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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 fun ....
For a subpostmasters and Sub Postmistresses the horizon it scandal. It is the first time he has publicly spoken since his row with Kemi Badenoch over his claims he was advised to delay Compensation Payments to subpostmasters who were wrongly prosecuted. He read out a statement during the hearing in which he labelled the scandal of tragedy and said the postmasters and mistresses had been failed time and time again by the institution is meant to protect them. He says he believes more could be done to make the Compensation Scheme more generous and less bureaucratic, adding that he feels he has spoken out on matters of public concern and has since been the subject of a smear campaign. Earlier, current Chi ....
Just one pound in five has been paid out in financial redress to postmasters wrongfully accused of theft and fraud is it time the post office is completely removed from delivering compensation . Disarray at the top of the post office in full view at a hearing in front of mps today. The main scandal remains the snails pace of redress for postmasters. Well talk live to this post Office Manager wrongfully accused of stealing £78,000 and jailed for six months, and this mp whos on the horizon compensation Advisory Board. Also tonight. Labour mp Margaret Hodge tells us shes written to the metropolitan police and the Electoral Commission to ask them to investigate whether the Conservative Party broke electo ....
laura in the studio. and henry at home. michael gove on the front of the ft. michael gove said in the sunday times that young people are being stitched up by the housing crisis. he did and he said young people might lose faith in democracy if they don t get the houses they need. as you have already alluded to, for somebody who has been in government for 14 years with a bum on the seat of the cabinet table, it is a curious thing to be pointing the finger in this way that somehow this is a terrible, terrible problem and now it must be turn to. whereas people who study the housing market, you can pick up any statistics under the sun to show the issue has become more and more and more acute under 14 years of conservative government. there is a weird element to michael gove trying to make like a bystander. the back story is what he s trying to do is persuade other people and government to make sure the legislation he wants to pass goes through and he wants more money for hou ....