Politics

Ministers tie TfL funding to RPI+1 fare rises, leaving Londoners to underwrite upgrades

Londoners face a tube fare package that is explicitly tied to a government funding settlement for Tr...

Politics category • 2025-08-21 10:09

Greenwich's inclusive language guide sparks national row over advisory rules

Greenwich council’s advisory inclusive-language guide has become the latest sign in a widening polit...

Politics category • 2025-08-20 06:02

Flags and painted crosses spark row over patriotism and intimidation in Birmingham and Tower Hamlets

Images of St George’s Crosses and Union Jacks suddenly appearing across streets in English towns hav...

Politics category • 2025-08-20 05:57

London faces surge in residents with no credible housing plan, Standard warns

The Evening Standard’s latest commentary makes a stark case: London is being asked to absorb a surge...

Politics category • 2025-08-20 05:54

Met tells officers not to dance at Notting Hill Carnival as policing tightens after violence

The Metropolitan Police has warned officers not to dance with revellers at this weekend’s Notting Hi...

Politics category • 2025-08-20 05:51

Met to test live facial recognition at Notting Hill as legal battle reignites over bias and oversight

The Metropolitan Police’s plan to use live facial recognition at Notting Hill Carnival has sparked f...

Politics category • 2025-08-20 05:45

Councils’ inclusive‑language guides prompt rows over advisory tips, not bans

Council staff in the Royal Borough of Greenwich have been handed an advisory inclusive-language guid...

Politics category • 2025-08-19 20:11

Westminster plans PSPO extension and expanded CCTV to tackle midnight car meets in Soho and Mayfair

According to the Evening Standard, Westminster City Council is proposing to broaden a Public Space P...

Politics category • 2025-08-19 09:51

Give councils real power over gambling licences to protect high streets, not more Whitehall rules

Walking down Britain's high streets today, the familiar corner shop or butcher is increasingly repla...

Politics category • 2025-08-19 09:50

TfL figures reignite fight over who should pay for London travel

TfL’s own figures have become the fulcrum of a fresh debate about who should pay for travel in Londo...

Politics category • 2025-08-19 09:47

Westminster’s bid to curb noisy car meets sparks row as Reform UK backs tough action with surveillance caveats

Westminster City's bid to extend a nuisance-vehicle Public Spaces Protection Order into Soho and May...

Politics category • 2025-08-19 09:45

Hillingdon advertises £127.9m highways deal as timetable and value rise from prior notice

Hillingdon’s Labour-led council has formally launched a major highways term service procurement, adv...

Politics category • 2025-08-19 09:45

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

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