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OPINION - Ulez expansion was controversial but in the end, Sadiq Khan won

It was only a year ago that Labour lost the Uxbridge and South Ruislip by-election. Despite double-digit poll leads across the country, the party fell short by 495 votes in a contest widely interpreted as a referendum on the extension of Sadiq Khan's Ultra-low emission zone (Ulez).

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OPINION - The Standard View: The evidence is in — Sadiq Khan's Ulez extension is cutting toxic air

Critics warned that Sadiq Khan’s mission to clean up London’s air would be politically toxic and practically ineffectual. They were wrong on both counts. A long-awaited report by City Hall demonstrates that the Mayor’s expansion of the ultra low emission zone (Ulez) resulted in a “better than expected” reduction in…

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Ulez expansion led to significant drop in air pollutants in London, report finds

Change equivalent to removing 200,000 cars for a year, with capital’s air quality improving at faster rate than rest of England

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Ulez expansion has reduced pollution 'better than expected', says City Hall report

But improvement in air quality is far less dramatic than after the launch of the central London Ulez in 2019 and the inner London Ulez in 2021

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London suffers net loss of 40 pubs in a year, despite record high employment in sector

Smaller pubs have been particularly hard hit amidst ‘sky-high’ costs, with UKHospitality warning ‘urgent action’ is needed from the new Government

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Sadiq Khan appoints supporter who created '#YesWeKhan' as London deputy mayor for the environment

Mete Coban gets £147,000 City Hall job

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Mayor of London until 2040? Sadiq Khan doesn't rule out serving six terms at City Hall

Mayor says abuse he receives for doing job has widened to include daughters being targeted

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Euro 2024 final: Ballot opens for tickets to see England v Spain on giant screen at the O2

Tickets for the screening are being allocated by ballot on City Hall’s website from 10am on Thursday

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Paris to contest plans for river landing pad for flying taxis at 2024 Olympics

France's government has given the go-ahead for a floating landing pad for flying taxis to be built on the River Seine. It's set to be shown off during the Paris Olympics, but Paris City Hall says it plans to challenge the landing pad permit in court.

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Sing along to the feel-good story of The Dubliners at City Hall

Seven Drunken Nights has sold out venues worldwide.

Newcastle Herald

Next Government must devolve more powers to London, think tank warns

New polling suggests Londoners generally have a greater level of trust in City Hall and their local council, compared with national decision-makers

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Much of New Mexico is under flood watch after 100 rescued from waters over weekend

Weather forecasters in New Mexico are warning that much of the state faces two more days of elevated threats of dangerous flooding

The Independent UK

General Election 2024: Quarter of Susan Hall voters set to desert Tories in London, poll finds

Centre for London says Thursday’s election offers a ‘window of opportunity’ for the capital, with Labour in power both in City Hall and likely in Westminster

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Bodycam footage released after 13-year-old boy shot and killed by police in New York

Body camera footage released by the department shows officers tackling the boy to the ground before firing a gun

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Rough sleeping in London hits new record high, with almost 12,000 street homeless in last year

The total number of rough sleepers in the capital is up 19 per cent on the previous year

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Sadiq Khan criticised by statistics watchdog over house-building claims

The mayor is said to have used phrasing which ‘could be misinterpreted by the average person’ when describing his record on affordable homes

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Tokyo City Hall is developing a dating app to encourage marriage and childbirth

Called “Tokyo Futari Story,” the city hall’s new site is just that: An effort to create couples, “futari,” in a country where it is increasingly common to be “hitori,” or alone

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Sewage released into London's waterways for 12,000 hours in last year, City Hall finds

The figure is four times of that of the previous year, the mayor’s office has said

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‘No fault’ evictions in London surge 52% in a year as Sadiq Khan slams failure to ban them as 'huge betrayal'

The Government had promised to ban no fault evictions before the next general election

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'Generation of investment needed to stop knife crime scourge', Met chief warns

A generation of investment is needed to stop scared young people in London and elsewhere from carrying blades, a Scotland Yard knife crime chief has said, as he warned that some teenagers are going out armed because they feel unprotected on the streets.

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Sadiq Khan allowing Tories to 'dictate' policy on pay-per-mile, Green Party claims

Greens on the London Assembly say it was ‘cowardly’ of the mayor to scrap plans for a more sophisticated road user charging system

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Greens say Sian Berry 'generous and noble' to quit City Hall job straight after re-election

Labour’s shadow health secretary Wes Streeting had called Berry’s move ‘very poor’

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Sadiq Khan to meet Pope Francis this week and hail benefits of Ulez

London Mayor is attending a climate change summit event at the Vatican on Thursday

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How Sadiq Khan can help retail in the first 100 days of his term

The Mayor must use his new mandate to tackle the Three Ts: transport, tourism and theft.

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Sadiq Khan earns more than Prime Minister as salary rises to £160,000 with pay hikes for top aides

The Mayor and at least 13 of his City Hall staff earn more than Rishi Sunak

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