Police urged to review abuse and intimidation faced by London mayoral and assembly candidates Elections review says young Londoners ‘should be able to use Oyster Zip card as ID at polling stations’ Evening Standard · Dec 24, 2024
Concerns raised over impact of Chinese 'super-embassy' on London's 'very stretched' police Labour and Tory members of the London Assembly were united on Wednesday in their opposition to the proposed embassy in Tower Hamlets Evening Standard · Dec 18, 2024
Sadiq Khan urged to scrap Silvertown and Blackwall Tunnel tolls as 37,000 sign petition With more than 37,000 signatures, the petition is said to be the largest ever formally received by the London Assembly Evening Standard · Dec 6, 2024
London shops lose record £15m of items due to shoplifting epidemic National shoplifting figures show shoplifting has risen 30 per cent since the pandemic and the ensuing cost-of-living crisis Evening Standard · Dec 5, 2024
Sadiq Khan ignores deadline to questions over Taylor Swift's VVIP security The mayor was asked to respond to queries about the megastar’s police protection by November 6 - but has still not replied, and has not said why Evening Standard · Dec 4, 2024
Housebuilding in London 'as bad as during 2008 global banking crisis', says Sadiq Khan Inability of Londoners to get on housing ladder isn’t because they spend too much on ‘flat whites or Netflix’, says mayor Evening Standard · Nov 11, 2024
London Assembly urges Sadiq Khan to help asylum seekers with transport costs Reform UK’s Alex Wilson said ‘British taxpayers will reach a limit when they feel they are being taken advantage of’ Evening Standard · Nov 8, 2024
London Assembly demands 'proper funding' to fix cladding crisis with nearly 2,000 buildings at risk Only 27 per cent of the high and medium-rise buildings in London found to have dangerous cladding have been remediated Evening Standard · Nov 5, 2024
Sadiq Khan's new policing deputy apologises for calling Susan Hall a 'racist' and 'climate change-denier' Ms Hall, who in 2019 retweeted a post calling Mr Khan the ‘nipple height mayor of Londonistan’, said it was ‘abhorrent’ to have been called racist Evening Standard · Oct 24, 2024
'Green hypocrisy!' Sadiq Khan in row over Heathrow Airport expansion Mr Khan was accused of failing to show ‘climate leadership’, while the Labour mayor said the Green Party was guilty of hypocrisy over renewable energy Evening Standard · Oct 11, 2024
TfL has 'no proposals' to widen Clapham Tube platforms despite safety concerns The platforms are just 3.7 metres wide - but TfL has concluded that widening them would consume too much time and money Evening Standard · Oct 2, 2024
Tory leadership race: James Cleverly can 'speak to all Londoners,' says ex-London minister Paul Scully Lewisham-born Cleverly was a member of the Greater London Assembly Evening Standard · Sep 29, 2024
Senior Met officer slams 'two tier policing' claim as 'soundbite' designed to 'undermine' police Former Tory mayoral candidate Susan Hall said she understood why ‘many’ think the Met is biased Evening Standard · Sep 11, 2024
Black performance artists face discrimination in nightlife licensing, City Hall told Councils and police officers are following a ‘racist narrative’ in their licensing decisions, Black Lives in Music told the London Assembly Evening Standard · Sep 10, 2024
Evening Standard · Aug 2, 2024 Muslims in London 'extremely worried' as further mosque protection urged after far right protests Spread of hate crimes by far right has left many Muslims ‘shaken’, London Assembly member warns
Evening Standard · Aug 1, 2024 Lightweight PPE for London firefighters in short supply amid 'ever-greater likelihood' of wildfires London Assembly says ‘very concerning’ PPE still not available two years after LFB’s busiest summer since WWII
Evening Standard · Jul 30, 2024 TfL spends almost £30m on 'rail grinding' to reduce Tube noise The London Assembly warned last year that long-term exposure to Tube noise can have several damaging health impacts
Evening Standard · Jul 28, 2024 Sadiq Khan mocked for Charli XCX-inspired 'Brat summer' pro-Ulez post ‘Ulez is working’ message gets mixed response online
Evening Standard · Jul 19, 2024 Sadiq Khan and Susan Hall clash over plan to make electric vehicles pay congestion charge Environmentalists have said that ending the cleaner vehicle discount does not make sense
Evening Standard · Jul 11, 2024 City Hall to 'consider' DLR extension to Barking Riverside, deputy mayor confirms A planned DLR extension to Thamesmead will be built to enable further branches, the London Assembly has been told
Evening Standard · Jun 18, 2024 Who are Green Party leaders Carla Denyer and Adrian Ramsay? The Green Party was the first national green party in Europe
Evening Standard · Jun 1, 2024 Fall in fatalities and serious injuries on London's roads but 'more work to do' People walking, cycling and motorcycling made up around 80 per cent of those killed or seriously injured last year
Evening Standard · May 20, 2024 Reform UK's London Assembly member Alex Wilson: 'There's not a climate emergency' Reform UK’s first assembly member said he wants to use his role to stand up for road transport in the city
Evening Standard · May 15, 2024 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
Evening Standard · May 4, 2024 Laurence Fox loses deposit after failing to become London Assembly member Laurence Fox had already been barred from taking part in the London mayoral elections after submitting invalid nomination papers.