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Mar 28, 2024 | 
rsph.org.uk | Ben Kosma
After a year away, RSPH is excited to once again host our Health and Wellbeing Awards. Recognising the most innovative, impactful, and important endeavours in the public health sector over the last 12 months, these are a celebration of the fantastic work that is happening across the UK to positively contribute to the health of the nation.
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Oct 10, 2023 | 
citymonitor.ai | Ben Kosma
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has announced plans to build a host of new towns in the UK if his party wins the next election. Speaking at the party’s annual conference in Liverpool, the leader of the opposition used his speech to outline his vision for the developments, totalling 1.5 million homes over five years with schools and doctors’ surgeries “hardwired into plans”.
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Sep 28, 2023 | 
citymonitor.ai | Ben Kosma
Ben Kosma Ben Kosma is SEO Editor at the New Statesman Media Group.
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Sep 28, 2023 | 
citymonitor.ai | Ben Kosma
The UK is suffering economically. The post-pandemic era has been punctuated by multiple shocks that were accelerated by the brief yet long-reverberating tumult of the Liz Truss premiership – with effects reaching as far as supermarket staples and rent prices. The cost-of-living crisis has hammered private renters with rate increases that are in many cases above inflation – particularly in London.
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Sep 22, 2023 | 
citymonitor.ai | Ben Kosma
Since declaring a climate emergency in 2018, Sadiq Khan has made clear his ambitions for London to lead the way in the UK’s net-zero efforts. The London mayor has even pledged to transition the capital to zero carbon by 2030, two decades before the national target. But while achieving net zero by 2030 was previously a hallmark of a progressive, climate-conscious City Hall, the incumbent mayor now finds himself in the middle of an electoral mire over his ambitious climate plan.
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Sep 22, 2023 | 
citymonitor.ai | Ben Kosma
Since declaring a climate emergency in 2018, Sadiq Khan has made clear his ambitions for London to lead the way in the UK’s net-zero efforts. The London mayor has even pledged to transition the capital to zero carbon by 2030, two decades before the national target. But while achieving net zero by 2030 was previously a hallmark of a progressive, climate-conscious City Hall, the incumbent mayor now finds himself in the middle of an electoral mire over his ambitious climate plan.
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Jul 26, 2023 | 
citymonitor.ai | Ben Kosma
The expansion of the Ultra Low Emissions Zone – better known as ULEZ – has once again become the centre of a political firefight in national politics. Following Labour’s narrow defeat by just 500 votes in the Uxbridge and South Ruislip by-election, ULEZ has re-emerged not only as a Conservative-Labour battleground but as an internal dispute within the latter party’s ranks.
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Jul 26, 2023 | 
citymonitor.ai | Ben Kosma
The expansion of the Ultra Low Emissions Zone – better known as ULEZ – has once again become the centre of a political firefight in national politics. Following Labour’s narrow defeat by just 500 votes in the Uxbridge and South Ruislip by-election, ULEZ has re-emerged not only as a Conservative-Labour battleground but as an internal dispute within the latter party’s ranks.
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Jul 21, 2023 | 
citymonitor.ai | Ben Kosma
A new report has shown how commuters have adapted to travel during the recent waves of train strikes undertaken by rail staff across the UK. According to the Virgin Media O2 Business Movers Index, travelling by car was the most common method of commuting nationwide when confronted with industrial action in the three months up to July 2023. But there are significant variations around the country depending on region and demographic.
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Jul 18, 2023 | 
citymonitor.ai | Ben Kosma
July will see further train strikes in the UK with heavy travel disruptions due to walkouts by rail unions. This will lead many rail services to be severely reduced or suspended, leaving commuters weighing up their options. When are train strikes taking place?
