The post of 'Minister for London' has been quietly abolished as part of a wider move to boost the role of Boris Johnson, the Standard has learned... more
Tony McNulty, the minister who used his parliamentary expenses to allow his parents to live rent-free in his constituency home, has been ousted from his Harrow seat... more
Top London surgeon set for victory in his battle to save a specialist hospital from closure after threatening to stand against a former minister at the general election... more
One of the capital's top surgeons is set to stand against a former Labour minister at the general election in an attempt to save a specialist hospital in London... more
Tony McNulty’s hopes of being cleared over expenses affair receives boost after Sir Thomas Legg suggested he would not have to pay back his second homes allowance... more
A full inquiry into the scandal of MPs' pay and perks was speeded up as dozens of London MPs were set to pocket an inflation-busting rise of more than nine per cent... more
London minister Tony McNulty's political future was thrown into doubt after Westminster's sleaze watchdog launched an inquiry into his expenses... more
EVEN Tony McNulty, the London minister who claims a second-home allowance for his parents' home while living eight miles away in Hammersmith, has admitted that there are "anomalies" in the system of allowances that MPs enjoy which need to be sorted out... more
Gordon Brown faced fresh accusations of "complacency" over the dire state of the economy after a minister claimed there was "light at the end of the tunnel" for Britain's jobless... more
A 14-year-old boy has been stabbed at the ExCeL centre in east London as government minister Tony McNulty opened a skills and careers fair for young people at the venue... more
Jack Straw has admitted that new rules allowing knife offenders to be let off with a fine will come into force next month, despite promises of tougher action... more
Senior MPs have declared that the Met is still dogged by "institutional" race problems more than 10 years after the inquiry into Stephen Lawrence's murder... more
Congestion is a big issue in the race to be mayor. But it's not just about bendy buses. For one Londoner, the new rules on utility company works still are not tough enough
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