Parliamentary candidate risks alienating his electorate on polling day after the name of the constituency was spelled incorrectly on campaign leaflets... more
Last poll of this campaign, from Ipsos MORI exclusively for the London Evening Standard, shows the Conservatives at 36 per cent, Labour at 29 per cent and the Liberal Democrats at 27 per cent with other parties at eight per cent... more
Candidate for the UK Independence Party who has already been reprimanded for racist remarks was forced to quit after branding the Queen a 'German bitch'... more
Leading member of the UK Independence Party suspended from post as London chairman after being accused of posting racist remarks on a magazine’s website... more
Twenty years ago this month, the Czechs provided one of the highlights of a historic year when the Velvet Revolution in Prague drove the Communists from power... more
Boris Johnson and George Osborne warned the Government that London’s future as an international financial centre was in danger from new EU red tape... more
With the prospect of a Conservative government growing ever greater, business leaders are suffering from a bad attack of "Be careful what you wish for, in case you get it".... more
Labour suffered a humiliating rout in the European elections as it was pushed into fifth places in dozens of areas around Britain - although it clung on to second in London... more
Three MEPs accused of abusing their expenses will be paid hundreds of thousands of pounds as part of a £20 million retirement package for British MEPs... more
One Sunday, three months ago, Stuart Wheeler received a curt email from the Tory chairman, Eric Pickles, saying he'd been expelled from the party ... 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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