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It was only a year ago that Labour lost the Uxbridge and South Ruislip by-election. Despite double-digit poll leads across the country, the party fell short by 495 votes in a contest widely interpreted as a referendum on the extension of Sadiq Khan's Ultra-low emission zone (Ulez). 

Behind-the-scenes look at challenge of meeting soaring demand from Londoners wanting to hire e-bikes

Report lists disastrous impact of Rishi Sunak’s decision to delay high-speed rail link

Capital’s road journeys ‘taking longer than ever’

Knife crime, manifesto pledges - and what next for Susan Hall?

City Hall editor Ross Lydall looks at what the key factors are that could result in a relatively low-key campaign ending in a nail-biting finish

From Susan Hall admitting she was a ‘raver back in the day’ to doughnuts bearing Sadiq Khan’s face, Ross Lydall looks back at the highlights from the 2024 mayoral race

According to a new poll, London's mayoral race has tightened in its final 48 hours, with the gap between Sadiq Khan and Susan Hall closing to the smallest since their campaigns started.

With just over a week to go until the mayoral election, the Standard continues its audit of Sadiq Khan by examining his record on the environment

The West Wing remains amongst the worst things to ever happen to British politics. And I should know – I can still recite that speech in Latin.

'Rock bottom' confers a powerful elixir. Recovering alcoholics often point to the day, the hour, the drink that led them to make a change. For others, it is the simple reassurance that no matter how difficult the times, there is something to be said for them no longer getting worse.…