Setting up school buses to run along the routes regularly taken by pupils is a simple, cost-effective way to allow teenagers to get to school independently, safely, and, crucially, on time.
Given the lessons he could have learnt from Houchen, Street, and Burnham, there is really little excuse for Khan not to be doing significantly better.
His Majesty also seems unaware that in the pursuit of Net Zero, his British subjects are expected to make radical and unpopular lifestyle changes. These days, an eco-sensibility isn’t confined to concern about polar bears: it’s politics.
“Rishi’s recent commentary and decisions on green matters, which was taken as denying net zero, no it is not! It’s making net zero achievable for ordinary people…”
The relentless focus on the worst-case scenarios of climate change, though well-intentioned, has inadvertently led to paralysis rather than action.
We are planting trees to tackle the twin threats of biodiversity loss and climate changes. At our current trajectory, I worry that in another three decades, we will not have planted enough trees to stave off these great environmental challenges.
We replaced all our inefficient halogen street lights with LED bulbs. That one change has saved taxpayers in maintenance costs but has also reduced carbon emissions by a staggering 84 per cent.
The elements that came together to see a Conservative elected Mayor in 2008 – a national mood turning against Labour, a near-celebrity candidate in the as-yet-untarnished form of Boris Johnson, and a radical and increasingly unpopular incumbent – are not currently at hand.
I’d say it’s about saying things how they are, avoiding sugar-coating matters, and not denying reality because it’s inconvenient or because it doesn’t fit your ideology, world view or political agenda.
It’s absurd that we count CO2 output for domestic manufacturing, but not that produced by the manufacture and transportation of imported goods – and that’s just the start.
Policy stability is desperately needed to restore confidence, keep costs under control and make offshore wind attractive to investors again.
The Government has the opportunity in South Georgia to extend vital safeguards to a huge swathe of the Antarctic which is home to more biodiversity than the Galapagos.
That is the mission of ARC, the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship, which is holding its inaugural meeting in London. The public want a better, more productive and dignified economy, and a politics and a public culture which honours their values.
Our research found that voters who account for Labour’s poll surge are more likely to say the recent announcement on diesel and petrol cars has made them less likely to return to the Conservatives.
Let’s not waste money on a duplicate of already existing regulatory infrastructure. Let’s either recognise international standards on these regulations, or replace them with better regulation.