Lawrence’s brother to sit on Sadiq Khan’s new policing board

Baroness Casey recommended the board’s creation in her review of the Met Police’s culture

Evening Standard

Sadiq Khan public meeting ‘to be moved from central London’ amid Ulez security concerns

Police warning after People’s Question Time was targeted by protesters

Evening Standard

Europe’s politicians have moral responsibility to tackle air pollution, says WHO environment director

Maria Neira highlights health impacts of dangerous pollution levels after Guardian investigation revealed scale of crisis

The Guardian - UK

One-day Travelcard axing will make family rail trips to London more expensive

The Travelcards are being withdrawn from January in a bid to raise money for TfL

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Mayor’s ally faces backlash from Labour activists over support for Ulez extension

An ally of Sadiq Khan is at risk of losing his £60,000-a-year City Hall job because of his support for the Ulez expansion.

Evening Standard

Sadiq Khan attacks Rishi Sunak for ‘delay and dither’ on climate at UN summit

Mr Khan said global cities like London are ‘the ones willing to take the tough calls’

Evening Standard

Sadiq Khan criticised as data shows scale of London bus cuts, including in many outer boroughs

New data reveals Greater London has six per cent fewer ‘bus kilometres’ than in 2014/15

Evening Standard

OPINION - Sadiq Khan wants 20mph limits? Well, this is how they’re affecting Wales now

Wales has taken a step towards Sadiq Khan’s London this week as the long-waited and highly controversial 20mph zones finally came into force on Sunday. With some exceptions, all areas which were once 30mph drop by a third to a maximum of 20mph — a policy seen by many as…

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Harlem shuffle: Sadiq Khan surprises New Yorkers by ditching limousine and walking to meetings

Mayor accuses Rishi Sunak of ‘going AWOL’ for failing to attend summit of world leaders

The Guardian - UK

Sadiq Khan says hundreds of thousands spent on anti-Ulez Twitter manipulation

Mayor of London expected to tell social media firms of campaign and urge them to ‘bear down on the attempts to distort truth’

The Guardian - US

London facing 45C days ‘in foreseeable future’, mayor Sadiq Khan warns

Mayor says interim climate report paints a worrying picture of an underground Tube system that is not fit for purpose, and care homes and schools that are too hot

The Guardian - UK

How anti-Ulez campaigners misused air pollution finding in Ella Adoo-Kissi-Debrah death

Three years after unprecedented inquest ruling, absence of other cases has left a gap for pollution sceptics to exploit

Evening Standard

Sadiq Khan ‘determined’ to drive down knife crime with £3.4m investment

“Violence is preventable, not inevitable”

The Guardian - UK

Drivers likely to benefit from London Ulez, Sadiq Khan to say

Car users can be exposed to more damaging pollution than cyclists, bus passengers or pedestrians, research claims

Evening Standard

Sadiq Khan off to New York for US climate summit and Prince William meeting

The mayor is due to fly to the US on Sunday on a four-day trip to ‘bang the drum’ for the capital

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