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Tall buildings will soon be required to have second staircases, but lingering uncertainty over the specifics of the rule has delayed thousands of homes

It comes after Tory candidate Susan Hall said that the mayor ‘just isn’t listening’ to women about their experiences of harassment and assault

Our Local Democracy Reporter Noah Vickers discusses his interview with Sir Keir Starmer and Sadiq Khan.

The candidate said Labour’s Sadiq Khan ‘blames everyone else’ for failures on crime, while Tory candidate Susan Hall is ‘beyond the pale’

The Labour leader refused to explicitly endorse the mayor’s Ulez expansion, and suggested that he would not allow rent controls in London

The ‘Let’s Do Fridays’ initiative will trial for three months

The symbolism and shared purpose were unmistakable: the likely next prime minister of the UK standing shoulder to shoulder with the likely next mayor of London, for the launch of Labour’s mayoral election campaign. Despite polling leads, the party is bringing out the big guns and taking nothing for granted.

The Cabinet minister announced £500,000 of specialist planning support to help the building of 7,200 more homes in Greenwich and Newham

He stresses the prospect of a Labour government and Labour mayor are a ‘once in a generation” chance to ease London’s housing crisis

Mayor says May election will be ‘closest ever’ and says the contest is ‘once in a generation’ chance to tackle city’s housing crisis

Labour mayor urges Lib Dem and Green supporters to ‘lend him their votes’ in May’s first-past-the-post election