The Latest Breaking News from London Assembly

Concerns raised over impact of Chinese 'super-embassy' on London's 'very stretched' police

Labour and Tory members of the London Assembly were united on Wednesday in their opposition to the proposed embassy in Tower Hamlets

Evening Standard · Dec 18, 2024

Sadiq Khan urged to scrap Silvertown and Blackwall Tunnel tolls as 37,000 sign petition

With more than 37,000 signatures, the petition is said to be the largest ever formally received by the London Assembly

Evening Standard · Dec 6, 2024

London shops lose record £15m of items due to shoplifting epidemic

National shoplifting figures show shoplifting has risen 30 per cent since the pandemic and the ensuing cost-of-living crisis

Evening Standard · Dec 5, 2024

Sadiq Khan's new policing deputy apologises for calling Susan Hall a 'racist' and 'climate change-denier'

Ms Hall, who in 2019 retweeted a post calling Mr Khan the ‘nipple height mayor of Londonistan’, said it was ‘abhorrent’ to have been called racist

Evening Standard · Oct 24, 2024

'Green hypocrisy!' Sadiq Khan in row over Heathrow Airport expansion

Mr Khan was accused of failing to show ‘climate leadership’, while the Labour mayor said the Green Party was guilty of hypocrisy over renewable energy

Evening Standard · Oct 11, 2024

TfL has 'no proposals' to widen Clapham Tube platforms despite safety concerns

The platforms are just 3.7 metres wide - but TfL has concluded that widening them would consume too much time and money

Evening Standard · Oct 2, 2024

Tory leadership race: James Cleverly can 'speak to all Londoners,' says ex-London minister Paul Scully

Lewisham-born Cleverly was a member of the Greater London Assembly

Evening Standard · Sep 29, 2024

Senior Met officer slams 'two tier policing' claim as 'soundbite' designed to 'undermine' police

Former Tory mayoral candidate Susan Hall said she understood why ‘many’ think the Met is biased

Evening Standard · Sep 11, 2024

Black performance artists face discrimination in nightlife licensing, City Hall told

Councils and police officers are following a ‘racist narrative’ in their licensing decisions, Black Lives in Music told the London Assembly

Evening Standard · Sep 10, 2024

Muslims in London 'extremely worried' as further mosque protection urged after far right protests

Spread of hate crimes by far right has left many Muslims ‘shaken’, London Assembly member warns

Evening Standard · Aug 2, 2024