Ministers consider curbs on councils’ use of 20mph speed limits

Exclusive: moves against what PM terms anti-motorist' policies follow order of review into low-traffic neighbourhoods

Ministers are considering restrictions on councils' ability to impose 20mph speed limits as part of a new shift against green policies and traffic schemes, a stance condemned by safety and travel groups as shortsighted and divisive.

The Guardian has been told the push against what Rishi Sunak has termed anti-motorist" policies could be extended to find ways to stop local authorities taking other measures, such as installing bus gates, that have been used routinely for decades.