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Sadiq Khan fears rise in home-working could 'hollow out' London

The mayor said companies should think “very carefully” before deciding to reduce their office space

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Expert warns London must 'strengthen' efforts to hit zero-HIV target

Mayor Sir Sadiq Khan has set the capital a target of ending new infections of the virus by 2030

Evening Standard

Shoplifting soars 50% in London as traders say retail crime is 'spiralling out of control'

Robbery up, theft up - but homicides, stalking, violence and burglary are down in the capital

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London can become 'another Amsterdam' says Lime bike chief as he invests £20m in capital

E-bike hire firm offers councils £5m to build 2,500 more cycle parking bays

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Reeves rejects Heathrow expansion critics, saying answer ‘cannot always be no’

The Chancellor said the economy will stagnate if you ‘always give in’ to objections.

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Rachel Reeves’s plan for Heathrow to ‘turbocharge’ economy struggles to take off

Chancellor’s optimistic economic growth vision hit in the short term as Tesco and Lloyds announce hundreds of job losses and she admits fixing the economy is ‘not an easy job’

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Firm that gifted Sadiq Khan free Taylor Swift tickets 'had won £45m of City Hall contracts'

Mayor defends attendance at pop star’s Wembley gig as ‘work’ - and admits accepting more VIP tickets to watch Liverpool games

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TfL boss hopes to see 'Superloop 2' launched later this year

The new wave of routes will include the ‘Bakerloop’ service from Elephant and Castle down to Lewisham

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Sadiq Khan to attend MIPIM property conference on French Riviera in push for growth

Previous mayors Ken Livingstone and Boris Johnson were regulars at the annual event - but the current mayor has never gone before

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London mayor Sadiq Khan travels to Poland to attend 80th anniversary commemoration of liberation of Auschwitz

Mayor reiterates support for Holocaust memorial beside Parliament ‘to educate parliamentarians’

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Ed Miliband won’t resign over Heathrow third runway despite environmental concerns

Energy secretary and former Labour leader pledged to vote against expansion six years ago saying ‘we owe it to future generations not just to have good environmental principles but to act on them’

The Independent UK

Sadiq Khan: My views on Heathrow airport expansion haven't changed - I'm concerned about the environment

‘We face a climate crisis and a climate emergency’ mayor tells London Assembly

Evening Standard

Heathrow expansion: Sadiq Khan warns of ‘climate emergency’

The mayor of London won a third term in 2024 on a platform of opposing expansion of airports in the capital.

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Met Police removed from special measures by watchdog after ‘good progress’

Scotland Yard was put under enhanced monitoring by the watchdog two-and-a-half years ago.

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Metropolitan Police taken out of special measures after two-year overhaul to fix ‘broken’ force

Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley vows: ‘We are on the right path to deliver on our promise to Londoners.’

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Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander opposed third runway at Heathrow which Rachel Reeves appears to now back

Exclusive: Heidi Alexander is the eighth Cabinet minister known to have objected to a bigger Heathrow, as has Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer

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Reeves says need for growth trumps opposition amid Heathrow speculation

The Chancellor said opposition to measures that will boost growth have been a problem for too long in the UK.

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Electric buses are 'stolen' from London route for Silvertown tunnel... putting diesel buses back on the road

TfL accused of ‘greenwashing’ in bid to safeguard tunnel’s disputed eco credentials

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Are there 'grooming gangs' in London? Sadiq Khan accused of stonewalling Tory questions

Susan Hall asks mayor nine times whether there are ‘rape gangs’ in the capital

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Full details of Sadiq Khan's new budget as mayor prioritises crime after Tory 'wrecking ball' to police

Spending plans revealed for Met police, London fire brigade and TfL

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Sadiq Khan urged to explore fluoridating London's water to reduce tooth decay

A City Hall investigation was told the move could boost oral health ‘in all sectors of society, irrelevant of age’

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Sadiq Khan's latest council tax rise revealed as Mayor's share of bills for Londoners rises to nearly £500

Mayor’s share of council tax helps to fund the Metropolitan police, London fire brigade, TfL and City Hall

Evening Standard

Council tax bombshell for thousands of poorest Londoners as town hall cash crisis escalates

Boroughs propose 5% hikes as London mayor Sir Sadiq Khan prepares to unveil latest bill for City Hall

Evening Standard

How AI could help save lives at stations as TfL prioritises trials of new tech on platforms

‘Visual recognition systems’ can use existing CCTV cameras to ‘rapidly detect and identify objects on the rails’

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Blackwall tunnel toll: Some drivers will pay 'up to £40 a day' to enter central London, warns MP

Thousands sign petition amid concern at combined impact of tunnel toll, Ulez levy and congestion charge

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