63 m. ago London visitors to pay tourist tax under Rachel Reeves Budget plans

Rachel Reeves, who is set to deliver her Budget on Wednesday, has signed off measures that will give English cities and regions the power to charge tourists

Economics

2 h. ago Is there ANYTHING Labour won't tax? '£2 a night' set to be added to costs of hotel and Airbnb stays

Ministers are giving the go-ahead for mayors in England to impose the charges, heaping costs on stays for Brits as well as foreign tourists.

Economics

6 h. ago Reform UK surge reaches LONDON as poll shows Labour support diving amid Sadiq Khan backlash and fears capital will be hammered with 'mansion tax'

The latest Savanta survey found Nigel Farage's party were supported by 23 per cent of voters in London, up from 15 per cent in June.

Politics

6 h. ago Fact Check: Posts on King Charles blocking London Mayor Sadiq Khan's policy are fake

Fact Check: Posts on King Charles blocking London Mayor Sadiq Khan's policy are fake  Reuters

Events

9 h. ago Sadiq Khan set to be given extra powers over London's pubs, bars and nightclubs

Sadiq Khan set to be given extra powers over London's pubs, bars and nightclubs  My London

Politics

11 h. ago Why Tube passengers could still end up paying more despite national rail fares freeze

Concerns grow that London Underground, Elizabeth line and London Overground fares - and the cost of Travelcards - will rise again next March

Economics

11 h. ago Home Office 'should have the guts' to meet public over Cameron Barracks asylum seeker plan

Fergus Ewing said the UK government ‘has made this plan and should have the guts to put it to the people’

Society

11 h. ago Explained: why Tube passengers could still end up paying more despite national rail fares freeze

Concerns grow that London Underground, Elizabeth line and London Overground fares - and the cost of Travelcards - will rise again next March

Economics

51 h. ago London exhibition to explore mental health and social bonds in ‘polarised’ times

Artworks to go on display in January at Bethlem Museum of the Mind, in the world’s oldest psychiatric hospitalFrom images of empty community rooms and a colourful canvas crammed with caricatures to a baby linked by an umbilical-like cord to a seated stranger, artworks on the subject of mental health are to go on display in an exhibition that examines social bonds against the backdrop of today’s polarised times.Artists have long drawn on their own experiences of mental ill health. Staged at the Bethlem Museum of the Mind, in the world’s oldest psychiatric hospital, in south-east London, Kindred will explore the power of communities to make people feel comforted as well as isolated. Continue reading...

Politics

3 d. ago Campaigner brands Sadiq Khan 'absolute snake' while Keir Starmer vows to investigate London grooming gangs

Campaigner brands Sadiq Khan 'absolute snake' while Keir Starmer vows to investigate London grooming gangs  GB News

Events

3 d. ago London protests LIVE: Police brace for Palestine Action supporter rally after powers expanded

Today’s event is one of a series of actions taking place in 18 towns and cities between November 18 and 29

Events

3 d. ago Speedboat captain who killed CEO, 45, while drunk and high on cocaine off coast of Italy is jailed

A SPEEDBOAT captain that crashed and killed a mother while she was on holiday with her husband and two children has been found guilty of manslaughter. Elio Persico, 32, was sentenced to four years and nine months in jail after requesting a plea bargain on Friday. Adrienne Vaughan, a 45-year-old publishing executive, died after being...

Events

3 d. ago Sadiq Khan's Oxford Street pedestrianisation plans 'will turn area into a gang and shoplifting hotspot'

The Mayor of London is bidding to make the road traffic free but locals fear his proposals will be 'catastrophic' for Europe's busiest shopping street.

Events

3 d. ago Keir Starmer piles pressure on Sadiq Khan over London grooming gangs

Keir Starmer piles pressure on Sadiq Khan over London grooming gangs  Daily Express

Events

4 d. ago 15 bus routes diverted or shortened as more details of Oxford Street pedestrianisation revealed

TfL sparks concern from residents as it aims to solve conundrum of how to remove hundreds of buses to part-pedestrianise Oxford Street

Politics

4 d. ago 'It should be illegal' New '60/40' Guinness drink served at a pub sparks debate on social media

The internet is split on the new lower alcohol Guinness alternative

Events

4 d. ago Wetherspoons goes global with airport bar in Spanish hotspot that opens at 6am

The JD Wetherspoon pub, called the Castell de Santa Barbera, will be based at Alicante airport in Spain. Founder Sir Tim Martin said the aim is open more in the coming months

Politics

4 d. ago Trans Day of Remembrance: Zack Polanski and Kate Nash deliver powerful speeches at London vigil

Trans Day of Remembrance: Zack Polanski and Kate Nash deliver powerful speeches at London vigil  PinkNews

Politics

4 d. ago Tower Hamlets makes bold affordable housing pledge despite Sadiq Khan's new 20% target

EXCLUSIVE: Tower Hamlets has said it will ‘grow upward’ to deliver more affordable homes in the borough

Events

4 d. ago Sadiq Khan's Oxford Street pedestrianisation: TfL reveals proposed changes to 15 bus routes

TfL sparks concern from residents as it aims to solve conundrum of how to remove hundreds of buses to part-pedestrianise Oxford Street

Politics