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The Latest Breaking News from City Hall

London housing crisis 'now an emergency' as fewer than 4,000 affordable homes started last year

Interactive map shows boroughs where barely any new homes are being built

Evening Standard

Notting Hill Carnival SAVED and will go ahead next month after almost £1m found to boost security

Street festival gets bailout from City Hall and two councils but there’s dismay that Government has declined to help

Evening Standard

City Hall pay rises take Sadiq Khan's top aides above £150,000 (but no decision on mayor's new salary)

Exclusive: the annual increases received by mayor’s inner circle

Evening Standard

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Sadiq Khan warns 50,000 basement flats in London at risk of flash flooding due to climate change

City Hall reaches out to thousands of households with advice on preparing for and handling flash floods

Evening Standard

Sadiq Khan flies into row over 12,000-mile round trip to Brazil to warn of dangers of climate change

London mayor has made more than 20 foreign trips in nine years at City Hall

Evening Standard

Notting Hill Carnival safety: Met Police commissioner Sir Mark Rowley has 'significant concerns'

London’s police chief warns clock is ticking as row continues over extra security cash

Evening Standard

Oxford Street pedestrianisation is going ahead after 'North Korean' levels of support, says Sadiq Khan

Two-thirds of responses to City Hall consultation backed mayor’s plans

Evening Standard

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Sadiq Khan's £210m Londonwide Ulez scrappage fund got 53,000 polluting vehicles off the roads

Revealed: fraudsters made 12,000 failed applications for City Hall payouts

Evening Standard

London 'short-changed' in Rachel Reeves' Spending Review despite bumper deal for TfL

Rachel Reeves was accused of ‘shortchanging’ the capital with little cash for infastructure, schools and policing

Evening Standard

London bracing for cuts in Chancellor's Spending Review

Sir Sadiq Khan is said to be furious that the city is set to be one of the biggest losers when Rachel Reeves unveils her public spending plans

Evening Standard

Sadiq Khan urges Rachel Reeves to give more cash to London in spending review

The London mayor is concerned the capital’s transport priorities have been ignored by Labour

The Independent UK

Sadiq Khan in rare 'red on red' clash with Rachel Reeves ahead of Chancellor's spending review

Mayor’s aides say ‘unacceptable’ if London loses out to rest of the country, amid fears that £2bn DLR extension may not be funded

Evening Standard

Sadiq Khan calls on TfL to lift ban on abortion ad campaign

TfL is understood to have banned the adverts on the grounds that they could bring City Hall and the police service into disrepute

Evening Standard

TfL blocks ads calling on people to lobby MPs to decriminalise abortion

London transport body says allowing Bpas adverts on its network could bring police and City Hall into disrepute

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Case for decriminalising some cannabis possession ‘compelling’, Sadiq Khan says after London policing review

Sir Sadiq clashes with Met Police who insist drug peddling ‘drives and underpins’ gang violence across the capital

Euronews

No more samba on the strand? Rio de Janeiro aims to curb unauthorised vendors and noise on beaches

Set to come into force at the beginning of June, the new rules restrict live music, food and drink sales, chair rentals and even the name of kiosks.

The Independent UK

Anger as Rio de Janeiro brings in sweeping changes to famous tourist hotspots

Is this the end of Samba on the beach?

Evening Standard

500 empty homes to be given to homeless Londoners under Sadiq Khan's plan to eradicate rough sleeping by 2030

Woman breaks down in tears in front of mayor as she tells of the terror of being forced to live on the streets and wait for help

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Evening Standard

Developer asks permission to slash affordable housing at north London scheme

Council is told developer faces ‘commercial risk’ if they deliver all of the affordable homes they had said they would

Evening Standard

London should learn lessons from Sweden to save its trees from climate change threat, says expert

At a City Hall meeting, experts acknowledge there has been a ‘really big cultural shift’ in the public’s attitude towards trees

Evening Standard

Government slashes Sadiq Khan's affordable housing target after number of homes started last year was second lowest on record

Deputy PM Angela Rayner offers mayor a lifeline after fewer than 4,000 affordable homes were started in 2024/25

Evening Standard

Canary Wharf student rooms skyscraper gets go-ahead as City Hall overrules council

Deputy mayor says project will help tackle housing crisis and boost economic growth, months after Tower Hamlets Council refused scheme

Evening Standard

Scrapping congestion charge exemption for EVs is huge threat to London's clean air gains, warns report

Transport for London insists the discount must end on Christmas Day

The Independent UK

Sadiq Khan unveils plan to rip up green belt to build flats for Londoners

The controversial move is likely to face opposition from environmental campaigners

Evening Standard

All aboard! Campaigners demand free travel for Londoners to 'open up the city' to all residents

Mayor urged to follow lead of cities in Brazil and offer free public transport

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