City Hall pay rises take Sadiq Khan's top aides above £150,000 (but no decision on mayor's new salary) Exclusive: the annual increases received by mayor’s inner circle Evening Standard · Jul 8, 2025
Prince of Wales joins those remembering victims 20 years on from July 7 attacks William attended a ceremony in Hyde Park that followed a service in St Paul’s and an earlier wreath-laying on the 20th anniversary of the atrocities. The Independent UK · Jul 7, 2025
Keir Starmer and Sadiq Khan lay wreaths at 7/7 bombings memorial Prime minister Keir Starmer and London mayor Sadiq Khan laid wreaths at the 7/7 memorial in Hyde Park today (7 July), in a service commemorating the 20th anniversary of the 2005 London terrorist attacks that killed 52 people. The Independent UK · Jul 7, 2025
7/7 London terror attack victims remembered at 20th anniversary service Keir Starmer and Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh join survivors and emergency workers at St Paul’s Cathedral The Guardian - UK · Jul 7, 2025
Pride 2025: Clouds fail to dampen spirits as hundreds of thousands turn out for London parade Sadiq Khan said London was united in a ‘sea of colour and creativity’ Evening Standard · Jul 5, 2025
LGBT artists decry Supreme Court ruling at rainy London Pride parade Tens of thousands of people gathered in central London for this year’s Pride parade. Evening Standard · Jul 5, 2025
Inside London Fire Brigade's fight against wildfires amid fears hot summer will spark surge Exclusive: Britain’s busiest fire and rescue service has warned of the ‘devastating’ impact blazes could have on the city’s parks and wildlife Evening Standard · Jul 5, 2025
OPINION - The Prime Minister has a London problem At the general election exactly a year ago, London voted heavily for a change of government, affirming a trend underway for more than a decade in which the capital has steadily become a more ‘Labour city’. Evening Standard · Jul 5, 2025
Serial fare dodgers should be banned from the Tube, top Tory Susan Hall tells Sadiq Khan Mayor admits requirement to hike TfL fares by estimated 27% over five years will be ‘challenging’ for Londoners due to cost of living crisis Evening Standard · Jul 4, 2025
Oxford Street pedestrianisation should include 'world class public toilets', mayor Sadiq Khan is told Mayor urged to turn nation’s most famous high street into a ‘healthy street’ that is safe and accessible to all Londoners Evening Standard · Jul 4, 2025
Wimbledon MP calls travel chaos ‘embarrassment’ to London Sadiq Khan needs to ‘get a grip’ on public transport services, said MP Paul Kohler The Independent UK · Jul 4, 2025
Josh Barrie On the Sauce at Barbarella: La Dolce Vita in Canary Wharf Way out in Canary Wharf is a place of wistful irreverence, finds Josh Barrie Evening Standard · Jul 4, 2025
Wimbledon travel chaos is ‘huge embarrassment’ for London, says MP Paul Kohler criticises Sadiq Khan after spectators face delays, cancellations and overcrowding on trains The Guardian - UK · Jul 3, 2025
Nigeria, Ghana and South Africa: Sadiq Khan outlines plans for first mayoral trip to Africa But mayor accused of being ‘more interested in Lagos than John Lewis’ as he misses meeting on Oxford Street Evening Standard · Jul 3, 2025
Evening Standard · Jul 3, 2025 Decriminalise cocaine possession after cannabis in London, says Sir Sadiq Khan report expert Dr Geoff Gallop claims people are dying because UK is behind rest of the world when it comes to drug policy
Evening Standard · Jul 3, 2025 OPINION - A 'fat free' Britain by 2035? Slim chance of that It seems fair to say this government, turning one year old this week, has not yet achieved a reputation for speedy resolution of major national crises. Yet within the new 10 Year Health Plan is a radical plan – to make Britain “fat free” by 2035.
Evening Standard · Jul 3, 2025 District line chaos an 'international embarrassment' after tennis fans hit by Tube disruption, says Wimbledon MP Sections of the District Line track near Wimbledon are 130 years old and should be treated as a priority, a local MP has said
Evening Standard · Jul 3, 2025 TfL chief denies £3bn new fleet of Piccadilly line trains are delayed because they 'don't fit in tunnels' Andy Lord admits introduction of new Tube fleet is challenging and the trains ‘require modification’
Evening Standard · Jul 3, 2025 Traffic to be banned from part of Regent Street as mayor faces calls to reduce traffic across West End Sir Sadiq Khan urged by cycle campaigners to build on Oxford Street pedestrianisation with wider vehicle ban across central London
Evening Standard · Jul 3, 2025 New coalition urges Mayor to rethink axeing of C-charge exemption for EVs Open letter says Sadiq Khan risks undermining progress towards cleaning up London’s air
Evening Standard · Jul 2, 2025 Cannabis use 'not benign' says judge after Sadiq Khan's call for decriminalisation Judge Edmunds spoke out about cannabis while jailing a young man who had tried to smuggle the drugs
Evening Standard · Jul 2, 2025 Revealed: London boroughs with most arson attacks as expert links rise in blazes to social unrest Interactive map shows massive jump in arson attacks in Westminster, Sutton and Haringey
Evening Standard · Jul 1, 2025 Who are the key Labour figures leading the charge against Keir Starmer's benefits cuts? Dozens of Labour MPs are said to still be uneasy about the tweaked welfare reforms as the government heads to a crunch vote
Evening Standard · Jul 1, 2025 Revealed: Transport for London pays 843 staff to work on union duties - at a cost of £9.2million Bill for providing paid time off for union representatives almost doubles under Sadiq Khan’s mayoralty
Evening Standard · Jul 1, 2025 Mayor says device to assess bruising to darker skin shows police have changed The devices, known as Project Archway, allow officers to better assess victims’ injuries, particularly on darker skin.