Sadiq Khan announces new hub for rough sleepers as street homelessness rises The new hub will provide assessment spaces and beds to help people off the streets and into longer-term accommodation Evening Standard · Jan 31, 2024
Mayor and Government urged to boost funding for London's green energy projects A London Assembly investigation has found that local planning rules are also causing serious delays to some community energy schemes Evening Standard · Jan 29, 2024
Thames ferry crossing proposals are rejected by Sadiq Khan The mayor insisted TfL remains supportive of 'the principle' of new river crossings, but has limited funds to deliver them Evening Standard · Jan 29, 2024
OPINION - The Standard View: Heir to Blair? Keir Starmer has a long way to go The 1997 election is about as close in time to the switch to a decimal currency in 1971 as it is to today. In other words, the world has changed since then. Still, the signs of a repeat in 2024 for Rishi Sunak are ominous. Evening Standard · Jan 29, 2024
Free early travel for over-60s as Sadiq Khan scraps Friday peak fares 1.2million Londoners who have a 60+ Oyster or Freedom Pass will qualify for free travel throughout Fridays under the off-peak trial Evening Standard · Jan 29, 2024
Central line delays: Why are trains delayed and when will services be back to normal? Weeks of severe delays in store as train stock is taken out of action Evening Standard · Jan 29, 2024
Off-peak tube and rail fare trial to start on Fridays in London Three-month scheme to try to tempt back passengers since Covid lockdowns will begin in March The Guardian - UK · Jan 28, 2024
Restore European Union freedom to the UK’s young people While EU passports open doors and usher in opportunities, British passports bring only red tape and uncertainty The Guardian - UK · Jan 28, 2024
Off-Peaky Blinder! Sadiq Khan trials scrapping peak fares on Fridays to get Londoners back on the Tube Passengers to save up to £2 per journey as mayor ditches peak rates for three months Evening Standard · Jan 28, 2024
‘Honk if you hate Ulez’: Activists gather in Trafalgar Square for anti-Ulez demonstration Much of the anger from those demonstrating in the centre of the capital was directed towards London Mayor Sadiq Khan. Evening Standard · Jan 27, 2024
Lib Dems amend Sadiq Khan's budget to include £700,000 for 'green doctors' City Hall's Lib Dem group argued that more Londoners should receive tailored advice on how to reduce their energy bills Evening Standard · Jan 26, 2024
London Underground: Central Line chaos laid bare as Sadiq Khan apologises for severe delays London Underground's busiest line has been operating at times with barely half of the 78 trains required to run peak service Evening Standard · Jan 26, 2024
Sadiq Khan says TfL fare freeze will lure London workers back to the office 'Taylor Swift-style' surge pricing is not currently planned for TfL, the London Assembly has also been told Evening Standard · Jan 25, 2024
Knife crime soars by over 20 per cent in London in past year, as politicians clash over zombie blades 38 offences with a knife in the capital a day, as Labour and Tories clash over new measures to tackle the menace of zombie weapons Evening Standard · Jan 25, 2024
Evening Standard · Jan 24, 2024 Met Police operation responding to David Carrick scandal 'could take six years to complete' The Met is completing 'a thorough review of all completed sexual offence or domestic abuse cases from the last 10 years involving serving officers or staff'
Evening Standard · Jan 24, 2024 What are the voter ID requirements for the London mayoral election? The Mayor of London and London Assembly elections take place on Thursday, May 2
Evening Standard · Jan 24, 2024 Sadiq Khan calls out ‘scandal’ with five-fold increase in sewage dumped in Thames Sewage flowed into the Thames for 6,590 hours, 11 minutes and 54 seconds over a seven-month period
Evening Standard · Jan 23, 2024 100 days until the mayoral election - The Standard podcast The countdown is on to the London mayoral election, but with 2nd May fast approaching, is it all still to play for?
Evening Standard · Jan 23, 2024 OPINION - London Mayor Sadiq Khan's free movement Brexit pledge is a mix of wishful thinking and hot air The point of a big city mayor can often be to say things that national politicians have put into the “too difficult” drawer. Moving them into the reality box is another matter.
Evening Standard · Jan 23, 2024 London mayoral election: Sadiq Khan fires warning shot with 100 days to go Voting changes mean Tories could win, Labour incumbent tells his supporters
Evening Standard · Jan 23, 2024 Sadiq Khan and James Cleverly clash over speed of tougher ban on zombie knives London mayor says it is 'harder for a teenager to buy a lottery ticket than a zombie knife'
Evening Standard · Jan 22, 2024 Superloop bus network must expand to cover more of outer London, mayor told Outer London is 'crying out for improved transport links', Sadiq Khan has been told
The Guardian - UK · Jan 22, 2024 The Tories send in the clowns, and bashing the BBC has never been so laughable Lucy Frazer makes Mad Nad look articulate, but she was just the warm-up act for the hilarious Susan Hall
The Guardian - UK · Jan 22, 2024 London mayor Sadiq Khan says what Labour dares not: the wafer-thin Brexit mandate cannot hold forever He hopes to free young people from the shackles of Brexit so they can work and study in the EU. For remainers, it’s a relief to hear, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff
Evening Standard · Jan 22, 2024 London mayoral elections: What is the 'doughnut strategy' and does it help the Conservatives? The term applies to ring doughnuts - there is no jammy middle for politicians here!