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Is Westminster council really stopping 'vertical drinking' in Soho? New policy explained

The new licensing policy for central London has been controversial, with Westminster council being accused of trying to ban drinkers standing up in pubs

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Westminster council urges Sadiq Khan to do more to support Soho pubs after ‘vertical drinking’ ban row

Westminster council has called for Lord Sadiq Khan to improve public transport and provide more police across the West End

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London boroughs facing Britain's largest council tax rises to launch challenge over Government funding cuts

Wandsworth, Kensington and Chelsea and Westminster councils are expected to officially appeal the cuts

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Social housing tenants facing homelessness after London council 'blunder' saw homes sold for private rent

Social housing tenants living in a block of flats in central London are facing homelessness because a council “blunder” has seen them sold off for private rent.

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Biggest McDonald's in London set to open 24 hours a day

McDonald’s biggest London branch has the go-ahead to run as a 24-hour restaurant

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Sausage roll crime fears and giggling drinkers: The bizarre reasons Westminster venues have faced restrictions

As London council slammed over plans to limit standing in pubs, here’s a look at other strange reasons venues in the borough have recently faced restrictions

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Why plan to limit 'vertical drinking' in pubs is only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to Soho crackdown

Westminster Council has faced brunt of backlash over proposals but it claims Met Police are biggest barrier to nightlife

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No10 slams plans to clamp down on drinkers standing at Soho and West End pubs as licensing row explodes

Council sparks fury after ‘encouraging’ venues in famous London neighbourhood to make people sit rather than stand

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Council wants pubs in London’s Soho and West End to limit standing

Sadiq Khan criticises Westminster council’s ‘anti-growth policies’ after it recommends stopping ‘vertical drinking’

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Central London residents asked what services they want scrapped amid 200% council tax rise warning

Westminster Council is writing to 200,000 residents as it plans next year’s budget in the wake of an ‘unprecedented’ £100 million drop in central government funding

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Pinterest opens Oxford Street office as Sadiq Khan vows end to American candy stores

Proposals to make the busy London thoroughfare completely vehicle-free from Orchard Street to Great Portland Street are expected to complete by the end of this summer

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Westminster Council and outgoing minister warns new PM Burnham: Don't 'diminish' London to boost north

Westminster is facing having to impose huge council tax increases on residents to plug a £100 million blackhole in its finances

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Westminster launches major crackdown on ‘swarms’ of e-bikes parked dangerously in central London

Dozens of bikes were seized by the council with the likes of Lime and Forest now required to pay for their return

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Sadiq Khan 'to force Soho al fresco dining' in face of opposition

New powers coming into force on Monday will allow Sir Sadiq to overrule Westminster Council

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Short-term letting platforms urged to tackle ‘out of control’ renting across London’s West End

Paul Swaddle is urging Airbnb-style booking platforms to cooperate to protect housing markets in London

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Liz Truss's 'pro-growth' Mayfair private members club gets green light despite protests

The ex-Prime Minister joined forces with property tycoon Robert Tchenguiz to open the Leconfield, an exclusive invitation-only club based in MI5’s former Mayfair headquarters

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Westminster Council reveals plans for new Banksy flag statue after it appears in London

The elusive artist unveiled new sculpture in central London earlier this week

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What each party is promising in the Westminster council election

Labour, Conservatives, Reform and the Greens are all standing 54 candidates across the borough’s 18 wards

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Fresh turmoil for Liz Truss as her £500,000 Mayfair private members' club delayed again

The ex-Prime Minister has thrown her backing behind the Leconfield, an exclusive invitation-only facility in Mayfair that has been delayed again

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'London's newest tourist attraction': Refurbished Piccadilly Circus Tube loos where it costs 80p to pee

Westminster council is spending £12.7m upgrading eight sets of public toilets

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Arrest made over 'serious sexual assault' at top London nightclub The Box

The Box in Soho could face closure at a Westminster council hearing next week

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Exclusive London nightclub where Prince Harry partied faces closure after 'sex assault on male customer'

The Box, which has been frequented by Prince Harry, Kate Moss, Rihanna and Cara Delevingne, was branded a ‘risk to the public’

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Airbnb-style lets in London face new crackdown with registration scheme to tackle abuses

EXCLUSIVE: Details of the new register of properties are due to be announced within months to catch businesses and individuals breaking a 90-night rule on renting out homes in the capital as short-term lets

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Flagship London council signs off 'borough of sanctuary' for asylum seekers plan

Westminster has the highest rate of international migration in England, with more than 20,000 residents arriving over the past two years

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Millionaire neighbours vent anger over Liz Truss’s £500k private members club in MI5’s former Mayfair offices

The ex-Prime Minister described the new club as ‘a strategic nexus for a global network of pro-growth leaders’

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