Ken Livingstone has accused Boris Johnson of 'incompetence and lack of commitment' after claims that the Mayor tried to 'offload' work onto senior advisers... more
Boris Johnson's team failed to vet disgraced deputy mayor Ray Lewis thoroughly because they were focused more on campaigning than on making detailed preparations to run City Hall... more
David Cameron is using Boris Johnson's takeover of City Hall as a "dry run" for his own first 100 days in government, the Standard has been told... more
Ken claims he was the victim of doughnut city, whereby London's inner core was betrayed by the Tory suburbs. But the people of Ilford and Hayes are just as much real Londoners as those of N1 ... more
This week sees the official start of the mayoral election campaign. Despite weeks of skirmishing, Ken Livingstone, Boris Johnson and Brian Paddick are still in the foothills of the struggle that lies ahead... more
London Gateway, the £1.5bn container port under construction on the Thames at Thurrock, will have capacity to unload six of the world's largest ships at one time and have as much impact on the capital as a new airport or half a dozen Westfield shopping centres
With London Fashion Week kicking off on Friday, British designer Matthew Williamson tells Rosamund Urwin about breaking up with his ex, post-show partying and his new model man
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