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Boris Johnson

London needs a new airport to attract the world

Sometime this morning the fog is expected to lift from Heathrow. But our capital's main international hub is being held back by more than the weather

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Boris Johnson: London can - and will - come back from all this

Commentary: "I felt ashamed - ashamed at the actions of a small but significant minority of our fellow Londoners, and the damage they are doing to their own economic prospects and the reputation of London around the planet"

Beijing? You ain't seen nothing yet

London is going to lay on the best Olympic and Paralympic Games ever seen, says the Mayor

Boris Johnson: We will miss Simon Milton's skill, first-rate logic... and humour

In Simon Milton London has lost a brilliant public servant and one of the nicest and cleverest men in politics

Police budget boost aims to make London feel even safer than ever

It cannot be stressed too much that London is one of the safest big cities in the world. The murder rate is now at a 38-year low. Crime is still coming down overall - in spite of a deep recession

Like it or not, the capital will need more air travel

One of the most important decisions taken by the Coalition government was to rule out a new runway at Heathrow – and they were right. It was a decision supported by this paper and by millions of Londoners

Boris Johnson: Don't let these Luddites destroy our Tube's future

Union leaders are opposing reform at the very time that the city's transport budget is threatened, says the Mayor

London deserves better than this Tube Lines farce

You would have thought we had learned our lesson on Tube closures by now. With Tube Lines, it is as though the city was in the grip of a bunch of rogue builders

These fare rises are hard, but I have no choice

Public transport is critical to the health and success of London. And this is a critical moment for the health of public transport

Give London its rightful share of the housing pot

It is wrong that the capital is the only region seeing its share of these new funds reduced, by a third

The 2012 Games will bring hope, then euphoria

In retrospect I think I made one false prophecy at the Beijing Olympic Games a year ago. I said that the euphoria would soon die down, and that the memory of Team GB's amazing success would start to fade

COMMENT: Small businesses - the backbone of London

Boris Johnson: London's economic fightback will be led by small scale enterprise - and there should be no new taxes


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