Government

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“While it was launched with the best intentions 20 years ago, it’s outdated and frankly no longer fit for purpose,” says Labour’s London Assembly Transport spokesperson Elly Baker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

Plan to permanently pedestrianise heart of Bristol city centre to be put to council for approval

Bristol City Council is to request funding for the project, with a senior transport planner saying it will encourage cycling and walking, reduce air pollution and make more street space available for commercial and cultural events

Analysis shows nearly a third of Low Traffic Neighbourhoods have been scrapped

The LTNs are removed sometimes without any local consultation

Chancellor urged to open up Cycle to Work Scheme to lower-paid and self-employed workers

People earning at or near the National Minimum Wage, as well as those who work for themselves, cannot currently enjoy scheme’s benefits

More than 100 cycling and walking projects across England to share £200 million in funding

Investment overseen by Active Travel England will also see £35 million spent on upgrades to the National Cycle Network

Anti-LTN candidate elected mayor despite five-year ban for “corrupt and illegal practices”

Lutfur Rahman has been elected mayor of Tower Hamlets in London, a post he was removed from seven years ago following multiple breaches of electoral law

Voters targeted on Facebook with anti-low traffic neighbourhood ads

As Britain goes to the polls, candidates try to win support by opposing moves to cut traffic – and in some cases, also by spreading fake news

Son of cyclist left brain damaged in lorry crash urges people to respond to cycle lane consultation

Joshua Brandwood wants separated infrastructure on M6 link road in Lancashire where his father sustained life-changing injury

“This will kill people”: Proposed Highway Code changes will allow self-driving car users to watch TV

The interim measures, which are set to come into effect in the summer, also include making insurance companies, not individual motorists, responsible for crashes involving self-driving cars

Plan for compulsory e-bike insurance in Spain faces fierce opposition

If Spain were to adopt the proposal, it would be one of the only territories in the world to have a mandatory insurance law for pedal assist bicycles of any type

No plans to introduce specific offence of using mobile phone while cycling, says minister

Baroness Vere tells House of Lords: “It is really important that we do not demonise all cyclists”

‘Crass and insensitive’ front page slammed after ‘Adolf Hitler’ signs bike lane petition

Petitions for and against the return of a Hove cycle lane have been plagued by the use of fake names, including Hitler and Mo Salah

Councillor leaked confidential security information during row over Low Traffic Neighbourhoods

Anti-cycleway campaigner Joanna Biddolph has apologised for potentially putting fellow councillors in danger, a year after a death threat was made against politicians supporting bike lanes and LTNs in Chiswick

Conservative mayoral candidate warns of cycle lane “traffic chaos”… using photo from Canada

Croydon Conservatives' campaign page against a proposed segregated cycle lane uses a photo from 5,000 miles away in Vancouver

Life in prison for causing death by careless driving while under the influence: Attorney General tells Parliament plans to increase maximum penalty

Currently the maximum prison sentence a court can impose for the offence is 14 years

Sadiq Khan admits Transport for London funding crunch means it is “extremely difficult” to make Holborn Gyratory safer for cyclists

Two cyclists have lost their lives on Holborn Gyratory within the past six months

Snake Pass to reopen from tomorrow – with 20mph speed limit

Peak District road has been closed for a month due to landslip

Active Travel minister told children not to cycle on “terrible” local roads

Trudy Harrison, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary responsible for cycling, says that better infrastructure and a “cultural change” is needed to encourage women, children and disabled people to cycle

Cycling UK says government’s Spring Statement is a “sticking plaster for the problems we face today”

The charity’s head of campaigns Duncan Dollimore said the statement “demonstrates little vision on how to solve our transport problems”