Politics

BusinessLDN warns Fair Funding Review could cut inner London services by up to 12%

BusinessLDN has warned ministers in a formal letter that proposals in the government’s Fair Funding ...

Politics category • 2025-08-19 00:57

Propertymark urges pause on Hackney licensing until Renters’ Rights register arrives

Propertymark has urged local authorities to pause plans for broad landlord‑licensing schemes and wai...

Politics category • 2025-08-19 00:51

Labour’s housing push risks shifting the fight from cities to peoples’ gardens

Labour’s plan to deliver 1.5 million homes over the next Parliament has turned Britain’s housing deb...

Politics category • 2025-08-18 14:48

TfL plan to cut electric van Congestion Charge discount sparks warnings it could slow fleet electrification

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Politics category • 2025-08-18 14:47

Roe Green festival licence reignites battle over noise, litter and park use

Plans for a three‑day Gujarati cultural festival at Roe Green Park have rekindled a familiar row ove...

Politics category • 2025-08-18 14:46

Westminster gives unanimous go‑ahead for deep retrofit and rooftop extension at Vogue House

Westminster councillors have given unanimous planning consent to Piercy&Company’s proposal to overha...

Politics category • 2025-08-18 14:42

New mayoral spending row exposes gaps between registers and practice

New Labour’s early months in office have been overshadowed by a metropolitan spending row that reads...

Politics category • 2025-08-18 14:39

Khan offers meeting with Trump while warning his rhetoric risks normalising exclusion

London’s mayor, Sadiq Khan, said he would be “more than happy” to meet US president Donald Trump, ev...

Politics category • 2025-08-17 21:13

Southwark to refund motorists after contractor’s template error issued 10,000 bus‑lane fines

Southwark Council to refund motorists after bus‑lane PCN error prompts renewed scrutiny of enforceme...

Politics category • 2025-08-17 13:36

Polanski’s eco‑populist surge forces Greens to choose between headline tactics and fiscal credibility

Zack Polanski, the insurgent figure who has recast his Green Party leadership bid around a self‑styl...

Politics category • 2025-08-17 13:33

Rayner faces fresh scrutiny as FOI probes Admiralty House layout and council tax liability

Angela Rayner is under fresh fire after opposition MPs used freedom of information requests to probe...

Politics category • 2025-08-17 05:29

Selina Scott mugging sparks row over visible policing as Labour criticised

West End mugging becomes flashpoint in policing debate as critics blame Labour leadership broadcas...

Politics category • 2025-08-16 16:51

Rats swarm Hackney block as ombudsman finds long‑running failings at Notting Hill Genesis

Harrowing footage published this week shows dozens of rats pouring out of a bin and utility room at ...

Politics category • 2025-08-16 16:49

Ealing Common blighted again as large traveller convoy fuels row over removals and costs

A large convoy of travellers pitched up beside Ealing Common in west London, and the episode has spa...

Politics category • 2025-08-16 16:48

Labour accused of pre‑empting Diane Abbott probe as potential successors are sounded out

Moves inside the Labour party to line up potential successors to Diane Abbott in Hackney North and S...

Politics category • 2025-08-16 06:22

Long reads probe who pays for big promises as Labour priorities come under scrutiny

This week’s long reads from The Guardian move effortlessly between intimate human stories and the ci...

Politics category • 2025-08-16 06:22

Drug dealing at Westminster Cathedral steps exposes clash between outreach and enforcement

The quiet ritual inside Westminster Cathedral on a Sunday evening — choral music, the words of the l...

Politics category • 2025-08-16 06:20

London faces fresh wave of prosecutions after mass Parliament Square arrests

London is braced for a new wave of prosecutions after another weekend of mass arrests in central Lon...

Politics category • 2025-08-15 20:59

Ministers speed up London Challenge revival with Rise rollout to tackle widening regional attainment gaps

Ministers have unveiled an accelerated plan to transplant the methods behind London’s dramatic schoo...

Politics category • 2025-08-15 20:58

TfL foregoes £84m on 60+ Oyster photocard as calls grow to target concessions

Transport for London’s long‑running concession for older Londoners has been thrust back into the pol...

Politics category • 2025-08-15 10:59

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