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No permanent budget for free school meals in London, Sadiq Khan warns

The mayor announced an extension to free school meals, but could not guarantee them 'in perpetuity' beyond July 2025

Evening Standard

OPINION - The Standard View: The price of Sadiq Khan's £30 million Tube strike payoff

The last-minute ending of the Tube strike was unequivocally good news for London. But as this paper observed yesterday, the way in which it ended is altogether more problematic. Twenty minutes before the strike was due to start, Mayor Sadiq Khan miraculously found £30 million down the back of the City…

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Las Vegas Sphere owners see millions of investment dollars and years of planning to build a London Sphere go down the drain

Madison Square Garden Entertainment slammed a "bogus" report rejecting its London venue last year.

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Tooting Conservative candidate tells voters to 'go on strike' and don't vote

Tooting Tory Otto Jacobsson did not mention he was standing for the Conservatives in his election material, which references fictional Marxist from sitcom Citizen Smith

Evening Standard

Tube strikes: Aslef drivers to be balloted on possible walkout amid Sadiq Khan 'money train' deal row

Exclusive: Aslef to re-ballot its 2,000 members to enable it to retain power to call strike at fortnight’s notice

Evening Standard

Plans for Las Vegas-style ‘Sphere’ in London dropped by developer

MSG said it could not continue to take part in process that was ‘political football between rival parties’

The Independent UK

Labour plans to tackle school absence in England with home-school register

Legislation would put legal duty on councils to keep register of children not in school amid historically high absence levels

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Free school meals for all primary school children in London to continue if Sadiq Khan wins third mayoral term

His Tory mayoral rival Susan Hall has vowed to continue the scheme 'until the cost of living situation improves' if she becomes mayor next May

Evening Standard

Stratford MSG Sphere: Why have plans for a Las Vegas-style venue in London been withdrawn?

Madison Square Garden Entertainment Company (MSG) officially withdraws plans following opposition from London Mayor Sadiq Khan

Evening Standard

Sadiq Khan triggers emergency weather protocol to help rough sleepers in icy weather

It is the first time this year that the mayor has activated his Severe Weather Emergency Protocol

Evening Standard

Why have London Tube strikes been cancelled and what happens next?

Plans for a week-long walkout by London underground workers are no longer going ahead

Evening Standard

Tube strikes: Aslef drivers now demand 12% pay rise after Sadiq Khan finds £30m to avert week-long walkouts

Aslef, which represents the majority of Tube drivers, says mayor has 'found the magic money tree and our members expect to share the fruit'

Evening Standard

‘Crippling’ London Tube strikes called off at last minute after ‘positive’ TfL and RMT talks

The city was expected to lose £100 million a day according to some experts

The Independent UK

Independent mayoral candidate Tarun Ghulati says London has 'lost its mojo' as he vows to 'bring back the smiles'

Investment banker Tarun Ghulati says 'nobody wants' to re-elect Sadiq Khan

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Tube strikes: Last-ditch talks collapse in failure with chaos expected next week

Arsenal warns 60,000 fans due to attend Sunday's FA Cup tie with Liverpool there will be no Piccadilly line services to get them home

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More than 1.3million free meals given out to families in the capital at Christmas

Families across the capital received the free meals at a range of school holiday activities and through charity organisations

Evening Standard

Cash crisis could scupper Mayor’s 2030 ambitions for zero-emission buses

TfL wants to sell second-hand London buses to other UK cities and get rid of 'Boris bus' by the end of the decade

Evening Standard

Sadiq Khan investigating providing London with free WiFi network

Sadiq Khan hopes a free WiFi network could help visitors navigate the city and help tourists who face high roaming costs

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Scheme to get young Londoners from deprived backgrounds into top jobs backed by Mayor Sadiq Khan

A new campaign to get deprived young Londoners into top jobs has been backed by mayor Sadiq Khan.

The Guardian - UK

Sadiq Khan likens Tory rival Susan Hall to Donald Trump

Exclusive: London mayor says voting system changes could result in Hall starting series of hard-right victories in 2024

The Independent UK

Happy New Year! Spectacular fireworks display in London takes country into 2024

London and Edinburgh celebrated the new year with stunning firework spectaculars - but bad weather meant some other events were cancelled

The Guardian - UK

New Year’s Eve celebrations around the world as 2024 begins – as it happened

Macron says Olympics will bring France a 2024 full of ‘pride’ and ‘hope’; some UK New Year’s Eve firework events cancelled due to weather

The Independent UK

Shovelling muck and baking scones: The inner city farm helping vulnerable students stay in school

Jabed Ahmed visits Oasis Farm Waterloo, a charity initiative seeking to provide ‘farming therapy’ to vulnerable children across London

The Independent UK

Bidding wars, huge rent spikes and eviction threats: Inside London’s growing rental crisis

Tenants face spending more than £2,000 a month to live in one-bed flats in the capital – if they’re lucky, Lydia Patrick writes

Evening Standard

Ulez averts more air pollution than that caused by capital’s airports, report shows

A new report has estimated that Ulez policies cut 13,500 of nitrogen oxide emissions in three years

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