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Gene Hunt joins the fight to save Barn Elms from super-sewer

27.05.11
Leading actors and television personalities join the campaign to stop Thames Water using land at Barn Elms as a construction site for the London super-sewer ... more

At war with Boris over Crossrail tax

04.02.11
It takes a real provocation to elicit a rebuke to London's Tory Mayor from a Tory assembly member. But Boris's plans to extend the Crossrail development tax has been attacked by a true-blue from the Transport Committee... more

Boris banks on axed councillors in bid to control fire authority

21.10.09
Boris Johsnon is relying on two Tory councillors suspended for bringing their councils into disrepute to help him seize control of the London Fire Authority... more

Boris plan to move Met police body to City Hall

15.07.08
The Mayor is considering moving the authority that oversees Scotland Yard to new offices in City Hall... more

Historic views will be protected by law once again

22.05.08
Boris Johnson has pledged to restore the protection to London's historic views which was slashed by his predecessor... more

Small shops protest over 'outrageous' business rates

14.05.08
Small shops in London have hit out at the "outrageous" 82 per cent rise in business rates in the capital... more

Election Diary

01.05.08
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Major shake-up at Assembly may give Lib-Dems first seat

29.04.08
The London Assembly faces a dramatic shake-up as four of its 14 directly-elected seats could change hands... more

China's thugs and fears over 2012 'gun guards'

08.04.08
The Olympic flame fiasco has ignited a row over foreign security services helping to police the 2012 Olympics, the Evening Standard can reveal... more

Mayor's watchdogs face a tough fight for seats

07.04.08
It may be a sideshow to the Ken versus Boris battle, but the elections for the London Assembly will go a long way to determining the effectiveness of the next Mayor of London... more

The property tycoons and Ken

25.03.08
As the Electoral Commission investigates the way Ken Livingstone's re-election bid is funded, we reveal his personal backing for London's most powerful developers ... more

Come on, Ken, tell us who your donors are

17.03.08
Yesterday's news that Ken Livingstone took a secret donation from property developer Gerald Ronson - after backing his plan for a 46-storey tower block - is even worse than it looks... more


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