Boris ditches bridge plans in green transport shake up

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London Mayor claims increasing London's public transport capacity holds key to driving economic growth and combating climate change

Boris Johnson has abandoned a controversial scheme to build another bridge across the Thames, which environmental campaigners claimed would increase congestion and pollution in the capital. In an announcement...

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