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Performers to protest at costly licences for live music

05.10.09
Hundreds of performers are to demonstrate against 'red tape' which they claim is strangling London's live music scene... more

Soaring cost of hawks to scare pigeons from Trafalgar Square

21.09.09
The cost of flying a hawk to scare pigeons away from Trafalgar Square has soared to almost £60,000 a year... more

Boris told deputy last year not to misuse credit card

24.06.09
The City Hall expenses scandal engulfed Boris Johnson personally after it emerged he had warned his deputy nearly a year ago about his credit card use... more

Boris Johnson's anger at aide's City Hall credit card spree

17.06.09
Boris Johnson was furious after it was revealed that one of his deputies used a City Hall credit card to upgrade flights and pay for meals and groceries... more

BNP boss pulls out of Palace garden party

27.05.09
British National Party leader Nick Griffin will not attend the Buckingham Palace garden party, saying he had “no wish to embarrass the Queen”... more

Your chance to quiz Boris as he opens up City Hall

08.05.09
Boris Johnson will use tomorrow's annual State of London debate to reaffirm his pledge to open up City Hall to the public and put accountability at the heart of his reign... more

MPs urge City Hall to stop pay of BNP aide

05.05.09
City Hall bosses were urged to withdraw taxpayer funding from a BNP official after he suggested Ugandans threw "spears" at their enemies... more

Boris offers mind coaching for City Hall staff made redundant

15.04.09
Boris Johnson is offering City Hall staff confidence-boosting classes as part of their redundancy packages... more

Boris faces down green lobby with environment team cuts

25.03.09
Boris Johnson has been criticised over plans to cut his environment and equalities departments... more

Developer defaults on City Hall mortgage

02.03.09
The developer that owns Boris Johnson's offices has defaulted on its mortgage, it was revealed... more

Boris: fares rises needed to fund TfL

28.01.09
Boris Johnson was forced to defend Tube and bus fare rises which could see Londoners pay an extra £300 a year... more

Big ideas needed for London boost

17.12.08
The alarming feature of the grim unemployment figures released today by the Office of National Statistics is that, bad as they are, the reality is worse... more

Freud PR firm axed in City Hall cost-cutting

18.11.08
Boris Johnson has dumped a public relations agency owned by Rupert Murdoch's son-in-law as part of his cost-cutting drive at City Hall... more

Boris vows to freeze his share of council tax as he cuts 100 jobs

10.09.08
Boris Johnson today revealed he would freeze City Hall's share of the council tax as he unveiled a cost-cutting shake-up... more

Queen riding on horse proposed as permanent statue for fourth plinth

07.08.08
A statue of the Queen on horseback could become a permanent feature of Trafalgar Square's fourth plinth... more

Comment: Why didn't Boris fight these payouts on principle?

04.08.08
There's a certain grim humour in the fact that one of the eight ex-advisers benefiting from today's £1.6 million taxpayer-funded windfall is John Duffy, Ken Livingstone's director of waste... more

Barclays to pay staff more than Boris's London minimum

28.07.08
Banking giant Barclays became the latest firm to sign up to the Mayor's increased minimum wage... more

Londoners to get 'more bang for their buck' with Mayor's £12m budget cut

22.07.08
Boris Johnson is to cut the City Hall budget by £12 million to help deliver on his pledge to give Londoners "more bang for their buck"... more

Boris Johnson under fire after Rise festival alters its message

17.06.08
Boris Johnson has been criticised by campaigners for dropping the central anti-racism message of the Rise music festival... more

Boris starts review of embassies... from a boat in Turkey

28.05.08
City Hall's "foreign embassies" face closure after Boris Johnson launched a review into whether they offer value for money... more

Mayor's adviser will work for free after legal row over appointment

16.05.08
The Mayor's new planning adviser will not be paid a salary following a row over the legality of his appointment... more

Boris sets up full audit of City Hall finances

08.05.08
Boris Johnson announces plans to "clean up" City Hall by setting up a forensic audit group to investigate its finances and cut bureaucratic waste... more

£69,000 pay-off for Ken Livingstone

07.05.08
Ken Livingstone could receive £69,000 within weeks after losing the election to Boris Johnson... more

Poll officers taught to spot forged names on post votes

28.04.08
Forensic experts have been teaching election officers in London how to detect forged signatures on postal vote papers... more

Olympic torch relay cost £25,000 a mile to police

22.04.08
The cost of security for the Olympic torch relay through London was almost £750,000 - about £25,000 for every mile of the 31-mile event... more

City Hall staff helped Ken bid to rejoin Labour

11.04.08
Ken Livingstone's aides used taxpayer-funded resources to campaign for re-admission to the Labour Party, documents obtained by the Evening Standard reveal... more

Ken in line for £30,000 tax-free bonus

13.03.08
Ken Livingstone's £ 69,000 golden parachute should he lose the Mayoral elections has been boosted by the Chancellor who has decided that nearly half of it will be tax-free... more

Mayor bans GLA staff from taking short-haul workflights

12.03.08
City Hall staff have been banned from taking short-haul flights by Ken Livingstone in an attempt to tackle carbon emissions... more

'General' Jasper's torrid emails to 'sexy Kazzi'

04.03.08
Emails sent by Ken Livingstone's senior aide Lee Jasper to a board member of two groups which were given funds from the Mayor are revealed today... more

42 offices to get green makeover from Mayor

28.02.08
Plans to cut greenhouse gas emissions from public buildings in London by 25 per cent were launched today by Ken Livingstone.... more

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