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Sadiq Khan takes swing at London golf courses in affordable homes plan

Car parks also on hit list as City Hall draws up plans for 880,000 new homes

Evening Standard

Sunnyside Yards and the Errors of Pro-Growth Progressivism

Plus: New Jersey property owners survive an eminent domain attempt based on bogus blight allegations, a corporate homebuyer ban is slipped into Congress' housing bill, and the true cost of permitting in L.A.

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City Hall job cuts: Sadiq Khan's cull of bureaucrats leaves 200 Greater London Authority staff at risk of axe

One hundred posts expected to go by end of April as mayor orders £15.5million of efficiencies to spend more on frontline services

Evening Standard

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What would happen if the London borough of Havering voted for independence?

A public policy expert breaks down what independence could mean in practice

Evening Standard

Revealed: Sadiq Khan's £20million secret cheap fares plan to lure Londoners back onto public transport

London mayor gives TfL cash to trial more ‘fares innovation’ schemes in bid to reverse fall in passenger numbers

Evening Standard

East London borough will get 'independence' vote on leaving capital under Reform UK, Nigel Farage rally told

Romford MP Andrew Rosindell told the Reform UK event that Havering residents would get a choice to remain Londoners or rejoin Essex

Evening Standard

'You are the antidote to hatred': Sadiq Khan battles hate crime with £1.8m boost for community centres

Racist and religious hate crimes have increased slightly in the last year but are down 17% on two years ago

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North London council needs £84m bailout loan from government to balance budget

Labour-run Haringey Council is proposing to make £23.2 million of savings this year on top of the £30 million of cuts signed off in its 2025/26 budget

Evening Standard

Sadiq Khan set to fall well short of London's affordable housing target, figures show

Unless there are 9,922 starts on affordable homes between January and March this year, the mayor will miss the target

Evening Standard

How London's Vienna-style social housing model will work - as Khan launches £1.5bn fund to boost housebuilding

London will benefit from the government-backed loans to boost lagging housebuilding in the capital

Evening Standard

Sadiq Khan to get New York-style licensing powers to 'unleash' London's hospitality sector

The Government rejected warnings that the reforms will sideline local democracy in the capital

Evening Standard

Sacha Lord: What Rachel Reeves must do now is offer hospitality a sector-specific VAT reduction

VAT for restaurants and bars in Europe is around nine per cent. Why is it so much more here, asks Sacha Lord

Evening Standard

Los Angeles mayor's race kicks off amid homelessness, raids and fallout from deadly 2025 wildfire

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass is heading into a challenging reelection bid as she continues to suffer fallout from last year’s devastating wildfire

The Independent UK

London must have more affordable homes for families, Sadiq Khan told

The social housing system is failing to keep pace with increasing demand in the capital, according to a new report

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Exclusive: Sadiq Khan spends £1.2billion a year propping up London buses as passengers desert the network

Passenger numbers down 20% since pandemic - as TfL admits defeat in making bus fleet ‘zero emission’ by 2030

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Sadiq Khan isn’t gaslighting on true crime levels in London, mayor’s anti-violence chief says

Lib Peck hit back at critics - including US President Donald Trump - as Australian delegation visits capital on fact-finding mission

Evening Standard

Its official, storks are returning to London for the first time in 600 years

Plans have been signed off by council leaders in east London to introduce the birds

The Independent UK

Zohran Mamdani officials sue Dr Phil’s son over NYPD reality show that’s ‘imminent threat’ to city police

The lawsuit says the footage contains revealing information that could put police and crime victims at risk

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Evening Standard

Exclusive: Laila Cunningham says women in burkas need to be searched

Nigel Farage’s London mayoral candidate tells The Standard podcast: ‘I don't think in an open society people should cover their face. It provides a cloak of anonymity for criminals’

The Independent UK

Sadiq Khan warns AI could become ‘weapon of mass destruction of jobs’

The Labour politician highlighted the significant threat the burgeoning technology poses to the capital's workforce.

Evening Standard

Sadiq Khan to increase council tax to help fund Met Police crackdown on phone thefts

If approved, the plans would be the first time City Hall’s share of average bills has exceed £500 a year

The Guardian - UK

Sadiq Khan to urge ministers to act over ‘colossal’ impact of AI on London jobs

In Mansion House speech, mayor will talk of opportunities technology offers but highlight mass unemployment risk

Evening Standard

London in grip of worst new homes crisis since Second World War, warns damning new report

The housing shortage is leaving many Londoners having to pay sky-high rents or take out big mortgages to buy a property

The Guardian - UK

Sorry, Trump and Farage – London is no lawless ‘warzone’. Violent crime is lower than ever

Reform’s new candidate for mayor claims people pity Londoners for living in an unsafe capital. But the evidence is clear: we’re making our streets safer, says mayor of London Sadiq Khan

Evening Standard

DLR extension to Thamesmead 'significantly' more than £1.5bn as Abbey Wood link is ruled out

City Hall jobs still on the line despite mayor Sadiq Khan receiving more money than expected from Chancellor Rachel Reeves

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