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'Big brother' plan to spot-check and tow cars owing more than three fines

06.11.09

Legally parked vehicles could be towed away as traffic wardens in London are to do spot checks, hunting for vehicles with a backlog of unpaid tickets... more

Town hall staff pay is frozen in crackdown on council tax rises

05.11.09

Hundreds of town hall staff are to have their pay frozen as a crackdown on council tax hikes sweeps across London... more

Council tax bills cut for millions of Londoners

02.11.09

NEW: Londoners stand to benefit as authorities compete to freeze or cut council tax bills in the run-up to the general election... more

Kebab house closed after salmonella poisoning outbreak

22.09.09

West London kebab house has closed while a major salmonella poisoning outbreak is investigated... more

Hammersmith Palais is set to be turned into student flats

10.09.09

The Hammersmith Palais is likely to be knocked down and replaced with a students' hall of residence... more

50 per cent in capital still take no exercise, warns health watchdog

28.07.09

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Standing still is simply not an option

10.07.09

“Many council estates have become what they were fighting in the first place - social ghettos.”... more

Standing still is simply not an option

10.07.09

“Many council estates have become what they were fighting in the first place - social ghettos.”... more

‘Plot to rid council estates of poor’

09.07.09

David Cameron's favourite Tory town hall is being accused of planning a "social cleansing" programme of demolishing council estates... more

Alcohol ban on streets that are magnet for drunks

20.05.09

Drinking is to be banned from some of London’s wealthiest streets amid worries they are attracting a growing number of drunks... more

Residents demand end of parking restrictions

30.04.09

Residents living next to Westfield are still suffering parking problems six months after it opened, it has emerged... more

Town halls pay for 350 more bobbies on the beat

14.04.09

Councils in the capital are spending millions of pounds on extra police to calm residents' fears of crime... more

Thousands join trend to extend in bid to beat property slump

27.03.09

Tens of thousands of London families are choosing extensions instead of moving house to protect themselves from the property slump, figures show... more

Councils keep taxes down by cutting costs

26.02.09

Average council tax rises in the capital will be just 1.2 per cent this year - less than half the national figure - it was revealed... more

Campaign for west London Crossrail stop

24.02.09

An extra Crossrail station could be added for residents in west London... more

Day Three and rubbish piles up on the streets

04.02.09

A huge backlog of uncollected rubbish is mounting on London’s streets in the wake of Monday’s snow storm... more

Campaigners put post office back on the map in Olympia

30.01.09

The only postcode in London without a post office will have service restored almost a year after the last one closed... more

Hammersmith has capital's worst record for alcohol problems

18.12.08

A west London borough has been identified as having the capital's worst problem with drinkers, figures reveal... more

Council urges Mayor to abolish C-charge extension before 2010

28.11.08

Westminster council has called on Mayor Boris Johnson to exercise "emergency powers" to scrap the congestion charge zone's western extension immediately... more

Fight is on to save comedy venue from a concrete-filled fate

29.08.08

One of London's best-loved independent music and comedy clubs is set to be closed down and filled in with concrete... more

Crater for sewer 'will stink out most of borough'

15.07.08

Plans to dig a 30-metre wide crater as part of a £2 billion "super-sewer" will destroy a park and blight much of a London borough with its stench, it was claimed... more

Trials for cancer drug that helps 40% of women

01.07.08

A breast cancer drug which can prolong the life of sufferers is being tested in London - with 40 per cent of women responding positively to treatment... more

One of the Mayor's election pledges was to consult the public on whether to keep the western zone of the congestion charge. He says he is working with Transport for London to establish the timetable for a consultation as a "matter of urgency"... more

Boris Johnson told: give people a say now on western zone of C-charge

03.06.08

Boris Johnson was under pressure from a Tory council to hold a referendum on the western extension of the congestion charge zone... more

Parents fight plans for bilingual city academy

27.05.08

Parents are fighting plans to turn a London comprehensive into the country's first bilingual city academy... more

Post office serving flats for the blind is spared axe

06.05.08

A post office serving a block of flats for the blind has been saved. It is one of two in Hammersmith and Fulham that will be given a reprieve following protests from residents and councillors. ... more

Drug arrests soar in first year of 24-hour policing experiment

29.04.08

Trials of round-the-clock policing have led to an increase in the number of drug dealers and addicts being taken off the streets, Met figures show... more

My council makes mincemeat of butcher Syd

11.03.08

Syd, our local Armenian butcher, sells high-quality, good-value meat to chefs like Skye Gyngell and Simon Hopkinson, the local council estate and the groomed mothers of Brook Green. But on Saturday, he is packing up his unpretentious shop after 34 years, having failed to agree a sale price for it from Hammersmith and Fulham council.... more

Look back to see what lurks ahead in banking

03.03.08

Finance is human nature, someone once said, which is why things never change. Each generation gets up to the same old tricks, makes the same old mistakes, and is always surprised when things don't turn out as planned... more