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Inquiry into Met guards lending money to royals

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 08:26:41 GMT

Police watchdog is to review the practice of allowing protection officers to lend money to members of the royal family

Sir Paul Stephenson under attack as he admits Met gun patrol blunders

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:27:16 GMT

Scotland Yard chief Sir Paul Stephenson faces criticism over blunders that allowed armed police patrols

Met chiefs face questions over armed police

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:11:18 GMT

Senior Scotland Yard officers are facing questions over why they were kept in the dark that armed patrols had been used in London since June

Met �must rethink� plan to put machine gun police on street

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 07:46:25 GMT

Met under pressure to reverse its decision to begin armed patrols on some London streets

You�re booked: Met spends �1m a year on hotel rooms

Fri, 18 Sep 2009 07:34:59 GMT

EXCLUSIVE: Metropolitan Police is spending more than �1million a year on hotel bookings, some costing in excess of �35,000 a day

Boris �betrayal� as he breaks his promise

Tue, 21 Apr 2009 08:38:53 GMT

Boris Johnson was accused of "betrayal" as it was revealed he has ditched plans for three rape crisis centres

Battle lines drawn to keep ticket offices open closure

Wed, 28 Jan 2009 08:22:56 GMT

Politicians and union leaders have urged rail commuters to back the Evening Standard�s campaign for safer stations

Legal threat to Mayor's plan for 10 academies

Wed, 12 Nov 2008 09:03:09 GMT

Boris Johnson's plans for 10 new city academies across London ran into difficulty as it emerged they could face legal challenges

Call to make cycle mirrors for lorries compulsory

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 08:02:37 GMT

Boris Johnson is facing calls from the London Assembly to improve cyclists' safety by ensuring all lorries in the capital are fitted with safety mirrors

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

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 08:15:12 GMT

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

Mayor's watchdogs face a tough fight for seats

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 08:10:47 GMT

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