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HISTORICAL FACTS: 9 | History Defined

Sir Sadiq Khan to pedestrianise Oxford Street ‘as quickly as possible’

Oxford Street is one of the world’s busiest shopping areas, with around half a million visitors each day.

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Lime and Forest fined £33,000 as TfL launches new crackdown on abandoned e-bikes

E-bike firm warns London has fallen behind Paris in setting rules for hire bikes

Evening Standard

Sadiq Khan meeting targeted by protesters after minicab driver caught in TfL licensing backlog chaos dies from heart attack

Veteran driver Rob Dale waited three months for a new licence. It finally arrived - 17 days after his death.

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Reeves slaps down Sadiq Khan for saying Met Police will have to impose cuts after spending review

London mayor Sir Sadiq warns the capital will have fewer officers in a rare ‘red on red’ clash with the Labour chancellor

Evening Standard

Tube graffiti epidemic: 23,000 paint 'tags' removed from London Underground trains in two months

14,500 pieces of graffiti on Central line and 8,400 on Bakerloo line

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Londoners net Treasury £5,000 per head, new report reveals as Reeves and Khan in Spending Review clash

Analysis by the House of Commons Library lays bare how dependent the UK is on the capital as its economic engine

Evening Standard

Spending review is ‘settled’, says Downing Street

Chancellor Rachel Reeves will deliver the spending review on Wednesday.

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Yvette Cooper not on 'resignation watch' after Spending Review row with Rachel Reeves, says minister

Net Zero Secretary Ed Miliband dismisses reports that Yvette Cooper was considering quitting as Home Secretary

Evening Standard

Sadiq Khan in rare 'red on red' clash with Rachel Reeves ahead of Chancellor's spending review

Mayor’s aides say ‘unacceptable’ if London loses out to rest of the country, amid fears that £2bn DLR extension may not be funded

Evening Standard

Angry friends removing graffiti from Bakerloo line Tube trains ‘doing what Sadiq Khan can’t'

Group members say they are fighting against London’s ‘broader decline’

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Drivers of 'supersize' SUV cars should pay higher taxes and more to park, say allies of Sadiq Khan

Mayor urged to put the brakes on increasing number of ‘Chelsea tractors’

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More red London buses go green as Sadiq Khan hits landmark of 2,000 zero emission vehicles

But it may take a decade to remove diesel buses from the capital’s streets

Evening Standard

Harry and Meghan’s wedding singers perform for King at culture festival

Charles heard the Kingdom Choir when he arrived at SXSW London.

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Should the UK decriminalise marijuana? London Standard readers answer

The London Standard’s readers vote on whether cannabis possession should be decriminalised

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Met chief says decriminalising cannabis ‘not something we’re calling for’

Sir Mark Rowley’s comments came as the Mayor of London urged the Government to consider decriminalising possession of small amounts of cannabis.

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'London 2, Manchester 0': Sadiq Khan taunts rival city as he revels in Crystal Palace and Spurs cup wins

But mayor scores own goal by confusing Chelsea and Arsenal women’s teams

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Pictured: Stunning redevelopment of Crystal Palace pool and sports centre as starting gun fired

Mayor Sadiq Khan says developers should cross finish line in 2028

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500 empty homes to be given to homeless Londoners under Sadiq Khan's plan to eradicate rough sleeping by 2030

Woman breaks down in tears in front of mayor as she tells of the terror of being forced to live on the streets and wait for help

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London should learn lessons from Sweden to save its trees from climate change threat, says expert

At a City Hall meeting, experts acknowledge there has been a ‘really big cultural shift’ in the public’s attitude towards trees

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Government slashes Sadiq Khan's affordable housing target after number of homes started last year was second lowest on record

Deputy PM Angela Rayner offers mayor a lifeline after fewer than 4,000 affordable homes were started in 2024/25

Evening Standard

PMQs: Starmer tells senior MP she's 'talking rubbish' in angry clash over his 'island of strangers' immigration claim

PM snapped back at Plaid Cymru Westminster leader Liz Saville Roberts as she tried to call out his controversial language

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Sadiq Khan says some Londoners should pay more than double council tax

‘I think boroughs should be allowed to charge much, much more,’ he says

Evening Standard

Sadiq Khan launches £300,000 fund to boost al fresco dining and late-night openings

Sector hopes new funding will ‘cut through bureaucracy’ and boost footfall

Evening Standard

OPINION - Sadiq Khan's plan to build on London's greenbelt is a total misdirection from the real story

London’s housing crisis: three words that never seem to go away. Sir Sadiq Khan has stepped back into the breach by signalling a willingness to allow developers to build on pockets of Green Belt land.

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All aboard! Campaigners demand free travel for Londoners to 'open up the city' to all residents

Mayor urged to follow lead of cities in Brazil and offer free public transport

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