http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/related-15043-greater-london-authority/topic-rss.do Greater London Authority RSS feed http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23752234-performers-to-protest-at-costly-licences-for-live-music.do Hundreds of performers are to demonstrate against 'red tape' which they claim is strangling London's live music scene 2009-10-05T07:31:48Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23746422-soaring-cost-of-hawks-to-scare-pigeons-from-trafalgar-square.do The cost of flying a hawk to scare pigeons away from Trafalgar Square has soared to almost £60,000 a year 2009-09-21T06:50:18Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23711357-boris-told-deputy-last-year-not-to-misuse-credit-card.do 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 2009-06-24T08:00:09Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23708639-boris-johnsons-anger-at-aides-city-hall-credit-card-spree.do 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 2009-06-17T08:43:29Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23700480-bnp-boss-pulls-out-of-palace-garden-party.do British National Party leader Nick Griffin will not attend the Buckingham Palace garden party, saying he had “no wish to embarrass the Queen” 2009-05-27T15:18:28Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23687264-your-chance-to-quiz-boris-as-he-opens-up-city-hall.do 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 2009-05-08T07:35:10Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23685512-mps-urge-city-hall-to-stop-pay-of-bnp-aide.do City Hall bosses were urged to withdraw taxpayer funding from a BNP official after he suggested Ugandans threw "spears" at their enemies 2009-05-05T08:48:44Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23676153-boris-offers-mind-coaching-for-city-hall-staff-made-redundant.do Boris Johnson is offering City Hall staff confidence-boosting classes as part of their redundancy packages 2009-04-15T07:58:44Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23666620-boris-faces-down-green-lobby-with-environment-team-cuts.do Boris Johnson has been criticised over plans to cut his environment and equalities departments 2009-03-25T09:05:05Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23656317-developer-defaults-on-city-hall-mortgage.do The developer that owns Boris Johnson's offices has defaulted on its mortgage, it was revealed 2009-03-02T14:31:07Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23630523-boris-fares-rises-needed-to-fund-tfl.do Boris Johnson was forced to defend Tube and bus fare rises which could see Londoners pay an extra £300 a year 2009-01-28T14:53:34Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23603261-big-ideas-needed-for-london-boost.do 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 2008-12-17T09:49:24Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23588459-freud-pr-firm-axed-in-city-hall-cost-cutting.do 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 2008-11-18T09:14:03Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-mayor/article-23553489-boris-vows-to-freeze-his-share-of-council-tax-as-he-cuts-100-jobs.do Boris Johnson today revealed he would freeze City Hall's share of the council tax as he unveiled a cost-cutting shake-up 2008-09-10T08:49:47Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23528497-queen-riding-on-horse-proposed-as-permanent-statue-for-fourth-plinth.do A statue of the Queen on horseback could become a permanent feature of Trafalgar Square's fourth plinth 2008-08-07T12:47:10Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-mayor/article-23525687-comment-why-didnt-boris-fight-these-payouts-on-principle.do 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 2008-08-04T08:30:57Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23522330-barclays-to-pay-staff-more-than-boriss-london-minimum.do Banking giant Barclays became the latest firm to sign up to the Mayor's increased minimum wage 2008-07-28T08:33:05Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-mayor/article-23518920-londoners-to-get-more-bang-for-their-buck-with-mayors-12m-budget-cut.do 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" 2008-07-22T08:33:09Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-mayor/article-23495739-boris-johnson-under-fire-after-rise-festival-alters-its-message.do Boris Johnson has been criticised by campaigners for dropping the central anti-racism message of the Rise music festival 2008-06-17T08:17:36Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-mayor/article-23487968-boris-starts-review-of-embassies-from-a-boat-in-turkey.do City Hall's "foreign embassies" face closure after Boris Johnson launched a review into whether they offer value for money 2008-05-28T09:30:42Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-mayor/article-23485254-mayors-adviser-will-work-for-free-after-legal-row-over-appointment.do The Mayor's new planning adviser will not be paid a salary following a row over the legality of his appointment 2008-05-16T08:28:42Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23483108-boris-sets-up-full-audit-of-city-hall-finances.do Boris Johnson announces plans to "clean up" City Hall by setting up a forensic audit group to investigate its finances and cut bureaucratic waste 2008-05-08T09:35:59Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23482862-69000-pay-off-for-ken-livingstone.do Ken Livingstone could receive £69,000 within weeks after losing the election to Boris Johnson 2008-05-07T09:00:23Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-mayor/article-23480871-poll-officers-taught-to-spot-forged-names-on-post-votes.do Forensic experts have been teaching election officers in London how to detect forged signatures on postal vote papers 2008-04-28T08:37:05Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23479711-olympic-torch-relay-cost-25000-a-mile-to-police.do 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 2008-04-22T09:42:29Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-mayor/article-23477112-city-hall-staff-helped-ken-bid-to-rejoin-labour.do Ken Livingstone's aides used taxpayer-funded resources to campaign for re-admission to the Labour Party, documents obtained by the Evening Standard reveal 2008-04-11T08:23:02Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-mayor/article-23453886-ken-in-line-for-30000-tax-free-bonus.do 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 2008-03-13T09:21:05Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-mayor/article-23452808-mayor-bans-gla-staff-from-taking-short-haul-workflights.do City Hall staff have been banned from taking short-haul flights by Ken Livingstone in an attempt to tackle carbon emissions 2008-03-12T09:34:56Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-mayor/article-23447917-general-jaspers-torrid-emails-to-sexy-kazzi.do 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 2008-03-04T09:28:54Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-mayor/article-23444228-42-offices-to-get-green-makeover-from-mayor.do Plans to cut greenhouse gas emissions from public buildings in London by 25 per cent were launched today by Ken Livingstone. 2008-02-28T08:49:43Z