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Department for Transport assures MP it has no intention to make cyclists carry number plates and insurance

Selaine Saxby, co-chair ofAll Party Parliamentary Group for Cycling & Walking, said her WhatsApp “lit up” when Grant Shapps’ comments emerged last week

GPs to prescribe cycling to “ease the burden” on NHS

£12.7 million funding will go towards adult cycling training, free bike loans, as well as walking and cycling mental health groups

Rishi Sunak pledges to “stop war on motorists” and review LTNs

Tory leadership contender’s supporters applaud him as the “most pro-driver chancellor in history”

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“No plans to introduce registration plates” for cyclists, insists Grant Shapps

“This is not a plan which is somehow going after cyclists,” Transport Secretary maintains

Sustrans: Next Prime Minister must commit to long-term active travel funding

Sustainable transport charity warns that without adequate cash, roads will continue to be source of “frustration and pollution”

“Grant Shapps should be congratulated”: Frothing talk shows and Mr Loophole discuss number plates for cyclists

How Grant Shapps' pledge to enforce tougher rules on bike riders was reported in print and broadcast media

Confusion as Grant Shapps now says he is “not attracted to bureaucracy” of number plates for cyclists

"I'm not attracted to the bureaucracy of registration plates. That would go too far," the Transport Secretary said in another interview yesterday

Grant Shapps: Cyclists should have number plates, be insured and subject to speed limits

Transport Secretary pledges tougher rules on bike riders as part of current legal review

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New protected bike lanes will benefit both cyclists and businesses, Camden Council says

“We might lose some business, but we will be able to save more lives,” said one local trader

Pothole that caused 75-year-old cyclist to crash not deemed a “critical safety defect” by council

“It makes me wonder how they judge ‘critical’. How are they able to say in advance that a child on a bike might not break his or her neck by cycling over this?”

Westminster starts removing hire e-bikes from central London streets on safety grounds

Council says dumped bikes create dangerous “obstacle course” for pedestrians – and pledges that money raised from hire firms will be spent on cycling infrastructure

“Where is the effort being put into dangerous driving which kills, maims and destroys lives?”: All the reaction to government plan to introduce death by dangerous cycling law

New legislation to be included in the Transport Bill which will begin its passage through Parliament later this year

Cyclists call for resignation of hit-and-run councillor (includes video)

Jersey City councillor Amy DeGise failed to stop after striking a delivery cyclist – and only reported the incident six hours later

Transport for London accused of “breaking promises” after funding for cycle training cut

Hundreds of cycling instructors in the city face losing their jobs following TfL’s decision to suspend funding ‘until further notice’

Council stands firm against vandals and votes to keep low-traffic neighbourhoods

Since introduction last year, the Oxford low-traffic scheme has been targeted by a vocal opposition, including one incident which saw a bollard set on fire

Cycling in London up a quarter since 2019 as TfL aims to get more people in the saddle

Particularly strong growth at weekends as focus shifts to getting more women and members of ethnic minorities riding bike

Wales set to reduce default speed limit to 20mph in residential areas

The proposed new law is to be voted on by the Welsh Parliament today and is expected to pass comfortably

“Protect those most at risk”: Highway Code changes promoted as government launches ‘Travel Like You Know Them’ campaign

One of the major criticisms of January's updated Highway Code was the lack of publicity to inform the public

Conservative leadership candidate backed by controversial FairFuelUK — pledges 50% fuel VAT cut

Penny Mordaunt said she was "glad" to have the backing of the pro-motoring lobby group which boasts to have stopped £165bn in fuel duty rises

Second cycling and walking investment strategy: funding “insufficient” but “we have come a very long way”, says Cycling UK

Cycling UK's Roger Geffen praised ambition of CWIS2 but says there is simply not enough cash to meet the Government's objectives

Government’s second cycling and walking investment strategy outlines almost £4bn funding for active travel – and aims to double the number of cycling trips by 2025

The increased funding forms part of the government’s ambition “to make cycling and walking the natural choices for shorter journeys, or as part of a longer journey by 2040”

Cycle to Work scheme not working for London, says Labour

“While it was launched with the best intentions 20 years ago, it’s outdated and frankly no longer fit for purpose,” says Labour’s London Assembly Transport spokesperson Elly Baker

Prominent transport author claims appointment of Chris Boardman as Active Travel Commissioner is part of “Great Reset agenda”

Dr Richard Wellings' much-criticised tweet said the appointment is "further evidence that our fake-conservative government is fully behind the Great Reset agenda to force ordinary people off the roads and out of their cars"

Chris Boardman confirmed as permanent National Active Travel Commissioner

The Olympic champion will be joined at Active Travel England by longstanding safer streets advocate Danny Williams and Louise Wilkinson

2019 Road Worlds ‘closed Harrogate town centre for a month’ says council report

Conclusions urge closer involvement of local residents and businesses ahead of hosting large events in the future

Tory MP urges government to bring in ‘death by dangerous cycling’ law

Government announced plans to review law five years ago

Transport for London to begin fining motorists caught driving in mandatory cycle lanes

TfL and all London boroughs have been given the expanded enforcement powers by the government in a bid to improve cyclists’ safety

Toe strap-gate: Trump mocks Biden bike fall with spoof golf video

Has nobody told the Donald that cycling’s the new golf?

“This could be his GC over”: Joe Biden falls off bike after getting foot caught in toe straps

The US President was cycling with his wife near their holiday home in Delaware when he stopped to greet a crowd of well-wishers

Middle class Danes cycle because they “can’t afford to drive a car”, claims former US ambassador to… Denmark

Carla Sands has been ridiculed for failing to realise why Danes might actually want to choose cycling over driving, despite living in the country for a number of years