Keir Starmer vows to rip up investment red-tape as PM woos business leaders at London summit The Prime Minister makes his ‘pitch for Britain’ as he seeks to fire up the UK’s economic growth Evening Standard · Oct 13, 2024
'Utterly disgraceful': Swastika and other antisemitic messages raked into Hendon golf course bunkers The Community Security Trust (CST) said it was aware of the ‘appalling antisemitic slogans and symbols’ Evening Standard · Oct 13, 2024
Campaign to save east London mechanic who faces eviction after falling £112k behind on rent Len Maloney of JC Motors says his rent has become unaffordable, after it was more than doubled in the years leading up to the pandemic Evening Standard · Oct 12, 2024
'Green hypocrisy!' Sadiq Khan in row over Heathrow Airport expansion Mr Khan was accused of failing to show ‘climate leadership’, while the Labour mayor said the Green Party was guilty of hypocrisy over renewable energy Evening Standard · Oct 11, 2024
Sadiq Khan reveals Islington Council leader Kaya Comer-Schwartz as new policing deputy The mayor’s incoming new deputy said she was ‘thrilled’ to have been chosen for the job, which involves overseeing the work of the Met Police Evening Standard · Oct 11, 2024
New Year's Eve London fireworks: Tickets cost up to £50 as premium areas and 'tourist tax' introduced Londoners will pay £15 per ticket less than visitors from abroad or rest of UK Evening Standard · Oct 11, 2024
Keir Starmer dodges questions on a severance payment for Sue Gray ousted as his No10 chief-of-staff Cabinet Office minister Pat McFadden stressed the senior civil servant had ‘been through quite a lot in the last few weeks’ Evening Standard · Oct 11, 2024
Sadiq Khan: Extending Night Tube to run on Thursday nights 'under review' ‘Thursday is the new Friday’, the mayor was told at a City Hall meeting Evening Standard · Oct 10, 2024
TfL cyber attack has left 'big' number of Londoners out of pocket, admits Sadiq Khan Students and older Londoners are having to pay full fares as a result of the attack Evening Standard · Oct 10, 2024
Sadiq Khan: my 10-year plan to clean up London’s rivers – just like its air The Mayor of London sits down with Dylan Jones for a chat about politics, traffic – and his status as an unlikely sex symbol Evening Standard · Oct 10, 2024
Home Secretary Yvette Cooper did go to Taylor Swift concert, admits Cabinet minister despite earlier denial Home Secretary Yvette Cooper did go to a Taylor Swift concert at Wembley, a minister admitted on Thursday despite a Cabinet colleague denying just 24 hours earlier that she had. Evening Standard · Oct 10, 2024
Home Secretary got free Taylor Swift tickets after talks about star's VIP escort Home Secretary Yvette Cooper attended one of Taylor Swift’s Wembley concerts with her husband after being involved in talks about the singer’s… The National (Scotland) · Oct 10, 2024
Sadiq Khan 'confident' of economic 'optimism next spring', warning 'tough Budget' must come first ‘We can't have more austerity. We've had 14 years of austerity,’ London’s mayor has said. Evening Standard · Oct 9, 2024
Ministers facing questions over Met’s VIP protection for Taylor Swift James Cleverly asks Yvette Cooper if she intervened to ensure popstar’s London concerts went ahead The Guardian - UK · Oct 9, 2024
Evening Standard · Oct 9, 2024 Tube fall and bus crash survivors accuse TfL of failing passengers as 40 a month injured in London Campaigners claim London has a worse record on bus safety than cities such as New York and Paris
Evening Standard · Oct 9, 2024 Plan to turn Belgravia police station into luxury hotel and spa set to get green light The police station was sold by the Mayor of London for £75million
Evening Standard · Oct 9, 2024 Sadiq Khan urges Londoners to donate preloved children's coats and blankets as winter approaches Mr Khan said it is ‘shocking that in a country as prosperous as ours so many families are going without essentials’
International Business Times · Oct 9, 2024 Taylor Swift Got Police Escort To London Gigs After Austria Terror Plot US star Taylor Swift got a special police escort for her London concerts after an alleged suicide attack plot led to the cancellation of three performances in Vienna.
The Independent UK · Oct 9, 2024 Taylor Swift police escort not a result of ‘personal intervention’ in Met Police, minister insists The Shake it Off singer concluded the final leg of her globe-trotting Eras Tour with three nights at Wembley Stadium in August
Evening Standard · Oct 9, 2024 Taylor Swift police convoy through London for Wembley gigs was Met Police decision, insists No10 Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy insisted the decision for a motorbike escort was an operational decision by the Met Police
Evening Standard · Oct 8, 2024 Green light for hundreds of new homes in Tooting as City Hall overrules Wandsworth Council An NHS doctor told City Hall it would be a ‘lost opportunity’ for the ‘derelict’ site to ‘go unused’ in the midst of London’s housing crisis
The Guardian - UK · Oct 7, 2024 Key Labour thinktank recommends major new powers for elected mayors Plans would put mayors at forefront of delivering public sector improvements in areas such as health and education
Evening Standard · Oct 7, 2024 Sadiq Khan suffers blow as deputy mayor for policing and crime quits City Hall Sophie Linden follows Amy Lame out of City Hall and is the third deputy mayor to quit in a matter of months
Evening Standard · Oct 6, 2024 Ocado among firms asking Sadiq Khan to re-think congestion charge for electric vans The firms say the charge will undermine the move to electric vehicles
The Guardian - UK · Oct 6, 2024 Ocado and AA join growing revolt against London congestion charge for electric vans Forty businesses sign open letter to Sadiq Khan saying extending £15 daily levy to electric vans will backfire