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Boris equality champion sacked for 'n word' slur

29.10.09

Latest: Senior manager at Boris Johnson's regeneration agency has been sacked after using 'extremely offensive and racist' language... more

LDA will shelve climate work after ‘losing’ Ł161m from Olympics budget

23.10.09

Boris Johnson denies key climate change schemes were at risk after his regeneration body acquired a massive hole in its budget after getting its Olympics sums wrong... more

Cricket to be an Olympic winner with 2012 legacy

21.10.09

Cricket chiefs are in talks with Boris Johnson about a move to the Olympic stadium after the 2012 Games... more

Transport shake-up a 'massive kick in the teeth for Londoners'

15.10.09

Boris Johnson's plans for price increases and a Ł10 congestion charge are a "kick in the teeth for Londoners", it was claimed... more

Huge bus and Tube fare rises plus Ł10 C-charge

15.10.09

Latest: Boris Johnson blames the recession as he imposes huge rises in bus and Tube fares and a 25 per cent increase to the congestion charge ... more

City Hall acted like 'travel agency' for Boris bike crash aide

25.09.09

Senior City Hall officials have come under fire for acting like a 'travel agency' by intervening to get Boris Johnson's transport adviser out of Georgia after he ran down a pedestrian... more

BNP councillor banned over video blog

25.09.09

Senior BNP member has been suspended as a councillor and ordered to undergo ethics training, but escaped suspension from the Greater London Authority... more

Rats! KPMG grabs account from PwC

11.08.09

It's war. KPMG has just nabbed Rentokil’s lucrative contract for internal auditing from arch rival PricewaterhouseCoopers — by offering a 30% discount to the PwC price... more

Fare rises threat as Tube faces a Ł1.7bn shortfall

10.07.09

Passengers face massive hikes in fares and cuts in services on the Tube and London buses... more

Boris in crony row over his key aide's LDA role

07.07.09

Boris Johnson was accused of cronyism after he appointed one of his key aides to the London Development Agency... more

Mayor blasts senior Tory for not publishing his expenses

07.07.09

Senior Tory on the London Assembly refuses to publish his expenses, declaring that his detailed claims were “none of the public’s business”... more

Boris Johnson axes deputy mayor post

06.07.09

Boris Johsnon has overhauled his top team at City Hall in the wake of the Ian Clement expenses scandal and criticism of his "shambolic" leadership... more

Boris Johnson dents cycling image with Ł4,698 taxi bill

25.06.09

London Mayor Boris Johnson comes under attack after new figures reveal how he has run up almost Ł5,000 in taxi fares since taking office... more

Boris is the last hope for Queen’s Market traders

13.05.09

A scheme to demolish a market in east London and replace it with a tower block has been approved by City Hall planners... more

Mayor: Gold-plated public sector pensions are unaffordable

10.02.09

Boris Johnson has launched a scathing attack on gold-plated public sector pensions claiming they were "unsustainable and unaffordable"... more

Mayor's Fund feels pinch as downturn affects donations

30.01.09

Boris Johnson's Mayor's Fund to support poor Londoners is struggling to raise money as a result of the credit crunch, the Evening Standard has learned ... 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 Ł300 a year... more

TfL faces big shortfall in fares income due to slump

13.01.09

Transport for London is facing a "significant shortfall" in its fares income as a result of the economic downturn, it was warned... more

Savers not spenders need the tax breaks

05.01.09

The most numerous victims of the economic crisis are not, and will not be, the unemployed, or those who lose their homes... more

Boris ‘conflict of interest’ over raided Tory MP

03.12.08

Boris Johnson was today at the centre of a conflict of interest dispute after he admitted speaking to arrested Tory MP Damian Green and being convinced of his innocence. ... more

Assembly attacks Boris's cutbacks

08.10.08

Boris Johnson is being criticised over his spending cuts... 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

Johnson faces cronyism claim over LDA choice

06.08.08

A new member of the London Development Agency was revealed as one of Boris Johnson's key funders... more

Boris Johnson aide takes the blame for failure to vet Lewis

24.07.08

Boris Johnson's former chief of staff has taken the full blame for failing to vet disgraced deputy mayor Ray Lewis... more

It's not just what the LDA did but what it failed to do

17.07.08

Now the inquiry into the LDA funding scandal is over, the agency can return to its core purpose - awarding grants to groups that help children and adults who need them most... more

Mayor 'could still take advice from disgraced deputy'

09.07.08

Boris Johnson may still work with his disgraced former deputy mayor - who had to quit after falsely claiming he was a magistrate... more

LDA staff competed to spend taxpayers' money, Mayor's audit reveals

19.06.08

Staff at the London Development Agency competed with each other to spend taxpayers' money, it was revealed... more

Boris Johnson's handover team costs Ł465,000

03.06.08

The Mayor's transition team at City Hall is costing up to £465,000, it has emerged... more

Sketch: you can elect a new Mayor but you can't get rid of Ken

21.05.08

Blithe Spirit is alive and well and living in City Hall.... more

Mayor's watchdogs face a tough fight for seats

07.04.08

It may be a sideshow to the Ken versus Boris battle, but the elections for the London Assembly will go a long way to determining the effectiveness of the next Mayor of London... more