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‘Ban Assembly members from being councillors to stop their double salaries’

03.09.09

City Hall politicians should be banned from boosting their pay by doubling up as local councillors, independent review urges... more

Disabled Olympics fans face shortage of London hotel rooms

24.08.09

Boris Johnson is under pressure as London was faces a shortage of hotel rooms to accommodate disabled spectators at the 2012 Olympics and Paralympics... 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

Ambulance service's computers crash on busy Saturday night

23.03.09

London ambulances' computer system, which controls all medical 999 calls, crashed during one of its busiest nights of the year so far, the Standard has learned... more

Mayor gives Ł30,000 of taxpayers' money to Muslim group led by 'extremist'

12.03.09

Mayor Boris Johnson has given at least Ł30,000 of taxpayers' money to an organisation co-controlled by an Islamist "extremist"... 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

Stop C-zone extension, say Tories

12.09.08

Conservative London Assembly members have written an open letter calling for the western extension of the congestion zone to be abolished... 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

Comment: The lessons of a lost deputy

19.08.08

The Mayor, Boris Johnson, has lost another deputy. Tim Parker, the first deputy mayor, has resigned once it became clear he would not, after all, be running Transport for London, as he was officially set to do next month... more

7/7 blast survivor walks 200 miles on prosthetic limbs to promote peace

18.08.08

A woman who lost both legs in the 7 July terror attacks has told how a 200-mile charity walk to promote peace was the hardest thing she has done... more

Nicked... Ł123,000 worth of goods from police stations

11.08.08

More than £123,000 worth of cash, weapons and equipment has been stolen from London police stations over the last three years, figures show... more

Tory sparks anger with 'poor' jokes

30.05.08

Deputy Mayor Richard Barnes was criticised for joking about "poor people" and suggesting he was "above" them now the Tories run London... 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

Mayor reveals details (and wages) of his key advisers

21.05.08

Boris Johnson has delivered on a key election promise by publishing the details - including salaries - of his senior team of advisers... 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

Who's in and who's out

07.05.08

The energy of London is nowhere more reflected than in the shifting balance of power among its thoughtmakers, trendsetters and leaders. Every week, Gideon Spanier looks at who's in and who's out. ... more

Mayor names Cabinet members ... including his four deputies

06.05.08

Boris Johnson's revolution at City Hall continued apace as he appointed senior Tories to lead the police and fire authorities... more

'Truce' declared with Met chief

06.05.08

The new mayor will hold a crime summit with Sir Ian Blair this week amid signs that a truce has been struck... more

Security staff would escort defeated mayor from City Hall

01.05.08

Ken Livingstone and his top aides could face being escorted from City Hall by security staff within minutes of the election result being declared... more

Probe on Menezes killing is shelved to protect Ian Blair

17.04.08

A key inquiry into the Met's handling of the Stockwell shooting has been shelved for political reasons... more

City Hall staff helped Ken bid to rejoin Labour

11.04.08

Ken Livingstone's aides used taxpayer-funded resources to campaign for re-admission to the Labour Party, documents obtained by the Evening Standard reveal... more

Olympic officials and police blame each other over torch relay farce

07.04.08

Olympic officials and the Metropolitan police are locked in a row over who was to blame for the torch relay farce which brought embarrassment to London... more

Now we're all counting the real cost of Ken

03.04.08

The Mayor has control of an enormous budget. Now taxpayers should assess which candidate for the job will give us the best value for money... more

New call for Jasper probe

26.02.08

The Met has been asked by City Hall to reopen its investigation into mayoral aide Lee Jasper, it has emerged... more

Ken rebuffed in demand for Jasper police probe

20.02.08

The City Hall grants scandal took another twist today when Scotland Yard revealed it was not carrying out the Mayor's request to investigate mayoral aide Lee Jasper... more

Ken polls probe as 'public fund re-election campaign'

18.02.08

We reveal the opinion polls watchdog, in an unprecedented development, is to investigate Ipsos Mori's work for the Mayor. But there are even more concerns about his use of surveys... more

Mayor brings in police over his key aide

15.02.08

One of Ken Livingstone's closest aides was suspended today as he vowed to clear his name over claims of missing public funds.... more

Ken's green envoy has the biggest carbon feet

12.02.08

The woman charged by Ken Livingstone to spread his message about the need to tackle climate change has one of the biggest carbon footprints at City Hall... more