Colin Brown

For Ride To Work Day 2023, the Motorcycle Action Group (MAG) is investigating workplace parking facilities. A survey launched today asks riders for details covering the availability, quality and security of workplace motorcycle parking. Ride To Work Day 2023, which will take place on Monday 19th June, celebrates the many benefits […]

Workplace parking under scrutiny for Ride To Work Day 2023

22/05/2023 in Campaigns & News / Ride To Work Day by Colin Brown

The Motorcycle Action Group’s Greater London region is optimistic regarding progress on Islington motorcycle parking charges. Meetings with Islington Council to discuss the charges are ongoing but the mood is positive. Greater London MAG and Save London Motorcycling have reported that progress is being made on the issue of Islington’s […]

Greater London MAG optimistic about reductions to Islington parking charges

17/05/2023 in Greater London MAG / News by Colin Brown

With a £14 billion backlog of pothole repairs, MAG is promoting a Government petition calling for increased funding for the repair and resurfacing of UK roads.

New Pothole Campaign: Resurface Our Roads, We Deserve Better

02/05/2023 in Campaigns & News / Potholes by Colin Brown

MAG’s Chairman, Neil Liversidge, has spoken up in support of a major demonstration in London’s Trafalgar Square against Mayor Sadiq Khan’s attempt to force millions more Londoners to endure a crushing a tax on older vehicles, including motorcycles.

MAG plays key role at Anti-ULEZ demonstration in London

15/04/2023 in News / ULEZ by Colin Brown

Motorcycle Action Group (MAG) Chair, Neil Liversidge, met Minister of State (Decarbonisation and Technology) Jesse Norman yesterday. With resistance to the ICE ban growing in Europe, MAG hammered home the message that the Government should abandon its plan to ban the sale of new ICE vehicles in the UK from […]

MAG hammers home ICE Ban opposition with Minister

22/03/2023 in Decarbonisation / News by Colin Brown

Greater London MAG is set to meet Islington Council to oppose more motorcycle parking charges. Unannounced charges were rolled out in early February with no prior engagement or consultation with riders. Islington Borough Council rolled out a new £1 charge for motorcycles parking in the borough’s motorcycle bays in early […]

Greater London MAG on the warpath over Islington parking charges

21/03/2023 in Greater London MAG / News by Colin Brown

FEMA’s blog post points out the increasing signs that the battery electric only policy is meeting stiff opposition. MAG comment: Now is the time to redouble our efforts. Whilst signs are increasingly encouraging, now is not the time for complacency. We need to ensure that UK policy makers come to their senses. Riders made their views clear, both in the UK and Europe. We will not sit as spectators, waiting and hoping. We will continue to putting the Action in Motorcycle Action Group.

No time for complacency – MAG comment on FEMA’s blog

17/03/2023 in Decarbonisation / News by Colin Brown

The Motorcycle Action Group (MAG) announces a new offer to help protect bikers facing the expanding ULEZ charge. MAG deal offers members a risk-free method to check if their older bike is compliant. MAG urges riders not to scrap serviceable bikes without first checking whether they are actually compliant. MAG […]

New MAG offer helps protect bikers from expanding ULEZ charge

23/02/2023 in News by Colin Brown

The Motorcycle Action Group (MAG) suggests a topic for the Transport Select Committee’s next inquiry. Iain Stewart MP published an appeal for ideas on 17th January. MAG says that the role of motorcycles in a multi-modal transport future has yet to be fully considered. MPs on the Committee want to […]

MAG happy to suggest topic of next Transport Committee inquiry

08/02/2023 in News / Policy and Regulation by Colin Brown

The Motorcycle Action Group (MAG) has confirmed that vanishing motorcycle licence entitlements are thankfully rare. MAG asked the DVLA questions following recent news stories of a motorcyclist being denied a licence for over three years thanks to a mistake they made. The story of the three-year wait to resolve a […]

Vanishing Motorcycle Licence Entitlements – Not A Good Look For ...

06/02/2023 in News by Colin Brown

The Motorcycle Action Group (MAG), the UK’s leading voice for riders’ rights, is gearing up for another busy year of defending motorcycling. MAG will be building on the successes of last year, defending riders’ rights and contributing to the decision-making processes of national and local Government. Looking forward to […]

MAG starts 2023 with a full schedule for action.
03/01/2023 in News by Colin Brown

MAG’s political team look back on a year of campaign work. The agenda for 2022 has of course been dominated by the slow march towards an enforced battery electric solution to the 0.001% of global anthropogenic CO2 emissions emanating from the tailpipes of motorcycles in the UK. But that is […]

MAG Review of 2022
30/12/2022 in Campaigns & News by Colin Brown

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