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Rishi Sunak could face £100 fine after video shot in moving car shows him not wearing seatbelt

Published 20 January 2023
By David Mullen
The Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, could be facing a £100 fine having been filmed in the back of a moving vehicle without wearing his seatbelt.
Smart motorway safety tech only installed on 37 miles of network

Are derestricted motorways coming?

Liz Truss has said that she will consider scrapping both motorway speed limits and smart motorways if she wins the Tory leadership contest.
Published 02 September 2022
Boris Johnson in crash outside parliament

Boris Johnson in crash outside parliament

A Range Rover belonging Boris Johnson's security detail crashed into the back of the PM's Jaguar after a protester jumped into the road.
Published 18 June 2020

UK car makers urge next PM to avoid no-deal Brexit

British car makers are urging the next Prime Minister to secure a "favourable deal" to ensure the UK car industry's post-Brexit survival.
Published 25 June 2019
This lady's not for turning: the revealing story behind Margaret Thatcher's Rover 800 test drive

This lady's really not for turning

When Margaret Thatcher famously proclaimed that the lady was not for turning, it was taken to be a statement of intent about her determination...
Published 30 January 2017