25 h. ago “From morality to materiality” – Highlights from London Climate Action Week 2025

“From morality to materiality” – Highlights from London Climate Action Week 2025  The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)

Politics

30 h. ago Traffic to be banned from part of Regent Street as mayor faces calls to reduce traffic across West End

Sir Sadiq Khan urged by cycle campaigners to build on Oxford Street pedestrianisation with wider vehicle ban across central London

Events

42 h. ago US and China Slow to Take First Steps After Signing London Framework

US and China Slow to Take First Steps After Signing London Framework  The US-China Business Council

Politics

46 h. ago Hero hound sniffs out 'potentially dangerous' Viagra tablets in east London

The springer spaniel detected a suspicious scent coming from the back of a bike while on patrol in east London

Politics

48 h. ago London council slammed in 'damning' report on special educational needs

A host of issues were uncovered during a lengthy inspection by the education watchdog

Politics

50 h. ago Battle of the London bookshop as Westminster council seizes tomes in street raid

‘This was a deeply distressing incident,’ says the bookstore’s manager Glenn Smart

Events

53 h. ago Tenant renting Soho flat on AirBnB after secret move to France among £1million of fraud against London council

Flagship London council also faced internal fraud with one ex-employee still bagging their salary and another caught moonlighting

Economics

3 d. ago Interactive map shows the London boroughs with highest council tax debts

£1.4bn owed to capital’s town halls in latest indication of cost-of-living crisis

Economics

3 d. ago Coup for Nigel Farage as former Tory leader of Margaret Thatcher's London council defects to Reform

Dan Thomas quits with swipe at Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch

Politics

3 d. ago Former London Tory council leader is latest Conservative councillor to defect to Nigel Farage's Reform party

Dan Thomas had been leader of Barnet Council in Margaret Thatcher’s back yard

Politics

3 d. ago 390,000 Londoners in council tax arrears: Interactive map of worst London boroughs

390,000 Londoners in council tax arrears: Interactive map of worst London boroughs  London Evening Standard

Politics

3 d. ago Interactive map show the London boroughs with highest council tax debts as 390,000 residents fall into arrears

£1.4bn owed to capital’s town halls in latest indication of cost-of-living crisis

Economics

7 d. ago Mother sues US detention for release of two young children in first lawsuit of kind

The lawsuit argues that the family's arrests violate their Fourth Amendment right

Society

7 d. ago Mother sues surgeon for £200,000 over 'weight loss operation gone wrong'

Alison Tarrant is suing her surgeon over a weight-loss operation gone wrong

Economics

8 d. ago Historic pub loved by Charles Dickens battles to keep riverside tables branded 'visual clutter' by council

Exclusive: Owner of the Trafalgar Tavern in Greenwich may have to call time on its outdoor seating after the local authority demanded its removal

Events

9 d. ago South London street market and al fresco hotspot is here to stay, council announces

Totterdown Street Market in Wandsworth has been redesigned to make it a permanent south London fixture

Politics

9 d. ago Brent businessman fined over £50k after leftover meat and fish dumped on street and roof

A businessman has been hit with an ‘eye-watering’ £53,000 fine as a ‘stark warning’ for individuals and businesses that fly-tip

Economics

1 week ago Tory defects to Reform UK on flagship council as Nigel Farage eyes gains in London

Tory defects to Reform UK on flagship council as Nigel Farage eyes gains in London  London Evening Standard

Politics

1 week ago Tory defects to Reform UK on flagship London council as Nigel Farage eyes political gains across the capital

EXCLUSIVE: Westminster councillor Laila Cunningham is quitting the Conservatives saying she can no longer ‘defend failure’

Politics

1 week ago 'Enough is enough': Hackney residents trapped in failing lifts as council blames nesting falcons

A leaseholder living at Rozel Court told the council residents were getting stuck in the lifts daily

Events