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Eroll Walters

Three held over Jasper City Hall fraud inquiry

Three more people have been arrested in connection with the fraud inquiry into City Hall-funded projects linked to former mayor's aide Lee Jasper

Routemaster

Return of Routemaster in doubt says transport chief

The Mayor's plans for a newgeneration Routemaster may not happen, his new transport boss has admitted
Boris Johnson and Kate Hoey

Mayor seeks City financial expert to check growing cost of Olympics

Boris Johnson is to hire a financial expert from the City to scrutinise the spiralling budget for the 2012 Olympics

Tory boroughs hoping for payback from Boris

Boroughs in outer London which are Conservative run are now seeking rewards from Boris Johnson for helping him win the mayoral election
Boris Johnson

Busy Boris's heavy workload

Boris Johnson will personally oversee London's transport - as well as resume his newspaper columns

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Steve Norris set for comeback at the helm of Crossrail

Former Tory mayoral candidate Steve Norris is expected to become chairman of Crossrail in a return to public life

Mayor's freesheet axed in favour of trees

The Londoner, the Mayor's free newspaper, is to be scrapped and some of the money saved used to plant 10,000 trees across the capital
Kulveer Ranger

Transport job for Sikh who set up Oyster card

A high-profile Asian Tory has been appointed as Boris Johnson's new transport adviser
Boris Johnson at the Sony Radio Awards

Prince congratulates Boris ... but there's no word from Gordon yet

The Prince of Wales has congratulated Boris Johnson on his election as Mayor - but Gordon Brown has yet to pick up the phone

Revolving doors as City Hall and Tube chiefs quit

Two of London's most senior civil servants announce they are quitting as the dizzying pace of staff changes continues at City Hall
Boris Johnson

Boris: I admit I need to start wearing a helmet

Boris Johnson promises to start wearing a cycle helmet on his journeys to and from City Hall
Boris Johnson

Stop that Mayor ... Johnson says sorry for bike offences

Boris Johnson today promised to be more careful on his bike after he was filmed cycling through six red lights, failing to stop at a zebra crossing and mounting the pavement

Thames Water deal to cut road closures

A scheme to keep London's traffic moving was unveiled by Boris Johnson today as Thames Water agreed to slash the number of road closures
Ken Livingstone

Ken spies on Boris and warns him: I'll be back every month

Ken Livingstone returns to City Hall, exactly a week after he lost his position of Mayor of London to Tory rival Boris Johnson
Trevor Phillips

New Mayor must stop our schools separating out along race lines, equality chief warns

Britain's equalities chief Trevor Phillips warns Boris Johnson about schools "gradually separating out" along racial lines
Guto Harri

Coup for Boris as BBC's Harri agrees to be his spin doctor

Boris Johnson has signed up former BBC political correspondent Guto Harri as his chief spin doctor, the Standard can reveal

Tories use London takeover as 'dry run' for government

David Cameron is using Boris Johnson's takeover of City Hall as a "dry run" for his own first 100 days in government, the Standard has been told
Manny Lewis

£210k-a-year City Hall Official in Lee Jasper row is ousted

A City Hall chief embroiled in the Lee Jasper affair is to quit his post with a possible £100,000 pay-off, the Evening Standard has learned

Johnson and unions clash over drink ban on trains

The new Mayor has clashed with unions for the first time over his plans to ban alcohol on public transport
Lee Jasper

Boris sets up full audit of City Hall finances

Boris Johnson announces plans to "clean up" City Hall by setting up a forensic audit group to investigate its finances and cut bureaucratic waste
Boris Johnson

Boris slaps drink ban on Tubes and buses

Alcohol will be banned on Tubes and buses from next month in a bid to crack down on anti-social behaviour, Boris Johnson announces
Protest organised by Love Music Hate Racism and Unite Against Facism

City Hall protesters vow to force out new BNP politician

More than 400 protesters gathered at City Hall to register their disgust at the election of a British National Party member to the London Assembly
Lee Jasper

Lee Jasper: I'll fight to gain Kate Hoey seat

Former mayoral aide Lee Jasper makes an audacious bid for a safe Labour seat in the capital

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Quotes of the day

Boris Johnson 'If there are any dogs in the manger, then I will have those dogs humanely euthanased'
Boris Johnson
Ken Livingstone 'As I can testify, May 1 was a bad day for Labour ... I'll have plenty of time to do some very welcome gardening'
Ken Livingstone
Brian Paddick 'I'm not expecting a call from Boris and even if I was I would tell him not to waste the cost of the call'
Brian Paddick

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