Ministers have been accused of being 'sloppy and incompetent' after figures revealed they are having to correct themselves more than once a week... more
Government promises to build 150,000 new affordable homes over the next four years are under threat because of its decision to abolish regional plans in England, MPs warned
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On property: Britain’s number three property company has no intention of building a 32-storey skyscraper in Broadgate - it is instead playing a different game... more
Local councils have been accused of complacency over rubbish collection, amid growing public anger that bins in some areas have not been emptied for as long as four weeks... more
London is getting a 'raw deal' under government spending cuts that will hit front-line services, Labour politicians in the capital have claimed... more
Tory politician in charge of the London fire brigade has been accused of adopting a 'cavalier and irresponsible' attitude after considering axing one in six of the capital's fire engines... more
Ministers have been accused of delivering a 'death blow' to the full development of the Thames Gateway by axing hundreds of millions of pounds of funding... more
On Property: The man who owns the company which built the clock mechanism which chimes Big Ben thinks it is time to build Londoners a couple of thousand three-bed flats to rent at £300 a week... more
The post of 'Minister for London' has been quietly abolished as part of a wider move to boost the role of Boris Johnson, the Standard has learned... more
Ministers are under pressure to rethink a hike in business rates that could leave London firms subsidising the rest of the country by more than £1billion... more
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
Londoners are "sorely" at risk of missing out on a lasting sporting legacy from the 2012 Olympics, the Mayor's Commissioner for Sport has warned ... more
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