69 h. ago Starmer promises to listen to communities ‘failed’ by politics

Sir Keir Starmer said Labour is offering ‘fundamental change’ in the local election campaign as he announced a £30 million investment in Doncaster.

Politics

3 d. ago Fury as Tory mayoral candidate shares vile AI image of Sadiq Khan drowning

Defeated London mayoral candidate Susan Hall has been branded 'disgusting' after sharing an AI-generated image depicting Sadiq Khan drowning as Tories face calls to investigate

Events

3 d. ago Susan Hall says sharing AI image of Sadiq Khan drowning was 'lighthearted joke'

‘Disgusting’ and ‘dehumanising’ social media post ‘should be below any decent politician’, former Tory mayoral candidate told

Events

3 d. ago Sadiq Khan's latest power grab threatens an iconic London institution

Sadiq Khan's latest power grab threatens an iconic London institution - Susan Hall  GB News

Events

3 d. ago Sadiq Khan responds to London Assembly’s concerns about Fire Brigade

Sadiq Khan responds to London Assembly’s concerns about Fire Brigade  Yahoo News UK

Events

3 d. ago Ayrshire housing association announces plan to invest £11m in home makeovers

Ayrshire’s leading social housing providers launched the detailed Business Plan of what they will deliver over the next five years

Economics

4 d. ago Sadiq Khan announces £1m investment in holiday sports activities in bid to cut violence

Funding will provide ‘diversionary activities’ for young Londoners at a time when they are particularly at risk of becoming involved in violence

Economics

4 d. ago Commuter shock after man seen smoking ‘crack pipe’ on London Underground

Sadiq Khan and Heidi Alexander have reassured Tube passengers that police are on hand if they spot a crime

Events

5 d. ago Sadiq Khan intervenes in Archway housing and student tower scheme

City Hall could grant permission for project despite opposition from Islington Council and local MP Jeremy Corbyn

Politics

5 d. ago Smooth, speedy and free. But will cyclists be prepared to wait for the Silvertown bike bus?

Shuttle bus will run every 12 minutes through Sir Sadiq Khan’s new road tunnel under the Thames

Transport

5 d. ago Starmer pledges to slash time needed to set up clinical trials to 150 days

The Prime Minister also announced new investment of ‘up to £600 million’ into Britain’s life sciences industry.

Politics

5 d. ago The crack cocaine epidemic on London's tube: As ministers condemn open drug use, scores more images emerge amid soaring crime levels under Sadiq Khan

The Tube's crime epidemic was laid bare this week after photos emerged of a 'dirty, scuffy-looking' male lighting a metal pipe on a carriage.

Politics

5 d. ago The crack cocaine epidemic on London's tube: As ministers condemn open drug use, scores more images emerge amid soaring crime levels under Sadiq Khan drug police turn a blind eye

The Tube's crime epidemic was laid bare this week after photos emerged of a 'dirty, scuffy-looking' male lighting a metal pipe on a carriage.

Events

5 d. ago Corporate America won’t stop Trump’s tariffs. Here’s why | Alex Bronzini

Whether among executives, lobbyists or university trustees, an elite backlash to the Trump administration won’t work. It’s up to working people to resistFew historical analogies exist for Donald Trump’s newly announced tariffs. The investment bank Evercore estimates that the so-called “liberation day” announcement has raised the weighted average US tariff to 29% – its highest rate since 1900. To call it a generational action would be an understatement; my grandmother was born in 1939.These tariffs, if they remain in place, will raise prices, eliminate jobs and shrink retirements. No one will pay for them more dearly than American workers. Yet a shock to capitalism inevitably raises the question of whether, and how, capitalists will respond. Faced with Trump’s tariffs, what will the US’s business class do? Continue reading...

Politics

7 d. ago London pubs and clubs set to stay open longer this summer following Sadiq Khan reforms

Sadiq Khan has been given new powers which could lead to pubs and clubs in central London being open for longer this summer

Politics

8 d. ago Fury at plans for 'simply absurd' new cycle lane cutting through one of London's busiest roundabouts in Sadiq Khan's latest attack on motorists

Transport for London (TfL) wants to alter the Holland Park Roundabout next to Westfield shopping centre between Shepherd's Bush and Notting Hill to bring in adapted cycle routes, signals and crossings.

Events

8 d. ago Sadiq Khan urged to intervene over Borough Triangle tower blocks plan

Local resident and actress Juliet Rylance warns the community is ‘gravely concerned’ by the development receiving approval

Politics

8 d. ago JPMorgan now predicts a 60 percent chance of a recession this year as Trump’s tariffs rock stock market

The Dow Jones fell 1,000 points at opening on Friday as investors reels from Trump’s tariff announcement

Economics

8 d. ago Statue unveiled of girl whose air pollution death inspired Sadiq Khan's Ulez clean air zone

Statue funded by public donations stands same height as nine-year-old Ella

Events

8 d. ago Sadiq Khan assures Londoners that Trump tariffs won't hit economy hard as stock markets plunge

The Mayor of London ‘fully’ supports the Prime Minister's efforts to secure a trade deal rather than slapping retaliatory measures on the United States

Economics