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Boris Johnson defends deputy amid claims of fraud and sex abuse

Boris Johnson has taken the extraordinary step of defending one of his deputy mayors from 'malicious smears' Comments

Boris Johnson's race row aide quits

Speed up payouts to victims of 7/7, Mayor tells Jowell

Boris Johnson has stepped up pressure on the Government to speed up compensation for victims of the 7 July bombings Comments

Boris: Walk away from fights to avoid knives

Boris Johnson has urged teenagers to "walk away" from trouble to help reduce knife crime Comments

Mayor scraps Ken plan to axe 40 Tube ticket offices

The Mayor has scrapped plans to close dozens of Tube ticket offices in a decision welcomed by campaigners as a "victory for common sense" Comments

Western C-zone could be killed off

London's controverisal western extension congestion charging zone could be killed off under new consultation plans Comments

Will the 2012 Olympic Games have a lasting sporting legacy for London?

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Unruly teenagers need tough love, says Boris

Boris Johnson has advocated a "tough love" approach to dealing with unruly teenagers and steering them away from violent crime Comments

Boris should lead by wearing a helmet, says injured cyclist

A cyclist who suffered permanent brain injuries after a bike accident has accused Boris Johnson of setting a bad example by failing to wear a helmet Comments

Mayor: higher charges for gas-guzzlers hurt families

Mayor Boris Johnson has criticised councils for penalising families with "gas-guzzler" parking charges Comments

Free parking for electric cars axed - for being too successful

Boris Johnson's race row aide quits

A senior aide to Boris Johnson has quit after saying Caribbean immigrants should "go home" if they do not like London Comments

Sir Alan Sugar lined up to keep out Ken Livingstone

Labour insiders have moved to kill off any prospect of Ken Livingstone making a comeback with a search for a new mayoral candidate Comments

LDA staff competed to spend taxpayers' money, Mayor's audit reveals

Staff at the London Development Agency competed with each other to spend taxpayers' money, it was revealed Comments

Mayor will raid coffers to bail out Olympic village

Boris Johnson will propose a multi-million-pound rescue package for the Olympic village Comments

Mayor spends Ł50,000 investigating LDA grants

The Mayor came under fire for spending £50,000 investigating allegations of financial irregularities at City Hall after initially saying the inquiry would cost nothing Comments

Mayor will raid coffers to bail out Olympic village

Ken's partner axed as Boris Johnson purges City Hall 'wimmin'

Boris Johnson continued his City Hall clear-out as five senior staff known as "Ken's wimmin" lost their jobs Comments

Charles Rangeley-Wilson fishing the Wandle in search of trout for a BBC2 series

Lost rivers of London to resurface in Boris plan

Rivers lost decades ago under tonnes of concrete could be brought back to the surface as part of a plan to revitalise London Comments

How Boris can save an easy Ł500m

Boris: give me power to hire and fire Met chief

Boris Johnson has called for the Mayor to be given the power to sack the Metropolitan Police Commissioner Comments

How Boris can save an easy Ł500m

In the first of a new series we investigate what is right and wrong about the way London is run - and what the new Mayor can do to correct the extravagances of the Ken Livingstone regime Comments

Boris cuts Ł1m off cost of Beijing Games trip

Boris Johnson is slashing his official Beijing Olympics budget by more than Ł1 million after discovering a plan to fly 18 Gordon Ramsay chefs to China Comments