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We must find ways to retain our teachers

10.09.09
The new term has barely begun and already there is evidence of a growing staffing problem particularly in London schools... more

Delayed: platforms for Waterloo commuters will not arrive until 2014

10.09.09
Commuters will have to wait until 2014 before the former Eurostar platforms at Waterloo station are adapted for suburban trains... more

London will have million extra people in 20 years

27.08.09
London will be crammed with nearly 2,000 more people per square mile within two decades... more

Tory anger at latest sleaze

23.06.09
Tories at Westminster and City Hall rounded on Ian Clement amid claims that the scandal raised questions over the Mayor’s judgement... more

Tories 'need more top women'

28.04.09
Pressure to appoint more women to the Conservative Party's top team was growing today... more

London suffering from shocking rise in rare 'Victorian' diseases

15.04.09
London is in the grip of a startling rise in diseases associated with Victorian times... more

London MPs face pay probe as they prepare to pocket 9% increase

31.03.09
A full inquiry into the scandal of MPs' pay and perks was speeded up as dozens of London MPs were set to pocket an inflation-busting rise of more than nine per cent... more

120% rise in child knife attack victims at A&Es

30.03.09
The number of child knife crime victims in London has shot up by 120 per cent in four years, figures reveal... more

£50 on-the-spot fine for breaking royal park rules

11.03.09
Cyclists, dog walkers and other visitors who break by-laws in London’s Royal Parks face being hit with £50 on-the-spot fines... more

Ticket offices hours will be cut further despite pledge

20.02.09
Government claims to have protected London from railway station cuts began to unravel as new figures showed ticket office opening hours will be cut by 219 hours a week... more

Firm which gave third runway a clean bill of health has links to BAA

13.02.09
A company which the Government hired to help make the case for the third Heathrow runway previously worked for airport owners BAA, the Evening Standard can reveal... more

I blundered in vote, admits MP fighting Heathrow expansion

29.01.09
A Labour MP who has campaigned against Heathrow expansion spoke of his "huge embarrassment" for siding with the Government over plans for a third runway... more

Third runway is a health risk, admits Hoon

28.01.09
A third runway at Heathrow will damage people's health, Geoff Hoon has admitted... more

Council services threatened by pensions deficit

28.01.09
Public services could be under threat because of a black hole in London's council pension fund, it emerged... more

Dole queues double in commuter land

23.01.09
Dole queues have doubled in a year in 12 commuter areas as the recession bites in the South-East... more

Hoon: Heathrow study on pollution 'over-cautious'

05.01.09
Geoff Hoon has cleared the way for expansion of Heathrow airport by branding the Government's own warnings over pollution "over-cautious"... more

Politics

08.10.08
The Tories are in the ascendancy and gaining influence. Already the key figures in Westminster and beyond are thinking about the post-Brown generation.... more

Londoners 'to be clobbered hardest by car tax rises'

09.09.08
Motorists in London and the South-East will be hardest hit by Gordon Brown's road tax rises, according to analysis by the Conservatives... more

Putney MP is tipped for key role in Tory cabinet

14.07.08
Two high-flying Tory women MPs are expected to be drafted into the shadow cabinet as David Cameron bids to build on his "feminist" credentials and sharpens up his team to face Gordon Brown... more

Darling faces Labour rebels over tax on gas guzzlers

02.07.08
Alistair Darling faces a Commons showdown over moves to charge owners of gas-guzzling cars up to £455 a year... more

All-day flights threat across London

19.05.08
Parts of London face overflying passenger jets throughout the day after ministers backed a decision to increase the use of Heathrow runways to deal with delays... more

New planning rules 'will push through third runway'

28.04.08
Ministers are to fast-track expansion of Heathrow airport under new planning rules... more

New planning rules 'will push through third runway'

28.04.08
Ministers are to fast-track expansion of Heathrow airport under new planning rules.... more

Sack BAA's tame DfT officials, say MPs

03.04.08
Senior civil servants should be disciplined or sacked if they are found to have colluded with airport giant BAA over Heathrow expansion, says a senior Labour MP... more

Blood supply crisis feared as donations drop by 20 per cent

03.04.08
London is suffering from a shortage in blood supplies and willing donors, it was revealed... more

Tories change course to fight expansion at Heathrow

02.04.08
The Conservatives have announced that they are opposed to the further expansion of Heathrow airport... more

£20 charge to drop off passengers at Heathrow airport

17.03.08
Drivers taking passengers to Heathrow face a £40 charge under secret plans being drawn up by the airport operator, the Standard can reveal... more

Comment: Aviation industry is under fire

11.03.08
The deal between the Civil Aviation Authority and airports operator BAA on landing charges is bad news for holidaymakers... more

Ministers facing all-out fight over Heathrow data

10.03.08
The Government is facing a legal battle over its plans to expand Heathrow amid fresh claims it colluded with the airport to hide noise and pollution increases... more

Ministers pressed to backtrack on Heathrow

28.02.08
Ministers are under increasing pressure to rethink plans for Heathrow expansion after 18,000 people lodged objections to the plans... more

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