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Friday, 22 November 2019

Times Online

• Pothole repairs falling behind [subscription]More than one third of Scotland’s streets require pothole repairs with a £3 billion backlog of work yet to be completed, a Holyrood committee has found.
• Car tax: End of paper disc has tripled evasion [subscription]The proportion of drivers evading road tax has almost tripled since the paper disc was abolished, blowing a £94 million-hole in the public finances.

City AM

• Uber is behind a sharp rise in London's air pollutionUber and other ride-hailing apps have contributed to a sharp rise in CO2 emissions and air pollution in the taxi and ride services sector, according to a new report
• Conservatives pledge temporary Hammersmith BridgeA temporary bridge will be built alongside the closed Hammersmith Bridge if the Conservatives are re-elected.

Other Regional Press

• Create workplace parking levy for whole city says Oxford UniversityOXFORD University has welcomed congestion-busting measures in the councils' Connecting Oxford proposals and called for a workplace parking levy to be extended across the whole city.