For hedge fund star Paul Marshall, the City's richest are still not giving enough back to society. Here he explains his dedication to the schools charity Ark and its role in the recent controversy over a new free school in Wandsworth... more
David Cameron and Boris Johnson enjoy an uneasy alliance, especially as the capital’s Mayor has his eyes on the top Tory prize, says Anne McElvoy... more
NEW: MPs attack First Capital Connect and union bosses for leaving thousands of commuters stranded due to a driver shortage on Thameslink trains... more
The financial nightmare on the East Coast Main Line out of King’s Cross is set to end at midnight next Friday the 13th, when Britain’s most lucrative rail network is nationalised ... more
Is it any wonder the railways are in a mess, given the turnover of Transport Secretaries? During the privatisation of the railways in the 1990s, the Tories managed to get through five Secretaries of State ... more
The revelation that train fares in Britain are 50 per cent more expensive than in the rest of Europe can only exasperate passengers whose New Year increases of six per cent for peak-time fares greatly exceeded inflation... more
Senior Tory Michael Gove raised fears that the integrity of Labour's education reforms could suffer after the replacement of Lord Adonis as Schools Minister... more
Sound check: German industrial metal band Rammstein literally play with fire in their live performances - and now they are about to unleash their singeing spectacle on London. Watch out for your eyebrows
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