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Exclusive: Sir Mark Rowley has already removed more than 1,000 young men from the force’s gang violence matrix

Figures obtained by City Hall show that 5,712 people were sleeping rough in London between April and September – a 21 per cent increase on last year

“We urge the Prime Minister and his ministers to act as a matter of urgency to prevent more people ending up homeless this winter.”

Analysis by City Hall suggests there were 5,712 people on the capital’s streets between April and September.

Mayor demands government action including end to benefit cap and more resources for councils as cost of living crisis bites

Sadiq Khan has announced £69m a year to create more “school streets” across London – as one borough mayor infuriated parents by ripping out a scheme protecting primary school children. Lutfur Rahman, the mayor of Tower Hamlets, ordered workmen to remove the traffic restrictions around Chisenhale school in Bow on…

Protest comes after London mayor Sadiq Khan announced £69m a year for borough schemes, including more school streets

Sadiq Khan said people must ‘put aside party politics’ when such milestones come around.

Keir Starmer is relying heavily on the Tony Blair playbook to make his party electable again, from caution over public spending to courting the Murdoch press

The Elizabeth line’s Bond Street station has finally opened, five months after other stations on the line’s central stretch went into service. TfL said the new station would relieve congestion at other busy stations serving the West End and make central London more accessible. The first services at the station…

The station did not open alongside others on the central stretch of the Elizabeth line in May