In a few days the busiest shopping street in Europe will be closed to traffic. The hope is that an unloved and polluted thoroughfare will turn into somewhere that people actually want to spend timeIn February, the mayor of...
Read MoreIn our major recruitment drive, the focus must be on underrepresented communities. It is not favouritism, it is fairness – and it’s essentialMark Rowley is commissioner of the Metropolitan policeMet chief says ‘toxicity’ around...
Read MoreZack Polanski has led energetic campaign for the Greens, while Labour will hope to hold on to Starmer’s old seatVoting has opened in the Holborn and St Pancras byelection, a contest seen as a key gauge of Andy Burnham’s ability...
Read MoreExclusive: Party leader says outcome of ‘knife-edge’ vote in Keir Starmer’s former seat will not affect his positionUK politics live – latest updatesZack Polanski has said his authority as leader of the Green party of England...
Read MoreExclusive: Scotland Yard criticises London mayor’s decision as disappointing and warns it could hit policing A £50m Metropolitan police deal with the controversial US tech company Palantir has been blocked by Sadiq Khan,...
Read MoreLondon mayor talks up coalition-building, highlights his environmental record, and worries national Labour party is on the wrong trackWhen Sadiq Khan was first elected as mayor of London 10 years ago, Barack Obama was US...
Read MoreTyrone Scott, who didn’t think he had a hope in the election, wants to help the Greens rebuild ‘community cohesion’ in HackneyYou would expect most political candidates who pull off a shock win to celebrate their victory, maybe...
Read MoreMayor says disinformation, including about London crime rates, is ‘eating away at basic bonds of trust’Sadiq Khan has called on ministers to take significantly stronger action against social media companies that spread...
Read MoreExclusive: Research prompts warning that authorities rely on companies to carry out basic functionsThe scale of the reliance of London councils on private consultancy and outsourcing firms is laid bare in a report that shows the...
Read MoreTransport body promises to crack down on the small minority of people with four or more penalty notices Transport for London is promising to crack down on drivers who flout its ultra-low emission zone (Ulez) after revealing that...
Read MoreLondon council’s policy of offering people homes far from the area led to England’s highest rate of refusalsA Labour-run London council left more than 100 families homeless without support last year after they refused to be...
Read MorePeople in capital breathing much cleaner air, with significant improvements in capital’s most deprived areasPeople in London have been breathing significantly cleaner air since the expansion of the ultra low emission zone...
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