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West Ham win race to take over 2012 Olympic Stadium

11.02.11
East London club defeated Premier League rivals Tottenham in a bitter battle for the Stratford site... more

History of the Olympic Park Legacy Company and what happens next

08.02.11
The final decision on who should become the tenants of the Olympic Stadium after the 2012 Games is reaching its conclusion... more

Tessa Jowell: Olympics stadium must remain athletics venue

20.01.11
Former Olympics minister Tessa Jowell insists the Olympic Stadium in east London must continue to be an athletics venue after the 2012 Games... more

New twist in battle for Olympic Stadium as Crystal Palace plan move

18.01.11
Palace set to reveal details of their plans to move to the crumbling National Sports Centre from their current Selhurst Park home... more

Action to stop more fires in tower blocks ‘cannot wait’

17.12.10
Urgent action is needed to protect residents of high-rise buildings from fires like the fatal blaze in Camberwell last year, a report warns... more

City Spy: Era of corporate jolly under threat

19.10.10
Nervous times in the hospitality industry as the new Bribery Act continues to provoke alarm... more

9,000 public sector workers earn more than David Cameron

20.09.10
More than 9,000 employees working in the public sector are paid more than the Prime Minister, it was disclosed... more

Boris Johnson blamed as number of new homes built falls to a 20-year low

27.08.10
Boris Johnson’s housing plans under attack as it emerges fewer homes were built in London last year than at any time over the last 20 years... more

Olympic triumph is my election ticket and I won’t let cuts spoil it

27.07.10
Boris Johnson sets out his hopes for 2012. He tells of his fight for legacy cash and worries over the phone network... more

Government agrees to honour £438m Olympic land deal

08.07.10
Legacy of the 2012 Olympics received a major boost today as George Osborne signed off a long-awaited £438million land deal... more

Spending review threatens Olympics legacy, claims Boris Johnson

02.07.10
Mayor acucses the Government of jeopardising the Olympic legacy by holding up a £438 million land deal... more

My big doubts about the Tory Big Society

05.05.10
Charities perform vital social work - but can do so only as part of something that looks suspiciously like the Big State... more

Boris equality champion sacked for 'n word' slur

29.10.09
Latest: Senior manager at Boris Johnson's regeneration agency has been sacked after using 'extremely offensive and racist' language... more

Richmond: London's happy valley

14.07.09
Richmond residents are some of the most satisfied in the country with where they live. Our reporter Will Self seeks the secret of their inner peace... more

Fire response system to miss 2012 deadline

22.06.09
A new £1.4billion fire emergency response control system designed to deal with major incidents such as a terrorist attack at the 2012 Olympics will not be operational until after the Games, it is feared... more

Chelsea is still the last stand of London's toffs

21.05.09
Every year I think it will be different, and every year it is the same. I am speaking of the experience of attending the Chelsea Flower Show... more

Licence-to-let proposals target rogue landlords

05.05.09
A national registration system could be introduced to protect tenants from unscrupulous landlords, it was reported... more

Umpires rule on playing field sales are ruled offside

11.03.09
Ministers are to introduce rules to make it harder to sell playing fields to property developers... more

Westminster pays £100,000 to send immigrants back home

12.01.09
Westminster council has spent £100,000 sending homeless eastern European immigrants home... more

Olympic chiefs ask for £400m as athletes' village risks slowdown

06.10.08
Olympics chiefs may ask the Government for a bail-out of more than £400 million to keep the construction programme in the Olympic Park on track during the credit crunch... more

Six ministers, 13 departments but no single leader

04.09.08
The chaos hampering London's 2012 sporting legacy is revealed today. No single individual is dedicated to realising the promised Olympics sports legacy and there are growing fears that the ambitious scheme will end up mired in bureaucracy... more

Muslim MP banned from Islam conference

14.07.08
A Muslim minister was banned from attending an Islamic conference in London after claims that some of its organisers are extremist backers of suicide bombers... more

Developers to get cash boost for affordable homes

02.07.08
Big developers are to be given more cash in advance to help them carry on building affordable homes through the credit crunch... more


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