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London tourist tax hotel levy could generate £250m a year for Sadiq Khan, says City Hall review

Call for capital to follow Manchester, Liverpool, Edinburgh, Paris and New York and add top-up charge to cost of overnight stays

Evening Standard

UK politics: Scale of ‘Unite the Kingdom’ march shows free speech ‘alive and well’ in UK, says minister – as it happened

Peter Kyle said he was not ‘disturbed’ by huge Tommy Robinson-organised far-right protest but condemns violence against the police

The Guardian - UK

Nine Met police suspended amid inquiry into claims of excessive force

Watchdog says there are also allegations of discriminatory and misogynistic comments, centring on Charing Cross police station

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Fury as Sadiq Khan admits he's known since last year of plans to close half of London police stations

Asked why he had broken a manifesto pledge to keep a 24-hour police front office counter in every borough, mayor says: ‘When the facts change, I change my mind’

Evening Standard

Oxford Street car-free day plans revealed as Sadiq Khan looks to showcase benefits of pedestrianisation

Details unveiled of free event planned to boost support for Mayor of London’s plans to permanently removing traffic from the nation’s most famous high street

Evening Standard

Tube strike olive branch: TfL offers RMT peace talks next week in bid to avoid further walkouts

Sadiq Khan escapes grilling over Tube strikes: crisis mentioned for just three minutes in three-hour mayor’s question time session

Evening Standard

When Do the Tube Strikes End? Light at the End of the Tunnel Seen as Union Boss Calls for Meeting With Mayor

London Tube strikes disrupt until 11 September 2025 over pay and 32-hour week demands. RMT's Eddie Dempsey calls for Mayor Sadiq Khan meeting—will talks end the chaos?

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Tube drivers on £72,000 ‘can’t afford to buy a house in London', says RMT boss

Union leader Eddie Dempsey says a £72,000 salary is “not out of this world” given London’s house prices

Evening Standard

Sadiq Khan offers £200,000 salary to lure 'Oxford Street tsar' to accelerate pedestrianisation plans

Mayor hopes traffic-free street will help West End to rival New York, Paris and Barcelona

Evening Standard

Violent crime plunges 13% in London as capital's homicide rate less than Paris, Berlin and Copenhagen

Despite there being ‘tens of thousands of fewer victims,’ Mayor of London Sadiq Khan acknowledged that ‘one death and one crime will always be too many’

Evening Standard

Limited tube services resume as strikes disrupt London for third day

Central, Northern and District lines partly running as RMT presses Sadiq Khan for talks over shorter working week

The Guardian - UK

RMT denies claims striking Tube drivers are demanding two-for-one Legoland tickets

RMT lead negotiator Jared Wood told The Standard: ‘The idea that this is any part of industrial negotiations is complete nonsense’

Evening Standard

London’s pedicabs could be forced to turn down music and charge by the minute

TfL’s regulation proposals also include enhanced criminal record checks, vehicle inspections and driver ID

The Guardian - UK

Tube strike latest LIVE: London Underground almost completely shut down for evening rush hour

Thursday is the last of five consecutive days of RMT walkouts in the union’s dispute with TfL over pay and working hours - but disruption still expected on Friday

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Sadiq Khan refuses to intervene in Tube strike as commuters face 'torrid Tuesday' with DLR staff joining walkout

Mayor says he only intervened in previous dispute because of ‘exceptional circumstances’ and calls on RMT to get back round negotiating table

Evening Standard

London defies the Tube strike: Commuters battle to work on trains, buses and bikes... as RMT threatens more walkouts

‘Make no mistake, more strikes are possible’ says RMT as it calls for ‘material progress’ from TfL to get five-day walkout suspended

Evening Standard

Reform campaigning 'to seize control of London doughnut' reveals assembly member

London Assembly member, Alex Wilson, said the party was “seriously campaigning” to take control of councils in the outskirts of the city

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Nigel Farage: 'Reform UK will take winning London and ousting Sadiq Khan seriously'

Reform leader encourages members to volunteer as councillor candidates ahead of the local elections in May next year

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Top Tory Susan Hall blasts TfL's 'confusing' system after getting £180 Blackwall tunnel fine

Sadiq Khan’s mayoral rival insists: ‘There is no way I wouldn’t want to pay’

Evening Standard

Teenage murders at 13-year low in London as Met Police chief insists capital’s streets are ‘safer’

Sir Mark Rowley and London mayor Sir Sadiq Khan announce there were no killings of under-25s in July and August

Evening Standard

London ‘records fewest homicides in summer months since 2018’

The mayor of London Sir Sadiq Khan has vowed to continue building on work to tackle violence across the capital.

Evening Standard

Tube strike set to deliver £230m blow to London economy was backed by just 57% of RMT members

6,004 union members voted in favour of industrial action before hearing about 3.4% pay rise — while 4,196 did not bother to vote

The Guardian - UK

Palestine Action: five arrested in England before protest against group’s ban

Defend Our Juries confirms event will go ahead as 1,000 people pledge to take part in defiance of counter-terrorism laws

Evening Standard

Everything you need to know about Eddie Dempsey, new RMT boss and 'proud south Londoner'

New RMT boss Eddie Dempsey is just as bolshy and matter-of-fact as his predecessor, Mick Lynch. Here’s what you need to know about the south London-born trade union boss

Evening Standard

Moment fare-dodging university law student cries 'my life is finished' at Clapham Junction Station

It comes after The Standard revealed fare evasion costs Transport for London £190 million per year

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