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Mayor’s ally faces backlash from Labour activists over support for Ulez extension

An ally of Sadiq Khan is at risk of losing his £60,000-a-year City Hall job because of his support for the Ulez expansion.

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No plans for free school meals in London secondary schools, deputy mayor confirms

Sadiq Khan’s deputy said the Government should be funding meals for all children

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Report exposes ‘loo deserts’ across London Tube network

The availability of toilets varies wildly between Tube lines, the report warns

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Deputy London mayor accused over Ulez emails pulls out of media appearance

Shirley Rodrigues was due to answer journalists’ questions on Monday.

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Six-time Tory mayoral hopeful Andrew Boff runs for Dagenham and Rainham MP candidacy

The chairman of the London Assembly said he was ‘quite confident’ of winning the marginal, Labour-held seat - if selected

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Row after just three affordable homes started in London last quarter

Criticism against the mayor was branded “utter nonsense” by a source close to Mr Khan, who said it had been impossible to start new affordable homes due to Government delays

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Liberal Democrats to unveil London mayoral candidate on Friday

EXCLUSIVE: The party has brought forward the announcement revealing which of its two shortlisted candidates has been selected to go up against Sadiq Khan next year

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Work to boost electric car clubs in London after ‘poor’ ranking on European list

In a recent zero-emission transport ranking, London’s relatively low availability of shared electric cars helped drag the UK capital below some cities in the former Communist Bloc

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Met Police officers fail to record 6,000 stop and searches in 17 months

The Met said that, on occasion, “there may be technical or equipment failure, which means an encounter isn’t recorded”

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Main tunnelling works at Silvertown Tunnel now complete, photos reveal

It can be revealed that both boreholes of the Silvertown Tunnel are now complete, after a Green politician spotted the tunnel boring machine on the north bank of the Thames

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Sadiq Khan: Met Police’s improvement plan is ‘important step on road to reform’

The £366m, two-year plan on Tuesday won priase from Labour, Conservative, Green and Liberal Democrat politicians at City Hall

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Zack Polanski accuses Sadiq Khan of ‘rainbow-washing’ in row over Pride sponsors United Airlines

Green London Assembly Member Zack Polanski claimed the Mayor was failing to show “climate leadership” by not criticising Pride in London’s decision to make United Airlines their headline sponsor

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Shaun Bailey’s ‘jingle and mingle’ lockdown party shouldn’t have happened, says Tory mayoral hopeful Susan Hall

Tory mayoral hopeful Susan Hall has become the first candidate to publicly criticise Shaun Bailey for his “jingle and mingle” party during lockdown.

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London Fire Brigade needs stronger vetting powers for new recruits, City Hall warns

The concern from the London Assembly stems in part from last year’s scathing report into the LFB’s culture

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Sadiq Khan says Government is ‘pulling the curtain down’ on London arts scene

The Mayor warned that 10 per cent of London’s arts organisations are at risk of leaving the city altogether

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Tony Devenish and Mick Lynch in ‘skiving’ row over Lancaster Gate Tube station closures

Tory politician Tony Devenish said he stood by his claim that frequent closures at Lancaster Gate station were caused by staff ‘skiving’

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London mayoral election 2024: Full list of candidates

The election is four weeks away, and the battle for London is well and truly on — but do you know your way around the candidates? Robbie Griffiths has the ultimate Top Trumps cheat sheet to help you choose

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Former Tory mayoral candidate Shaun Bailey awarded peerage by Boris Johnson

Mr Bailey stood against Sadiq Khan in 2021 and currently sits on the London Assembly

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London Assembly objects to push to move English National Opera

Arts Council England previously announced plans to remove the English National Opera because it is a national portfolio organisation.

Evening Standard

‘Now is not my time’ - Nick Rogers exits London Tory mayoral race, endorsing Paul Scully

Nick Rogers, a Conservative on the London Assembly, had said earlier this year that he hoped to ‘stand up for millennial Londoners’ as his party’s candidate for Mayor

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Sadiq Khan urged to refuse planning permission for MSG Sphere

Politicians at City Hall say the proposed MSG Sphere in Stratford would cause unacceptable levels of light pollution

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Firing process for Met chiefs must be more democratic, says City Hall committee

The London Assembly’s police and crime committee said it agreed with the idea that the Assembly should have say on whether Met chiefs can be sacked

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Conservatives choose new City Hall leader

Top jobs go to two members elected to London Assembly in 2021

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Sadiq Khan rejects call for London social housing ‘champion’

The London Assembly’s cross-party housing committee said a social housing commissioner for the capital would give tenants a louder voice

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Low trust in Met means parents not reporting missing children, report warns

The London Assembly’s police and crime committee also found that when families and carers do report a missing child to the Met, they can face frustrating delays

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