Tag: Labour
Labour accused of trying to 'rig' pothole ranking scheme in favour of its town halls by including 'barmy' Net Zero targets within score for receiving cash
Ministers last month announced councils who perform badly at fixing pock-marked local roads would have cash withheld in a bid to drive up the numbers being filled in.
Labour's new war on motorists revealed: Cash-strapped councils could be allowed to double parking ticket charges to £160 in 'greedy' move which would 'fleece' drivers already hit by sky-high pump prices
Ministers have admitted they are 'looking into' and 'carefully considering' the findings of a trial in which a council was allowed to hike parking tickets to an eye-watering £160.
Record number of parking tickets quashed last year after appeals soared to 107,202 amid growing drivers' anger at 'cowboy' operators
Figures obtained by the Daily Mail show drivers launched at least 107,202 appeals against tickets issued by hundreds of private parking firms in 2025.
Chancellor Rachel Reeves' claims of petrol pump 'profiteering' amid Iran war slapped down by competition watchdog, sparking fresh accusations she's the 'real profiteer' as her VAT windfall hits £350million thanks to rocketing
The Chancellor was publicly humiliated by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), which found in a study that margins at the pumps were 'broadly unchanged' since the conflict started.
Government's campaign to recruit more driving test examiners branded 'spectacular failure' after only only 3 per cent of applicants offered jobs
Figures show that last year just one in every 34 people who applied for a post as a practical driving test examiner got the job - meaning only 327 applicants were successful out of a total of 11,132.
Rachel Reeves rakes in extra £215million from drivers in little over six weeks thanks to higher pump prices sparked by Iran war, analysis shows, sparking fresh calls to follow other countries and cut petrol taxes
Analysis today shows the cost of the conflict to drivers will hit an eye-watering £1.3billion by tonight because of rocketing prices since 28 February, when the war started.
Transport Secretary's car has to be towed 'after hitting a POTHOLE'
The Labour minister had been driving home from her Swindon South constituency when her green Mini Cooper struck a hole on the B4437 outside Burford in Oxfordshire.
WFH to save fuel! Labour should encourage workers to stay at home amid looming shortages, says former BP boss, as average diesel and petrol prices stop climbing for first time in more than 40 days
Professor Nick Butler, a former adviser to Gordon Brown and ex-VP of BP, said he believed Britain would be hit with shortages within weeks as the Strait of Hormuz has still not fully re-opened.
Rocketing fuel prices spark new interest in electric vehicles as charging costs get cheaper
Prices at the pump have soared to £1.50 a litre as Iran continues its stranglehold on tankers passing through the Strait of Hormuz, following US and Israeli-led military strikes on the country.
Ministers have 'zero credibility' on petrol crisis: Asda boss in furious blast at Labour as prices top £1.50 a litre... after Chancellor and PM claimed forecourts were 'profiteering'
Allan Leighton (pictured), chairman of the supermarket chain, took aim at Chancellor Rachel Reeves as relations between the two sides deteriorated.
Town halls face losing record sums for fixing roads under new rules aimed at ending the 'pothole plague'
The 'carrot and stick' strategy will see ministers withhold a quarter of the cash earmarked for councils unless they share more performance data with the Government on repairs.
Is Starmer set for another U-turn? PM insists fuel duty hike is 'under review' as he is urged to scrap it entirely
Keir Starmer on Wednesday left the door open for yet another U-turn over Labour's hated fuel duty hike following days of mounting pressure to scrap it.
Millions of EV drivers 'spied on by the government' through their mobile phones as part of 'nanny state' plan
The government has been spying on millions of electric vehicle drivers through their mobile phones as part of a 'bizarre nanny state' plan, a new report has revealed.
Road is so full of craters that residents rename it Potholesville... yet 'no authority will fix it'
Residents say the 'undriveable' road has been allowed to fall into a state of permanent disrepair because no authority will fix it.
Petrol and diesel lorry ban considered by Labour in latest part of their controversial net-zero drive
Ministers have announced that fossil fuel-powered trucks will no longer be sold and have ruled out allowing the continued use of low-carbon or synthetic fuels.
