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Council tax bills cut for millions of Londoners

02.11.09
NEW: Londoners stand to benefit as authorities compete to freeze or cut council tax bills in the run-up to the general election... more

London drivers face double whammy of ‘£1 a mile toll’ and congestion charge

12.10.09
Motorists face being charged to drive on London’s busiest roads under radical new plans by Boris Johnson... more

Boris Johnson shelves plan to scrap C-charge

23.09.09
EXCLUSIVE: Plans to scrap the western extension of the congestion charge zone have been shelved because of the recession... more

The Tube goes up in lights, sponsored by Coke

29.07.09
Transport for London has signed a deal with Coca-Cola to broadcast Tube service updates at Piccadilly Circus... more

BNP threat at the polls is looking hollow

18.05.09
The backlash against the big parties is undeniable but it doesn't seem to be benefiting the BNP as much as you might think... more

Senior Tory sinks Mayor's plan for Boris island airport

15.05.09
The Mayor of London's plan for a 'Boris Island' were dealt a blow as the shadow transport secretary ruled out the idea... more

Boris wants voters to have power over police and buses

29.04.09
Mayor Boris Johnson backed an extraordinary attempt by London councils to grab power for the people... more

Immigrants are good for us. Let them stay - and pay their taxes

10.03.09
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City in revolt: locals take on bankers in Square Mile poll

09.03.09
The bankers, accountants and businesspeople who run the City of London are facing an election backlash triggered by the recession... more

Hire-purchase plan to help Londoners on to property ladder

03.03.09
Hundreds of London families will be helped onto the property ladder by a hire-purchase scheme which Mayor Boris Johnson is announcing... more

Councils keep taxes down by cutting costs

26.02.09
Average council tax rises in the capital will be just 1.2 per cent this year - less than half the national figure - it was revealed... more

Smaller increases are good, but there will be service cuts

13.02.09
Council tax remains politically toxic. Ministers threaten to cap councils that fail to keep local tax increases down, so authorities now do what they are told... more

Met is facing threats to its survival

28.01.09
SIR Paul Stephenson, London's new police Commissioner, will need to re-motivate and re-position his force... more

£2 fuse brings £9bn upgrade of West Coast line to a halt

15.12.08
The West Coast Main Line was brought to a halt by a £2 fuse, only hours after it reopened following its £9 billion rebuild... more

Six months on ... the Boris audit

12.11.08
In a now legendary Guardian article on mayoral election day, Boris Johnson's sternest critics predicted what it would be like "if this bigoted, lying, Old Etonian buffoon got his hands on our diverse and liberal capital"... more

Downturn casts doubt over Crossrail funding

31.10.08
Business leaders have raised fears they could struggle to raise their £3.5billion contribution to Crossrail during the economic downturn... more

London councils suffer from Iceland banking crash

09.10.08
London town halls face raising council taxes and cutting spending in the wake of the Icelandic banking crash... more

Ken cronies' £1.6m payoff

04.08.08
Eight of Ken Livingstone's closest "cronies" are to receive pay-offs totalling £1.6 million after he changed the rules before he lost the election... more

Video: Are the Olympics good for London?

09.07.08
Click on the links below for video highlights of the Evening Standard's Influentials debate on 'Are the Olympics good for London?' featuring Tessa Jowell, Will Self, Andrew Gilligan, Sebastian Coe and Kate Hoey...... more

Welcome to the court of King Newt

02.07.08
Ken Livingstone is plotting his political comeback from a small north London office, even answering his own telephone... more

Think small, Boris - and you'll change people's lives

12.06.08
Boris Johnson must remember that the GLA is young and there is great scope for change, says Andrew Gilligan... more

Team Boris

23.05.08
The way the new Mayor runs London offers a blueprint of how a Conservative government would run the country... more

Ringing the changes at City Hall

16.05.08
The change of regime at City Hall is a complex business... more

The booby traps waiting for Boris

06.05.08
How the new Mayor deals with Met chief Sir Ian Blair and TfL boss Peter Hendy - and other key members of the old Team Ken - will determine the success of his first months... more

How to cast your votes

30.04.08
Londoners are deciding whether to re-elect Ken Livingstone or give the keys of City Hall to his Tory rival Boris Johnson... more

Comment: London's vital second vote

30.04.08
The method Londoners must use to elect their mayor tomorrow is a potential source of confusion... more

Major shake-up at Assembly may give Lib-Dems first seat

29.04.08
The London Assembly faces a dramatic shake-up as four of its 14 directly-elected seats could change hands... more

Contest 'will go to the wire'

16.04.08
The race between Ken Livingstone and Boris Johnson is "too close to call" an influential study has found... more

Mayor's watchdogs face a tough fight for seats

07.04.08
It may be a sideshow to the Ken versus Boris battle, but the elections for the London Assembly will go a long way to determining the effectiveness of the next Mayor of London... more

Poles may swing it for Boris

15.02.08
Poles and other European migrants in London could swing the mayoral election away from Ken Livingstone, it has been claimed... more

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