London’s boroughs awarded more than £63 million in funding to make streets healthier and safer for all
Transport for London has allocated more than £63m in funding for London’s boroughs in 2023/24, with more to follow in 2024/25, as they continue their vital work making the capital’s roads safer and more attractive for people using public transport, walking and cycling. Read the full story
Business and Trade Secretary opens up markets worth £11 million every day to UK businesses
Business and Trade Secretary Kemi Badenoch has knocked down barriers to markets worth more than £2.2 billion to UK businesses in her first 200 days in the job – equivalent to over £11 million every day. British exporters regularly encounter obstacles of all kinds – including bureaucracy, red tape, and bans – which stop them […]
Three new low traffic Cycleways, connecting even more of London’s communities
Transport for London has launched three new Cycleways across the capital, which will make it even easier for people to travel around London by bike. These new routes, the first of a series to be launched mainly using new low-traffic local streets, are being delivered at pace alongside TfL and the boroughs’ existing programme to […]
TfL agrees new traffic technology contract to keep Londoners moving
Transport for London has signed new contracts with Yunex Traffic and Telent Technology Services Ltd to provide services vital to keeping London’s road network moving over the next eight years. The new contracts will reduce operating costs, improve environmental performance – including by using an entirely electric maintenance fleet – and improve performance for TfL’s road and […]
New UK law to boost seafarer pay
Thousands of seafarers regularly entering UK waters should enjoy better pay protections, as the government continues to boost rights and working conditions while preventing firms from using legal loopholes to pay low wages. The Seafarers’ Wages Act received Royal Assent and is now law.] Read the full story
HMRC late payment interest rates to be revised
The Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee announced an increase in the Bank of England base rate to 4.25% from 4%. HMRC interest rates are linked to the Bank of England base rate. As a consequence of the change in the base rate, HMRC interest rates for late payment and repayment will increase. Read the full story
Spring Finance Bill 2023
The Spring Finance Bill 2023 was recently published, legislating for tax changes announced in the Budget. They include two new major capital allowances – full expensing and a 50% First Year Allowance – worth £27 billion over the next three years and amounting to an effective £9 billion a year corporation tax cut for companies. […]
Passport delay warning as five-week strike called
More than 1,000 Passport Office workers will go on strike for five weeks over a dispute about jobs, pay and conditions. Members of the Public and Commercial Services union working across England, Scotland and Wales will take part in the action from 3 April to 5 May. Read the full story
RMT members at Network Rail vote to accept pay deal
Thousands of signal workers and maintenance staff in the RMT union have voted overwhelmingly to accept an offer from Network Rail to end its dispute. It means they will not take part in any more strikes in the long-running dispute over pay, jobs and working conditions. Read the full story
Launch of life-saving public emergency alerts
Working with mobile broadcasting technology, the Emergency Alerts system will transform the UK’s warning and informing capability; providing a means to get urgent messages quickly to nearly 90% of mobile phones in a defined area; providing clear instructions about how best to respond. A UK-wide alerts test will take place in the early evening of […]
