Residents and business owners living near LTNs in London and Newcastle hit out at the schemes when speaking to MailOnline - but welcomed Rishi Sunak s announcement of a review into them.
Borough councils in London spent half a million pounds last year fixing Low Traffic Neighbourhood (LTN) cameras and bollards, as protesters revolt against their introduction.
low traffic neighbourhoods, loved by some, loathed by others. they use barriers, bollards and automatic number plate recognition cameras to control or limit access to some streets. they have been set up in recent years in london, bristol, birmingham, bournemouth and more cities, with tens of millions of pounds of government funding. the aim, to keep through traffic away from residential streets, lower average speeds, improve our quality and reduce carbon emissions. in some places, tempers have flared between drivers, pedestrians and cyclists. at least one opinion survey commissioned by the government has shown broad support in areas where they have been put in place. earlier this month, the transport secretary said he was halting funding for any new schemes in england. now, rishi sunak has ordered a review into how
is trying to maintain his allies, as it were, or at least nominal supporters, by saying that, yes, we are open to negotiations and then leave it to the ukrainians to deal with the actual negotiations, so we will see what happens, but we know that saudi arabia is also having talks on the fifth and 6th of august about how to deal or find a solution to this crisis. russia will be excluded from those, so whether putin actually really wants negotiations, i still don t think he does. ,, , ., ., does. 0k, stephen hall, from the university of does. 0k, stephen hall, from the university of bath, does. 0k, stephen hall, from the university of bath, thank- does. 0k, stephen hall, from the university of bath, thank you - does. 0k, stephen hall, from the university of bath, thank you very much. here in the uk, the prime minister, rishi sunak, has ordered the department for transport to review existing so called low traffic neighbourhood schemes, which seek to reduce the numbers of cars using str
set out details for the government s plan for the uk s fossil fuel and green industries. let s speak now to our political correspondent tony bonsignore. good morning. this is all about energy security, isn t it?- energy security, isn t it? good morning- energy security, isn t it? good morning- yes. energy security, isn t it? good morning. yes, a energy security, isn t it? good morning. yes, a big energy security, isn t it? good morning. yes, a big week - energy security, isn t it? good l morning. yes, a big week ahead energy security, isn t it? choc morning. yes, a big week ahead on that front. what we are expecting is the energy secretary, grant shapps, will be meeting with energy bosses to talk about this whole issue of energy security. obviously very topical, in light of russia s invasion of ukraine and what that has meant for our energy bills. we are also expecting the prime minister to be out and about as well, according to the sunday times today he might be up in scotland