The US Embassy stepd up plans for its new £1 billion base in the borough of Wandsworth as construction rivals prepare to lock horns over the prestigious project... more
After launching the Tory manifesto beneath the towering chimneys of Battersea Power Station, David Cameron hoped a win here would set his party on course for a Commons majority... more
Battle over Heathrow's third runway moved to the centre of the general election campaign today as voters were urged to decide its fate on May 6... more
Graduates make ethnic minority 'power list' as thirty of the country’s most promising black students tipped as politicians, bankers and business people of tomorrow... more
A full inquiry into the scandal of MPs' pay and perks was speeded up as dozens of London MPs were set to pocket an inflation-busting rise of more than nine per cent... more
A Labour MP who has campaigned against Heathrow expansion spoke of his "huge embarrassment" for siding with the Government over plans for a third runway... more
A popular policeman twice named the Met's community constable of the year was said to have been trying to come to terms with the death of his mother when he apparently took his own life... more
Home Secretary Jacqui Smith tops a list including Glenda Jackson and Ruth Kelly of Labour MPs facing defeat at the next election in the wake of the town hall results... more
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