A group of 58 MPs from all sides of the House have thrown their weight behind The Times’s ‘Cities fit for cycling’ campaign, in the week when hundreds of cyclists will take to London’s streets in support of a Parliamentary debate on Thursday.

The MPs, who include Liberal Democrat deputy leader Simon Hughes, Conservative backbencher Zac Goldsmith and Labour MP Glenda Jackson, have signed an Early Day Motion in Parliament calling for the Government to take action on the growing number of cyclist casualties on Britain’s streets.

There is also support from MPs all over the UK, including MPs from Plaid Cymru in Wales, the Democratic Unionist Party in Northern Ireland and the Scottish National Party.

Tomorrow night, more than 500 cyclists are expected