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Fulham town hall to become new hotel

16.08.11
Fulham town hall is likely to be turned into a hotel after it is sold in a deal worth more than £10 million... more

Council chief to control 153 schools

25.07.11
One man is set to take responsibility for more than 150 London schools in the first promotion of its kind in the country... more

Woman evicted over all-night Tina Turner singalongs

05.07.11
A woman who sang Tina Turner songs at full blast in all-night karaoke sessions is evicted after she refuses to 'pipe down'... more

May pledges extra cash to crack down on 16 'terror hotspots' across capital

07.06.11
Two in three of Britain's most dangerous 'terror hotspots' are in London, according to a new government strategy on fighting extremism... more

For sale: Fulham town hall has a future as boutique hotel

06.05.11
A Grade II-listed Victorian town hall is being sold off and could be converted into a boutique hotel... more

Personal trainers, dog walkers and nannies told to pay for using parks

26.04.11
Personal trainers, nannies and even dog walkers could face paying thousands of pounds a year to use public parks for business... more

Football clubs agree to pay for match-day traffic control

18.04.11
Three London football clubs have agreed to pay for match-day traffic management in a deal that will save taxpayers more than £100,000 a year... more

Boroughs to merge services in drive to save £35 million

09.02.11
Three flagship Tory councils today announced their plans to merge back office services in a bid to save £35 million - with the loss of 500 jobs... more

Big Society under assault again as council sells charities' homes

08.02.11
David Cameron's Big Society plans came under attack again today after a Tory council agreed to sell off nine buildings that house charities... more

Parents fight to save Sure Start centres from town hall cuts

28.01.11
Children's centres across London could be shut or downgraded as councils try to balance their books... more

First supercouncil could save town halls £100m

22.10.10
Plans for the first 'supercouncil' in London, to serve almost 600,000 people, were unveiled... more

Tory flagship borough: How to save £200m by cutting red tape

14.09.10
David Cameron’s favourite Tory town hall, Hammersmith and Fulham, draws up a list of 100 ways to free councils from red tape... more

Residents kick up stink over £3.6 billion super-sewer

13.09.10
Londoners warned to expect seven years of disruption as Thames Water revealed the proposed route of its £3.6 billion super-sewer... more

Town halls defend spending on pet cats, free-running ... and a wolfman

06.09.10
Two London councils defend spending thousands of pounds on free-running, cat boarding and comics... more

Private schools are paid £110,000 by council to help teach state pupils education'

22.06.10
London council confirms that it spent £110,000 on sending children to private schools to top up their state education... more

Tory-run council pays £110,000 to private schools

21.06.10
London borough has paid £110,000 to independent schools including St Paul’s and Latymer Upper in the past three months... 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

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

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

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

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

Comment: C-charge change

03.06.08
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


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