The Latest Breaking News from Simon Lightwood

DVSA confirms dates for major driving test changes

DVSA is seeking to crack down on ‘bots’ from booking driving test slots

The Independent UK · Mar 17

Hammersmith Bridge reopening boosted as minister gives strongest signal yet of key funding

Roads minister Simon Lightwood told the London Standard that the project was a ‘compelling candidate’ to be financed through a new £1 billion Infrastructure Fund

Evening Standard · Mar 3

'London needs a citywide e-bike and e-scooter licensing scheme now', ministers told

Transport minister ‘shares the concerns’ about e-bikes being dumped on pavements

Evening Standard · Feb 25

Reports of licence plate cloning rise by a third in two years

Road safety charity IAM RoadSmart warned the increase is a result of ‘wider criminality’.

Evening Standard · Sep 18, 2025

MPs agree to overturn ban on councils setting up bus companies

Bus routes which councils consider ‘socially necessary’ are set to receive protections.

Evening Standard · Sep 10, 2025

Ban new floating bus stops to protect disabled people – Tories

Shadow transport minister Jerome Mayhew accused the Government of being ‘deaf to the blind and not prepared to take effective action’.

Evening Standard · Sep 10, 2025

Minister urges families to use £3 bus fare cap to visit attractions

Minister for local transport Simon Lightwood urged people to plan days out by bus ‘without worrying’ about the cost of travel.

Evening Standard · Aug 22, 2025

Government lifts ban on developing land reserved for bridge project axed in 2008

The Thames Gateway Bridge scheme in east London would have connected Newham to Greenwich.

Evening Standard · Jul 17, 2025

Hammersmith Bridge Taskforce holds 'constructive' meeting in bid to reopen key London road link

The cost of fully repairing and reopening the bridge to motor vehicles was last estimated at £250m

Evening Standard · Jan 31, 2025

Louise Haigh puts Labour’s socialist agenda on the ‘fast track’ with accelerated bus public ownership plan

Exclusive: Transport secretary Louise Haigh is set to accelerate her bid to undo Margaret Thatcher’s legacy on public transport

The Independent UK · Sep 9, 2024