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MPs at loggerheads over move to cut Olympia Tube services

29.07.11
Two London MPs at odds over plans to stop running Tube services to and from Kensington Olympia on weekdays to free up trains, track and signals on the District line... more

F1 chief's girl must revise £56m house makeover branded 'Botox architecture'

29.06.11
Petra Ecclestone has been forced to rethink the design plans for her £56million Chelsea house after residents expressed their outrage at what they described as a 'Botox' architectural makeover... more

New hope in bid to save Brompton child heart unit

24.06.11
Campaigners fighting to save a child heart surgery unit in London are given a glimmer of hope ... more

Tweets are all mine says MP accused of using a ghost writer

21.06.11
A London MP denies claims that his Twitter output is 'blatantly ghost written' by a researcher... more

Ed Miliband 'tried to hide that he was travelling first class'

15.04.11
Ed Miliband accused of trying to hide the fact that he was travelling first class after aides remove train seat covers for a TV interview ... more

Stay firm on prisoner votes, Boris Johnson tells David Cameron

11.02.11
The Mayor waded into the row over prisoner votes today, telling David Cameron to 'stick to his guns' in a showdown with European judges... more

Ken Livingstone under fire for earning thousands from Iranian TV role

19.01.11
Ken Livingstone accused of showing 'a lack of judgment' after it emerged he has been paid thousands of pounds to front a programme on Iranian state television... more

MP repays £15.95 expenses after nine-month inquiry

23.12.10
The shadow justice minister is ordered to apologise and repay £15.95 in expenses after a nine-month investigation... more

MP claims £11 from taxpayer for video of her maiden speech

03.12.10
London MP claimed expenses for a video of her maiden speech to the Commons, documents from the parliamentary watchdog reveal today... more

Quality of life ‘hit by rise of urban supermarkets’

15.09.10
Urban supermarkets in London need to be controlled by new rules to stop them blighting the lives of their neighbours, MPs are warned... more

Police in London schools drive to curb attack dogs menace

23.07.10
Police officers are to visit London schools to warn teenagers about the dangers of 'weapon dogs'... more

Tony Blair’s return marred by row over charity link

30.04.10
Tony Blair arrives back on the general election trail amid a new row over one of his charities... more

Yorkshire terrier savaged to death by ‘weapon dog’

16.04.10
Yorkshire terrier is mauled to death on Hampstead Heath in the latest attack by a violent dog in London... more

Tooting MP accused of using Commons paper to send propaganda to voters

12.04.10
Transport Minister Sadiq Khan faces new allegations of milking Commons expenses to send out propaganda... more

David Cameron: Labour has 'run out of steam'

24.03.10
Labour has 'run out of steam', the Conservatives claimed as the party stages Budget Day stunts against the government... more

Hurlingham Club members cry foul over an evening with Cherie Blair

15.01.10
Hurlingham Club in Fulham sparks an angry backlash among its members after inviting Cherie Blair to give a speech... more

Former minister will not have to pay back a penny

13.10.09
Tony McNulty’s hopes of being cleared over expenses affair receives boost after Sir Thomas Legg suggested he would not have to pay back his second homes allowance... more

Alistair Darling stays north of the border while standing in for PM

17.08.09
Gordon Brown's holiday cover came under fire as it emerged Alistair Darling was spending only two and a half days in London standing in for the premier this week... 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

MP with two homes minutes from Commons claims £37,000 expenses

24.03.09
A government whip was embroiled in the growing expenses row after claiming thousands of pounds for a second London home despite already having one within 10 miles of Westminster... more

MPs face probes on homes and sex in the Commons

23.03.09
The row over Commons expenses leads to demands for the second home allowance to be scrapped for MPs living within commuting distance of London... more

Ministers attacked for spending £6,000 on G20 logo for London

10.03.09
Ministers came under fire for spending £6,000 on a logo for the London G20 summit to tackle the economic crisis... more

Dealing with Obama regime ‘unbelievably hard’ says mandarin

10.03.09
Btitain's top civil servant has revealed how hard dealing with the US has become since the handover to Barack Obama’s administration, with the G20 summit a particular problem... more

MP broke rules by writing to voters in next-door seat

25.02.09
A Labour MP has been accused of breaking Government rules by delivering campaigning letters on Commons notepaper to residents in a neighbouring constituency... more

Pity Jade but don’t tune in to this circus

17.02.09
I have talked to loads of people about Jade Goody in the past few days... 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

Boris scraps congestion charge western extension

27.11.08
The western extension of the congestion charge will be scrapped, Boris Johnson has announced... more

Health and safety says gravestones have to go

12.09.08
London councils were accused of "municipal vandalism" after it emerged they are spending millions to uproot gravestones seen as a threat to public health and safety... more

Beijing pays £20,000 for Ken’s junket to Games

15.08.08
Ken Livingstone was given a £20,000 free trip to the Olympics by the Chinese government... more

£20,000 Aslef donation 'is not on Ken register'

28.03.08
A £20,000 donation to Ken Livingstone's 2004 re-election campaign from train drivers' union Aslef was never publicly declared, it is claimed... more


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