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Islington leads way in bid for equality in pay levels

19.10.11
A London council has become the first town hall in the capital to pledge that its highest-paid employee will earn no more that 10 times that of its lowest-paid worker... more

Philip Hammond finds £5m to avoid EU pollution fines

05.04.11
Transport Secretary Philip Hammond provided an extra £5 million to tackle London's pollution 'hot spots' ... more

Mayor blames Europe for bad air days: Dirt clouds from Continent 'led to breaches of pollution targets'

24.03.11
Boris Johnson blames clouds of pollution blowing in from Europe for London breaching its air quality targets... more

London cable cars are go but £40m bill is in the air

21.03.11
Londoners will be treated to spectacular views of the Thames after Boris Johnson approved plans for a cable car across the river - but taxpayers could be forced to foot the £40 million bill... more

Noise fears over Biggin Hill airport flights

15.03.11
Increasing the number of flights at Biggin Hill airport in Kent will inflict months of noise misery on local people, campaigners claimed... more

Wanted: One Crossrail chief. Pay £550,000 a year. (Four times as much as Boris Johnson)

04.03.11
A search is under way for a candidate to fill the best-paid job in Boris Johnson's empire - the chief executive of Crossrail... more

Mayor's pledge on electric car network 'has lost its spark'

15.02.11
Boris Johnson was today accused of failing to deliver on a promise to make London the 'electric car capital of Europe'... more

All of London’s firefighters will be sacked

11.01.11
Fire brigade chiefs are preparing to sack all 5,500 London firefighters despite their decision to end industrial action... more

Black cabs could be hardest hit by pollution controls

14.10.10
Boris Johnson is considering tough new rules for the vehicles that cause most pollution in central London — including a possible ban on black cabs... more

Pollution kills 4,200 people every year in London

30.06.10
More than 4,200 Londoners are dying early every year because of long-term exposure to traffic pollution, research shows ... more

Greens pledge more wind and solar power for homes

22.04.10
Huge roll-out of wind turbines in back gardens and solar panels on roofs is at the heart of the Green Party’s manifesto for London... more

30,000 council anti-waste leaflets binned

15.02.10
Council sends out 33,000 paper questionnaires as part of a drive against waste and gets back just 3,100 - meaning 29,900 were discarded... more

Boris Johnson: London needs to prepare for extreme weather

09.02.10
Boris Johnson warns Londoners to prepare for extreme weather such as flooding and heatwaves... more

Boris Johnson spends £500,000 to rebrand London

29.01.10
Boris Johnson has hired top design consultants to 'rebrand' London at a cost of £500,000 ... more

Fury after Green chief Darren Johnson tweets from illegal cab

11.12.09
Senior London politician forced to apologise after taking an illegal minicab home from the City Hall Christmas party... more

Traffic-free days in Boris battle to cut pollution target

04.12.09
Cars could be banned from central London on designated days amid fears that Britain might not hit clean air targets... more

Boris aide's 'strong-arm' tactics over top arts job

03.12.09
Boris Johnson was accused of cronyism as new evidence emerged about his behind-the-scenes battle to appoint an ally to a key arts job... more

'Mayor's pact with cabbies leaves unsafe taxis on roads'

29.09.09
Thousands of black cabs emitting illegal levels of pollution re being allowed on London's streets as a result of Boris Johnson 'cosying up' to the taxi trade... more

Assembly tries to stop BNP ‘hijacking’ the Queen’s party

21.05.09
The London Assembly is trying to stop BNP leader Nick Griffin attending a Buckingham Palace party... more

Boris told: Cut air pollution to save 3,000 deaths a year

01.05.09
Boris Johnson was criticised for failing to tackle air pollution which contributes to the deaths of 3,000 Londoners a year - three times more than previously thought... more

Britain 'facing £300m fine' after Mayor shelves pollution plans

15.04.09
The Mayor's decision to shelve anti- pollution measures and curb the congestion charge could leave Britain facing a £300million EU fine, ministers fear... more

Boris faces down green lobby with environment team cuts

25.03.09
Boris Johnson has been criticised over plans to cut his environment and equalities departments... more

'Scrap postcode lottery of local recycling schemes'

13.02.09
The different recycling schemes across London are "irrational and confusing" for residents and should be scrapped, it has been claimed... more

The boroughs composting less than 1 per cent of household rubbish

26.11.08
Thousands of tonnes of rubbish that could be used to make compost are being sent to landfill every week in London... more

Mayor dashes hopes for 20mph speed limit across the capital

08.10.08
Plans for a "blanket" 20mph speed limit covering most of London have been scrapped, campaigners claim... more

Ken's £1m solar panels are a power failure

21.08.08
The solar panels at City Hall cost nearly £1 million but only produce 1.5 per cent of the building's electricity, it has emerged... more

Green row as Boris cancels low-carbon vehicles order

07.08.08
Boris Johnson's green credentials came under fire after he cancelled an order for 60 low-carbon vehicles in what was the largest hydrogen transport project in the country... more

Ken spies on Boris and warns him: I'll be back every month

09.05.08
Ken Livingstone returns to City Hall, exactly a week after he lost his position of Mayor of London to Tory rival Boris Johnson... more

Election Diary

19.03.08
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100 politicians join fight over Heathrow runway

18.02.08
Campaigners from across the political spectrum today joined forces to condemn plans to expand Heathrow... more


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