Polling stations should be kept open late into the night during the London mayoral elections to prevent voters being turned away, ministers were urged... more
BP chairman Carl-Henric Svanberg’s gaffe, that BP does care deeply about the “small people”, has been likened to New York hotelier Leona Helmsley... more
Tory bidding to become mayor of Hackney has been banned from the council's election leaflet because he broke rules by criticising the cost of its Labour administration... more
Boris Johnson faces growing rebellion from members of his own party after admitting scrapping the western extension of the congestion charge could be delayed for up to a year... more
Projects intended to deliver a legacy of the 2012 Olympics have been cut by the London Development Agency after a bungled land deal blew a £160 million hole in its budget... more
A wife-killer who has been allowed to train as a London taxi driver was cautioned for assault less than three months ago, the Standard can reveal
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Frugality has become a thing of the past in local government with about 20 town hall chief executives receiving basic pay higher than the Prime Minister's... more
Boris Johnson has revealed he may not stand for a second term as Mayor of London. We take a look at the leading Tory candidates to replace him...... more
The Mayor is urged to reform TfL as an Evening Standard investigation shows that more than 100 of London’s top transport chiefs are riding a gravy train... more
Hackney has become the "forgotten Olympic borough", with a promised legacy of 8,000 skilled jobs falling victim to the recession, local politicians claim... more
The design of the athletes' village for the 2012 London Olympic Games resembles "Soviet-style blocks", a senior London Assembly member has warned... more
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