The Latest Breaking News from City Hall

Sadiq Khan gets go-ahead to slash affordable housing ratio to 20% to tackle London housing crisis

New target is announced by Housing Secretary Steve Reed after weeks of speculation - but critics say it won’t solve housing emergency

Evening Standard · Oct 23, 2025

London Living Wage jumps by inflation-busting 6.9% to £14.80 an hour in boost to 150,000 low-paid workers

Voluntary rate paid by 4,000 firms in capital increases by 6.9% - but unions warn that NHS staff will miss out on increase

Evening Standard · Oct 22, 2025

Standard exclusive investigation: Inside London’s grooming gang shame

Police failure. Institutional cover-up. Establishment silence: The real story of London’s harrowing grooming gang epidemic

Evening Standard · Oct 22, 2025

London housing crisis: Affordable homes ratio 'to be slashed to 20%' after Sadiq Khan crisis talks

Mayor and Government set to announce that 35% rule will be ditched after housebuilding in the capital plummeted

Evening Standard · Oct 16, 2025

Oxford Street 'pedestrianised by next summer' as Sadiq Khan fast-tracks £150m traffic-free scheme

Second consultation to start next month - but Tories threaten legal action if they reclaim control of Westminster council

Evening Standard · Oct 16, 2025

Sadiq Khan rejects calls to exclude Hindu nationalist group from Diwali celebrations

Vishwa Hindu Parishad UK (VHP-UK), also known as the World Council of Hindus UK, are on the official committee of organisers for the City Hall-backed Diwali celebrations in Trafalgar Square on Sunday

Evening Standard · Oct 11, 2025

New Year's Eve fireworks: Sadiq Khan hikes ticket prices for tourists, but freezes cost for Londoners

Residents will continue to pay £20 or £35, but visitors will be charged £40 or £55 - a rise of up to 14%

Evening Standard · Oct 10, 2025

Met Police to scrap anti-social behaviour officers

Sources within City Hall have indicated concerns that combatting persistent anti-social behaviour will now be less effectively resourced

Evening Standard · Oct 3, 2025

Khan hails Ulez success as London under limit for toxic pollutant for first time

Sir Sadiq Khan said he is ‘thrilled’ that London has met legal limits for the toxic pollutant nitrogen dioxide for the first time.

Evening Standard · Sep 30, 2025

London councils spend £5.5m a day on homelessness crisis as demand soars from desperate families

Mayor Sadiq Khan may ease affordable homes target in bid to bring crisis-hit house-building industry back to life

Evening Standard · Sep 30, 2025