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Magic moments as the Brown cheerleaders stave off rebellion

09.06.09
A combination of humility, old-fashioned party management and sheer weight of numbers helped Gordon Brown survive the crunch meeting of the Parliamentary Labour Party... more

MI5 ‘threatened Muslim men to turn them into informants’

21.05.09
Five Muslim community workers from north London claimed MI5 blackmailed and harassed them in an attempt to make them informants... more

London MPs face pay probe as they prepare to pocket 9% increase

31.03.09
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

Ken: I said Brown was a liability and time has proved me right

18.03.09
Ken Livingstone has launched a savage personal attack on Gordon Brown, criticising his handling of the economy and blaming the Prime Minister's national polling for costing him the mayoral election... more

Charges a step closer over City Hall grants scandal

05.03.09
Prosecutors are considering bringing charges against at least two people over the City Hall grants scandal, the Evening Standard can reveal... more

Even a slump and the bus lane ban can't stop London's biggest cabbie

25.02.09
Interview: John Griffin of Addison Lee left school at 16 with TB and no exam passes. But he has learned how to grow a healthy, hi-tech business... more

I’d love to fight Boris at the next election

24.02.09
He hosts a radio show, gives speeches and is writing his autobiography, but however relaxed his new image, former Mayor Ken Livingstone is still very much a political operator... more

I blundered in vote, admits MP fighting Heathrow expansion

29.01.09
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

Mandelson agrees to meet rebel MPs as Royal Mail revolt swells

14.01.09
Lord Mandelson has agreed to meet Labour MPs amid a growing rebellion against part-privatisation of the Royal Mail... more

Protesters win fight to scrap polyclinic

20.11.08
Plans to set up a polyclinic in a hospital have been scrapped after protests... more

Protesters win fight to scrap polyclinic

20.11.08
Plans to set up a polyclinic in a London hospital have been scrapped after protests... more

Parents fight new academy sponsorship in High Court

05.11.08
Parents are going to court in a battle over a new school that threatens to derail the Government's academies programme... more

Frank Dobson backs polyclinic vote

08.09.08
Former health secretary Frank Dobson is calling for a referendum on the future of the NHS in London... more

Boy dies celebrating goal

31.07.08
A teenager collapsed and died in front of his friends as he celebrated scoring the winning goal in a football match... more

Court case could stop hundreds of city academies

03.07.08
A High Court case against a city academy planned for Camden could derail the Government's drive to open hundreds more of the flagship schools, opponents claim... more

Sir Alan Sugar lined up to keep out Ken Livingstone

23.06.08
Labour insiders have moved to kill off any prospect of Ken Livingstone making a comeback with a search for a new mayoral candidate... more

Forget these Londoners and the BNP reaps the harvest

07.05.08
The London Left should return to its old principles and treat people equally regardless of colour and creed - or else the BNP may do better next time... 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, what was your proudest moment? 'Grinding New Labour into the dust'

02.04.08
Ken Livingstone has re-opened the row with his own party after saying his proudest achievement was smashing the New Labour machine... more

Come on, Ken - can't you do better than this?

05.03.08
As a key aide to the Mayor resigns in disgrace, the Livingstone campaign needs to raise its game if he wants to secure a third term... more

Dobson fights to halt move of leading deaf school

21.02.08
One of London's leading schools for deaf children could be under threat of closure, to the fury of parents and teachers.... more

Actors join battle to save cobbled lane from lorries

18.02.08
Protesters led by actor Tom Conti lay down in the road as they tried to save a historic London street from becoming a rat run for lorries from a nearby building site... more

Less is Moore

03.09.07
28 of Henry Moore's later, larger works are being installed in the sylvan setting of Kew Gardens - just as he always wanted.... more

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