Evening Standard, on UK Politics, 12 November 2026

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Black cabs win permanent access to Bank Junction despite safety concerns

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What we found (1)

The Evening Standard reports the City of London Corporation's 13-8 vote to make taxi access through Bank Junction permanent, and gives space to both supporters and the cycling and disability groups who oppose it. It attributes the officers' collision data and notes the report's own mixed findings. Its one weakness is that it describes the taxi-heavy make-up of the consultation as 'many' respondents when its own earlier report gave the figure as 80 per cent.

  1. Drops what it reported before

    Minor

    “although many respondents were taxi drivers or taxi passengers”

    Why this matters
    The words 'many respondents were taxi drivers or taxi passengers' qualify the 88 per cent support figure but leave the size of that group vague.
    The impression it gives
    A reader may think taxi drivers and passengers were a notable minority of supporters, so that the 88 per cent figure reflects broad public backing.
    The context
    The Standard reported a week earlier that 80 per cent of the supporters were taxi drivers or passengers. Its readers here get a vaguer qualifier than the outlet's own reporting supplied.

    How we know

What it gets right

  • “26-year-old cyclist Ying Tao was killed when she was crushed by a lorry while riding to work near Bank station”

    It names the person who died, says plainly that she was killed and names what killed her, so the reader knows the human cost behind the safety debate.

  • “The report acknowledged the findings were mixed, however, and noted continuing concerns about safety and traffic levels.”

    It keeps the officers' own qualification beside their collision data, so the reader does not take the no-incidents figure as settled proof of safety.

  • “Among people who cycle through the area, almost three-quarters opposed the change.”

    It reports the views of the road users most at risk rather than letting the headline support figure stand alone.

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