Claims government blocked low-traffic schemes were a fiction, papers suggest

Exclusive: Low-traffic neighbourhood applications were rejected due to lack of ambition, not policy shift

Government claims that it blocked councils from installing low-traffic neighbourhoods (LTNs) appear to have been a fiction, the Guardian has learned, in another apparent sign that Rishi Sunak's plan for drivers" is thus far mainly performative.

After the revelation last month that the prime minister's decision to prioritise driving over walking and cycling was prompted in part by 15-minute city" conspiracy theories, documents show that a claim about the wider policy shift was invented.