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Mayor told his £1.7bn cuts will mean fewer buses and axed routes

18.11.09
Commuters warned they faced cuts to bus services as Boris Johnson discloses he is slashing £1.7 billion from his transport budget... more

Ten months to delete DNA

17.11.09
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Londoners must join forces for the Battle of Barking to stop BNP

16.11.09
Earlier this year, while preparing a Radio 4 series on Britishness, I spent a day in Leicester interviewing its citizens about national identity... more

Boris accused of muscling in on councils' green projects

16.11.09
Boris Johnson accused of piggy-backing on council green initiatives as he announced the schemes he expects to transform London over the next decade and beyond... more

Met ‘must rethink’ plan to put machine gun police on street

23.10.09
Met under pressure to reverse its decision to begin armed patrols on some London streets... more

Passengers' fury at weekend works

27.08.09
Tube users have inundated a probe into weekend shut-downs on the Underground with complaints about endless station and line closures... more

Boris: Bendy buses are on borrowed time

24.07.09
When the last number 507 of the day slips into the forecourt of Waterloo Station at 32 minutes past midnight, it will mark the beginning of the end of the bendy bus... more

Olympics stadium could turn into 'white elephant' after 2012

01.07.09
The 2012 Olympic Stadium is in danger of becoming a "white elephant", a London Assembly committee claimed... more

Teenage mothers: We can be role models

27.05.09
Teenage mothers across London insisted they are “positive role models” as a report attacked high pregnancy rates... more

Danger of London 'grinding to halt' in flu panic

07.05.09
Public panic would be the biggest barrier to keeping the capital running during a flu pandemic, London Assembly health chiefs warned... more

Brake now, my lollipop stick is watching you

23.02.09
Lollipop men and ladies in London are to have spy cameras fitted in their sticks in a move which will reignite the debate about the spread of a "surveillance society"... more

Transport watchdog fights sack

19.12.08
London's public transport watchdog, sacked for backing Boris Johnson for Mayor, took his case to the Employment Tribunal... more

Doctors 'too busy to tackle measles crisis' Measles spread but NHS 'is tied up by reforms'

22.10.08
Sweeping health reforms could be distracting doctors from the measles epidemic hitting the capital... more

Fears over scrapping of black cab tests

17.10.08
Thousands of black cabs with defective brakes and polluting engines could be left in service if a mid-year inspection is scrapped... more

Running London

08.10.08
Running the capital involves many leaders outside City Hall to cater for Londoners' lives, as this list shows...... more

Environment

08.10.08
Once an area ignored by politicians, it is now a key issue with battles such as airport expansion taking centre stage ... more

Assembly asks train passengers to help banish 'cattle-trucks'

16.09.08
Passengers are being asked to recount details of their commuting experiences to the London Assembly to help an investigation into overcrowding... more

Stop C-zone extension, say Tories

12.09.08
Conservative London Assembly members have written an open letter calling for the western extension of the congestion zone to be abolished... more

Assembly launches investigation into train overcrowding

09.09.08
The London Assembly will today launch an investigation into overcrowding on trains... more

Oil surcharge looks tricky for BA as price dips

11.08.08
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Passengers suffer but TfL pays 123 staff over £100,000

25.06.08
London's top five transport chiefs earned more than £300,000 each last year despite continued delays and overcrowding on the Tube and bus network... more

Who's in and who's out

07.05.08
The energy of London is nowhere more reflected than in the shifting balance of power among its thoughtmakers, trendsetters and leaders. Every week, Gideon Spanier looks at who's in and who's out. ... more

Complacency is the BNP's best friend

01.05.08
On St George's day I was a panellist at a lively public debate on racism, terrorism and the state in London... more

'We don't understand how to vote for Mayor'

29.04.08
The majority of Londoners do not fully understand the complicated mayoral voting system, according to a YouGov poll for the Evening Standard... more

Comment: voter confusion over polling

29.04.08
With less than 48 hours to go until the day of the Mayoral elections, Londoners should be preparing to cast their votes confident that all is well with the electoral process... more

London Assembly 'should be scrapped'

25.04.08
A thinktank has called for the "ineffective" London Assembly to be scrapped... more

Fury after BNP is given platform slot at hustings

11.04.08
A row broke out after the BNP shared a platform with other parties for the first time in the course of London's mayoral election campaign... more

Hockney withdraws from mayoral race

27.03.08
One London mayoral candidate Damian Hockney has withdrawn from the race to run City Hall... more

Minicab touts face losing licence under 'three strikes' plan

25.02.08
A rule of "three strikes and you're out" for minicab touts has been attacked as too lenient... more

Levy 'needed to save West End theatres'

19.11.07
A levy on West End theatre tickets may be needed to save some of London's historic buildings.... more

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