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Boris in crony row over his key aide's LDA role

07.07.09
Boris Johnson was accused of cronyism after he appointed one of his key aides to the London Development Agency... more

Boris Johnson axes deputy mayor post

06.07.09
Boris Johsnon has overhauled his top team at City Hall in the wake of the Ian Clement expenses scandal and criticism of his "shambolic" leadership... more

Have our men really become the Bad Dads?

23.06.09
Why do we bother with Father's Day? The male parent offers precious little to celebrate. Most fathers are absent, in mind if not in body, and those that are present are greedy, stupid, lazy, drunk, selfish and bald... more

Champion of picture books named Children's Laureate

09.06.09
Author and illustrator Anthony Browne was announced as the Children's Laureate, and described how picture books helped families to bond... more

Mayor wants to attract more foreign students

13.05.09
Boris Johnson opened a potential new split with Tory leaders by announcing plans to encourage more long-term migration by overseas students... more

Supertax 'hits capital four times harder than rest of UK'

27.04.09
Alistair Darling's "soak the rich" Budget will hit London four times harder than the rest of the UK and leave high earners paying nearly £5billion in extra taxes, the Mayor's senior aides claim... more

Londoners paying price of PM's manic meddling, says Boris

25.11.08
Boris Johnson unleashed an unprecedented personal attack on Gordon Brown as it emerged London was the big loser of the mini-budget... more

Borrow to spend now but pay later

25.11.08
Far from boosting confidence, the Chancellor's pre-Budget report has alarmed critics and supporters alike... more

Mayor's plans to help capital 'weather the financial storm'

27.10.08
Boris Johnson has announced plans to help London through the financial crisis... more

Running London

08.10.08
Running the capital involves many leaders outside City Hall to cater for Londoners' lives, as this list shows...... more

Welfare state makes people lazy says Mayor aide

24.09.08
A key adviser to Boris Johnson has attacked Britain's welfare system, blaming it for making people selfish and lazy... more

Yes, I’m Boris’s chief enforcer – the supertanker is now turning

08.09.08
In his first interview since becoming City Hall chief of staff, Sir Simon Milton talks about the problems at the top and his own battle with leukaemia... more

Tories 'will not be able to cut taxes'

04.09.08
Boris Johnson's newly-appointed policy guru claimed there was a growing case for public spending cuts... more

Now Team Boris really needs to get into gear

21.08.08
Tim Parker's resignation is proof that the Mayor hasn't got his City Hall machine right. He must have people around him who know what he wants - and how to get it done... more

Prescott tries to blame Boris for 'insane' report

14.08.08
John Prescott has sought to smear London Mayor Boris Johnson over a report arguing a million northerners should migrate to the capital... more

Boris, beware the battle of the egos

05.08.08
The new Mayor has assembled a strong team. Now, on the eve of his first 100 days, he needs to find a way to bring out the best in them but make clear who is in charge ... more

Our new man in town to fight political correctness

23.07.08
I first met Anthony Browne, Boris Johnson's new policy director, in the newsroom of The Observer in 2002... more

Think tank chief joins team Boris

22.07.08
Boris Johnson has appointed the director of a leading Tory think tank as his director of policy at City Hall... more

Comment: Exciting times at the Tories' feeder school

22.07.08
Think tanks surely ought to be boring. Yet when Policy Exchange held its summer party recently, guests had to crush themselves into the room... more

Tax plan 'could crush art market'

25.02.08
London's booming art market could be crushed by the "nondom" tax proposals, experts have warned... more

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