by SASIG | Jan 21, 2011 | Uncategorized
21 January 2011 The operator of London City Airport has won a High Court decision that will allow it to increase the number of flights at the airport by up to 50%. Local residents were fighting to overturn a 2008 decision by Newham Council to allow the expansion,...
by SASIG | Jan 21, 2011 | Uncategorized
21 January 2011 The Government’s Localism Bill is progressing through Committee stages in the House of Commons. (http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2010-11/localism.html). The Bill is intended to devolve greater powers to councils and neighbourhoods, and give...
by SASIG | Jan 21, 2011 | Uncategorized
21 January 2011 The Government’s Localism Bill, which includes major reform of the planning system, new rights and powers for communities and new freedoms for Local Government has its second reading in the House of Commons on 17 January 2011. The legislation...
by SASIG | Jan 20, 2011 | Uncategorized
20 January 2011 HM Treasury will announce its plans around the reform of Air Passenger Duty (APD) in an announcement due on 23 March 2011. Aviation Minister, Theresa Villiers, told a conference on UK air travel that the Government is looking into the effects of the...
by SASIG | Jan 20, 2011 | Uncategorized
20 January 2011 EasyJet has stated that the severe weather across Europe in December cost it £18 million. Strike action by air traffic controllers in the final three months of the year cost it a further £6 million, and revenue lost from both disruptions was £7...
