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New Year's Eve fireworks: Sadiq Khan hikes ticket prices for tourists, but freezes cost for Londoners

Residents will continue to pay £20 or £35, but visitors will be charged £40 or £55 - a rise of up to 14%

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Sadiq Khan calls for pause in new immigration rules after 200 to 300 TfL staff put at risk of deportation

Mayor says people who joined TfL on graduate visa have been ‘left in limbo’ by Government restriction on foreign workers

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London gets £36.5m boost to tackle homelessness as council temporary accommodation bills soar

It comes after London boroughs revealed they were collectively spending a staggering £5.5m a day to tackle homelessness

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London hospitality giants praise government review into 'outdated' licensing rules on pub opening hours

The review announced on Thursday could also make it easier for venues in the capital to serve food and drinks outside in a bid by Sir Keir Starmer to ‘remove unnecessary barriers’

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Leading the Charge: Electric London |The Standard podcast

For years, London’s Cleaner Vehicle Discount has allowed electric vehicles to travel through the congestion zone for free.

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Pro-Palestinian protests row as Sadiq Khan suggests 'From the river to the sea' chant is not antisemitic

Mayor told by Tory rival Susan Hall that ‘hate marches’ have left Jewish Londoners fearful of leaving home

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Sadiq Khan claims 'diverse' London is reason for American tourism surge

The mayor’s comments were likely a thinly veiled swipe at US President Donald Trump

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London mayor race: Sir James Cleverly considers running, saying: 'I'd be stupid not to think about it'

‘Watching London go wrong angers me enormously,’ says former Tory foreign secretary

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Met police bust criminal gang behind smuggling of tens of thousands of phones stolen in London

The criminal organisation is believed to be behind the smuggling of up to 40% of all phones stolen in London to China

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Police intercept international phone-smuggling ring after 40,000 devices stolen in UK

The Metropolitan Police said it is the largest operation to tackle phone theft in London

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Conservatives pledge to rewrite London’s planning strategy if Tory mayor elected

Shadow housing secretary Sir James Cleverly said the Conservatives will ‘get a grip’ on building in London.

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Oxford Street one-day traffic-free trial was a roaring success, says Sadiq Khan - after 12 survey replies

Mayor hails impact of Sunday pedestrianisation showcase as TfL prepares to reveal details of how buses will be re-routed

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Phone snatching network behind one in four thefts in London targeted in police crackdown

An organised crime gang was behind ‘industrial scale’ theft of phones being shipped to China, Met Police say

The Independent UK

Keir Starmer and Sadiq Khan 'failing to tackle London's knife crime epidemic', says murdered teen's mum

Prime Minster Keir Starmer and Mayor of London Sadiq Khan have failed to tackle London’s knife crime epidemic, the mother of a murdered 15-year-old boy said as her son’s killers were locked up.

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Starmer on horns of dilemma over China’s seven-year mega-embassy saga

Decision time is coming after Labour called in the planning application for a new building in east London

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Tube row: TfL accused of blocking better pensions and sick pay for thousands of low-paid cleaners

TfL commissioner Andy Lord urges unions to accept three-year pay deal to lift threat of more strikes on London Underground

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Home Secretary criticises plans for pro-Gaza marches after terror attack

Shabana Mahmood has called for demonstrators to ‘step back’ from plans to hold marches in coming days.

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OPINION - Sadiq Khan's 35% affordable housing target is helping no-one: it has to go

London is on course for just 5,000 housing starts in 2025

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London housing crisis: 'Nothing off the table' as Sadiq Khan considers slashing 35% affordable homes rule for new builds

Mayor warns requirement for 35% of new homes to be affordable has brought housebuilding in the capital to a standstill

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Met police shame: 'Reprehensible' racism and misogyny of Charing Cross station officers revealed in TV exposé

Met Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley vows to rid force of staff abusing their positions within weeks of BBC Panorama’s exposé

The Independent UK

Met officers who showed ‘support for Tommy Robinson and sent anti-Muslim messages’ are ‘likely to be sacked’

Met Commissioner Mark Rowley spoke out ahead of a ‘Panorama’ documentary exposing the officers’ behaviour

The Guardian - UK

Met plunged into crisis amid fresh claims of misogyny and racism

Commissioner Mark Rowley says prejudice has ‘put down deep roots’ within force after BBC Panorama investigation

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Met chief apologises for ‘reprehensible’ behaviour of Charing Cross officers

Allegations will be made against 11 current and former officers in a Panorama documentary on Wednesday.

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Keir Starmer refuses to brand Donald Trump's 'Sharia law' London claims 'racist'

Sir Keir Starmer instead described the comments made by the US President following his recent state visit as ‘nonsense’

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First 'amazing' new DLR train starts running - and passengers can still pretend to be the driver!

Most of the 54 new trains are due to enter service by the end of 2026, with air conditioning and walk-through carriages

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