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How can London transform to an all electric vehicle infrastructure? Our City Hall editor, Ross Lydall tells us how the Evening Standard’s launched its Plug It In campaign to help Londoners better understand the electric vehicle landscape and drive forward the conversation on a policy level, and at global scale. And we talk about the upcoming rail strikes and how Londoners can get around the city.

Also in this episode

• Sadiq Khan on why electric vehicles “aren’t a silver bullet” but still vital for London’s environment
• The costs of buying – and maintaining – an electric car
• Why London has nearly a third of the entire UK’s electric vehicle charging points, but it’s still not enough
• What’s happening with the rail and tube strikes next week
• Can we expect more strikes in the summer months?

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The Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities has issued a white paper setting out what’s been described as "the biggest shake-up of the private rented sector in 30 years". 

It said the changes will "redress the balance" between landlords and private tenants in England, and include a pledge to outlaw “no-fault” evictions (where landlords can end tenancies without giving a reason).

The proposals also feature new rules making it easier to own a pet in rented accommodation, and a doubled notice period for rent increases.

CEO of the National Residential Landlords Association Ben Beadle gives his reaction to the proposals, and explains how landlords are likely to respond to the changes.

And Livi Elsmore from the Renters Reform Coalition gives the renters’ perspective on the shake-up, and explains how the proposals can benefit those in rented accommodation.

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The first flight due to take asylum seekers from the UK to Rwanda under the government’s new deportation policy has been cancelled.

It was called off because of a last-minute intervention from the European Court of Human Rights, blocking the removal of those who’d been scheduled to be on the plane.

Ministers have described it as a ‘temporary set-back’ in their plans, and remain confident a second flight will leave the UK soon.

We speak with Frances Swaine, a solicitor from Leigh Day representing one of the people due to fly out on the deportation flight about what happens next, and how her client is coping.

Plus the Evening Standard’s Political Editor Nicholas Cecil examines what this latest drama means for the government, and considers what Boris Johnson’s next moves might be.

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As London marks five years since the Grenfell Tower Fire, we are looking back at the last half-decade to find out what lessons have been learned from the disaster, and what changes have or haven’t been implemented since.

Campaigners claim there’s still work to be done to eradicate the cladding from buildings across the country, and get justice for the 72 that died.

The Evening Standard’s Rachael Burford runs us through the history of the fire, what happened that day, and the revelations that followed the Grenfell Inquiry.

Plus, Joe Delaney from Justice 4 Grenfell who witnessed the fire itself and has been taking part in the inquiry, talks to us about how it has impacted his life over the last five years, and what changes he wants to see from the government.

And we speak with Emma Butt, Children’s Champion at the Nova charity about how children impacted by the disaster are still struggling with their mental health today.

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Following reports Google has developed a “sentient” artificial intelligence chatbot capable of reasoning and thinking, what is the future role of AI and the vast amounts of data washing around London?

For a special edition, we’re at Westminster’s QEII Centre for the first day of London Tech Week, which has been rebranded for the week as a trendy “campus” for the leading lights in technology to get together.

We ask City Hall’s Chief Digital Officer Theo Blackwell about the practicalities of using data as a tool to address violent crime and poverty, and whether blockchain’s actually viable for running city services.

Plus, is there enough oversight to stop the machines taking over?

We also look at what role AI might actually have in our working and personal lives in the near future.

To answer these questions, we hear from David Guile, Professor of Education and Work at UCL, who discusses the role of humans in the 21st Century workplace, and how to work out if you’re speaking to a human or a chatbot.

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Dr Murray Ellender is CEO and co-founder of eConsult, an online consultation system for GPs currently in use in more than 3,200 practices around the country.

• Disrupting tradition and work practices
• The methods eConsult used to set a price point for something didn’t exist
• The dilemmas faced by doctors during the Covid-19 pandemic

To hear the full episode from our How to be a CEO podcast click here.

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This week’s been a tale of woe for Londoners trying to go about our daily business - those Tube strikes left more people cramming on buses, trying our best to keep calm and carry on. 

As the summers temperatures rise, there’s more industrial action on the horizon - but how about the future?

In 2050, the population’s is predicted to have risen by well over a million people. 

So how will the road and TfL’s Tube and rail networks cope, and how is planning for freak events, such as pandemics, undertaken?

It’s not all flying taxis - although that could be part of the solution.

The answer begins with your “digital twin” making up a “synthetic population” of Londoners zipping around a computer doing virtual tasks and errands - just like humans would. 

The Leader’s joined by Dr Aruna Sivakumar, a reader in consumer demand modelling and urban systems at Imperial College London’s Centre for Transport Studies.

Dr Sivakumar’s also director of the Urban Systems Lab, and is a research expert on smart cities of the future.

We break down why “microsimulation” mapping is critical to stop the capital grinding to a halt in the future, discuss grid demand from electric vehicles and flying taxis.

You can hear us discuss the controversial per-mile charging and whether the capital’s olde worlde streets are fit for purpose in the second half of the 21st Century.

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Boris Johnson is hoping that housing can save him. The Prime Minister is counting on his new policy to win over the rebel Tory MPs who voted to oust him earlier this week.

Under the plans, lower-paid workers will be able to use housing benefits to buy their homes and there will be an extension of the right to buy for housing association tenants. Sounds like a good idea on paper right? Well, it might not be that simple, as Dr Niko Szumilo, Associate Professor at University College London and Director of The Bartlett Real Estate Institute explains.

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The biggest rail strike since 1989 is imminent unless an agreement can be reached. It comes as the RMT union has announced a new Tube strike that will coincide with it, adding to what is already set to be major disruption.

The union confirmed 10,000 of its members are set to walk out on Tuesday, 21st June as part of a dispute over pensions and job losses. Workers are already preparing to shut down the country’s rail network with strikes on 21st, 23rd and 25th June.

The Evening Standard’s Political Reporter Rachael Burford explains just how bad this could all be for London.

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Boris Johnson won the no-confidence vote but not by as much as he thought he would. Meaning there’s more MPs in his own party who want him out of office than he’s actually aware of…

The Prime Minister hasn’t got too long to recover either, there are by-elections on the horizon and his next steps are being watched closely. 

The Evening Standard’s Deputy Political Editor, David Bond, discusses the PM’s strategy moving forward, whether or not he can bounce back or if his days at number 10 are numbered. 

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