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Revealed: The surprising London borough with the biggest rent rise in the past five years

The 52.5 per cent incease means that ‘very few properties are affordable to residents’

Evening Standard · Jul 24, 2025

Plans down the pan? Coffee shop proposals stall for Soho public toilet once called 'top cottaging spot in UK'

Plans to convert the underground public toilets in the heart of central London into a coffee shop have stalled

Evening Standard · Jul 21, 2025

Camden councillor who threatened to ‘shut down’ Costcutter in parcel row resigns

In the video, the councillor can be heard shouting: ‘Don’t annoy me, I’m a councillor for this area, I will shut down your bloody shop, ok?’

Evening Standard · Jul 18, 2025

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Government sends team to 'take control' of London council amid financial crisis

Four commissioners will be given sweeping powers over London borough as minister warns financial position ‘deteriorating rapidly’

Evening Standard · Jul 18, 2025

South London borough backs tourist tax plan to raise millions

Southwark Council backs calls to implement London-wide tourist tax

Evening Standard · Jul 18, 2025

South London takeaway was forced to shut down after cockroach infestation and smell of urine

The Ghanaian takeaway had a ‘significant’ cockroach infestation and a strong smell of urine coming from a cupboard beneath a television

Evening Standard · Jul 17, 2025

Wimbledon chaos: London Tube station ‘struggling to cope’ with tennis crowds as Lime bikes clog pavements

Southfields has seen extensive train delays at the station this week as well as piles of Lime bikes clogging pavements

Evening Standard · Jul 6, 2025

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Outrage as 1,500 sign petition to block north-west London council’s plan to twin with Palestinian city

Brent Council has faced a backlash after approving plans to twin the borough with the city of Nablus in Palestine

Evening Standard · Jul 3, 2025

London council deputy mayor is suspended - but Labour won't say why

Councillor Kathleen Fraser is the second consecutive deputy mayor of Brent to face an investigation

Evening Standard · Jun 24, 2025

'Enough is enough': Hackney residents trapped in failing lifts as council blames nesting falcons

A leaseholder living at Rozel Court told the council residents were getting stuck in the lifts daily

Evening Standard · Jun 21, 2025

South London residents in battle over '£500-a-month service charges for 24-hour concierge and garden built for wealthy neighbours'

Residents say the charges have become like a ‘second mortgage’ after spiralling in price

Evening Standard · Jun 17, 2025

Life ‘unbearable’ for residents of central London flats flooded with sewage and scalding water

Once award-winning estate now known as ‘leaky Lillington’

Evening Standard · Jun 17, 2025

Family living in mouldy west London home 'told by landlord to refuse repairs and appear homeless to be rehoused'

Resident Ali Hersi said: “It feels like the landlord abused us”

Evening Standard · Jun 12, 2025

Hundreds of east London homes 'went without basic fire safety checks', claims whistleblower

A former employee of Populo Living claims a string of safety checks being missed was potentially putting people’s lives at risk

Evening Standard · Jun 10, 2025

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Evening Standard · Jun 6, 2025

Health minister admits state of London's crumbling hospitals is 'unacceptable'

Karin Smyth said she ‘knows Londoners deserve better services’ after visiting dilapidated NHS wards

Evening Standard · Jun 5, 2025

London football academy threatened with closure as council eviction looms

Football Samurai Academy is based in North Acton Playing Fields and partners with several local schools serving over 360 children from 25 nationalities

Evening Standard · May 29, 2025

London council tenant: 'I've been bitten alive by fleas and left with scabies - now I have to wear a hazmat suit'

Residents in Renown Close, West Croydon, have been told to avoid a flea-infested communal area

Evening Standard · May 29, 2025

London council under fire as school crossing 'lollipop' patrols are axed

Anxious parents have raised concerns about the move to axe school crossing patrols by the end of the year

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Evening Standard · May 26, 2025

Disabled man trapped in Hackney flat for months slams landlord over rehousing delays

Wheelchair user Malcolm Cripps asked for a transfer from his third-floor housing association flat, after being repeatedly trapped inside due to a faulty communal lift

Evening Standard · May 13, 2025

Pregnant domestic abuse survivor fleeing ex told by London council 'patch up smashed front door with cardboard'

The woman, who feared that her ex had found her and that she was in danger, has criticised council for their response

Evening Standard · May 13, 2025

'Persistent smell of decay': Bins go uncollected for seven weeks in London borough amid refuse contract problems

Streets left overflowing with rubbish following launch of a new eight-year waste contract between local council and Veolia Waste Management

Evening Standard · May 12, 2025

'Despicable and dangerous': Chauffeur hits out at state of London's pothole-ridden roads after car damage

Andy Sozos lost a day’s pay after a pothole damaged his Mercedes

Evening Standard · May 4, 2025

'Completely shocking': West London council under fire after mum told to lock autistic daughter in room

Lauryn Henderson said she found the advice ‘completely shocking’ and is pushing for her family to be relocated

Evening Standard · May 3, 2025

‘I can’t wash in my own home’: West London mum forced to use neighbour’s toilet for 10 years as housing repairs ignored

A West London mum has been forced to use her neighbours loo and shower for several years because of her housing association’s failure to repair pipes and toilets.

Evening Standard · Apr 25, 2025

Grandma, 93, broke neck and died in London care home due to 'failings' in her care, daughter claims

Paula Geeves-Booth, 93, was found dead on the floor at Viera Gray House in Barnes after falling from her bed

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