FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Unmesh desai - The Untold Story

London Assembly member Unmesh Desai still suspended from Labour following police investigation

The assembly member said he had ‘cooperated fully’ with police officers, who will not be taking ‘any further action’

Evening Standard · Jan 14, 2025

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

Plan for new Chinese 'super-embassy' opposite Tower of London rejected by council

The authority’s verdict is only advisory, as the final decision will lie with Deputy PM Angela Rayner in the new year

Evening Standard · Dec 10, 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 · Jul 11, 2024

Blue badge thefts more than quadruple in London, data shows

More than 6,000 blue badges were stolen in the capital last year

Evening Standard · May 31, 2024

Number of Metropolitan Police officers being dismissed hits new high

The number of police officers dismissed due to misconduct or incompetence has doubled since 2020

Evening Standard · May 21, 2024

Met Police 'screening out' two-thirds of crime reports, data shows

A Labour politician said the Government’s ‘underfunding of the Met’, has meant ‘police are being forced to cut corners’

Evening Standard · Mar 1, 2024

Almost 100 football-related hate crimes in London recorded in a year

Hate crimes threaten to 'turn the beautiful game ugly', a London politician has warned

Evening Standard · Jan 11, 2024

Drink spiking offences in London quadruple in five years

Increase branded 'deeply worrying', as further action urged from the Met Police

Evening Standard · Nov 24, 2023

Met Police boss grilled over ‘jingle and mingle’ Partygate probe - as Shaun Bailey sits in silence nearby

Shaun Bailey was sitting next to his colleagues on the London Assembly, as they raised questions about the Met’s probe into the so-called ‘Shaun Bailey for London Holiday Party’

Evening Standard · Jul 5, 2023