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Sadiq Khan war on rip-off pedicabs in London with new £1-a-minute fare restriction

Drivers of the vehicles will also be banned from blaring out loud music

Evening Standard

Senior MP criticised after saying Badenoch is ‘too preoccupied with her children’ to be Tory leader

Sir Christopher Chope questioned former business secretary’s commitment because ‘she spends a lot of time with her family’

Evening Standard

King Charles wakes up in Labour constituency for first time in central London

Tories lose Cities of London and Westminster amid Labour landslide

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Hajj fraud warning given to UK Muslims from MPs and police ahead of 2024 pilgrimage

Scam victims urged to come forward despite criminals preying on their feelings of guilt and shame

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Surge in young Londoners using shisha cafes raised in Parliament as MPs vote on tobacco sales ban

Cities of London and Westminster Tory MP Nickie Aiken sounded the alarm over the growing trend

Evening Standard

The Guardian view on the Tories and rough sleepers: the 200-year-old Vagrancy Act must be axed

Editorial: New penalties for homeless people at a time of rising destitution would be the ugliest politics. The repealers must prevail

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Downing Street calls Black-only theatre performances 'concerning' and 'wrong' as row deepens

‘Clearly restricting audiences on the basis of race would be wrong and divisive,’ says Number 10 spokesperson

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Senior Tory MP Tracey Crouch to stand down at general election

Around 60 Conservative MPs have now said they will not seek re-election

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Minister Greg Hands in fight to win his seat to avoid Tory wipeout in central London, say political experts

The Conservatives currently hold three seats in central London but Labour is strongly targeting at least two of them

Evening Standard

OPINION - The Standard View: Prince William shoulders a heavy royal burden

Quietly, uncomplainingly and earlier than planned, the Prince of Wales has returned to public duties. William, who had temporarily stepped back to look after his wife after she had surgery, will perform an investiture ceremony at Windsor Castle today before attending a gala fundraising dinner for London’s Air Ambulance Charity…

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London's Lime bike epidemic: badly parked cycles are a scourge on the capital's streets

They have transformed the way we get about in our city but the sheer amount of discarded cycles strewn on our pavements has become an increasing menace. Robbie Griffiths reports

Evening Standard

Whose Lime is it anyway? How the green ebikes took over our streets

Are the tech giant’s bikes a convenient and sustainable form of transport or a menace clogging up pavements?

The Guardian - UK

Rogue West End pedicabs could be outlawed by Spring as 'passengers charged £200 for £20 trip'

Transport minister visits central London to see evidence that customers have been 'well and truly ripped-off'

Evening Standard

London pedicab fares to be regulated under new licensing system announced in King’s Speech

The new licensing system will close an archaic legislative loophole which allowed rogue drivers to fleece tourists

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Dodgy pedicab drivers to be driven off London's streets by new law in King's Speech

EXCLUSIVE: New licensing system will ensure rogue pedicab drivers are 'packed off to history'

The Independent UK

Tories complain about Standard’s ‘clear mockery’ of their London mayoralty pick

The party wrote to the newspaper’s editor to express its disapproval at the picture of Susan Hall used on its front page.

Evening Standard

Matt Hancock actor wears a wetsuit as Oakeshott plans a bigger splash

The journalist has promised more stories about Hancock and his ‘flirty messages’

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Give London’s 11 bus Unesco world heritage status, say Tory MPs

The 11 route is due to be ‘restructured’ on April 29

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Sadiq Khan accused of ‘cultural vandalism’ as he presses ahead with changes to 11 bus route

Tory MPs say the shortening of the 11 route will remove a vital link for Londoners and tourists

The Independent UK

Plans to modernise creation of lasting powers of attorney clear Commons

The Powers of Attorney Bill would modernise and simplify the creation and registration of lasting powers of attorney.

The Independent UK

MP reveals changes to vision that led to brain tumour diagnosis a year later

Nickie was a councillor and cabinet minister for public protection & licensing at Westminster City Council when she started having vision problems

The Independent UK

Right to request flexible work could push over-50s back to employment, MPs claim

Conservative MP Scott Benton’s Workers (Predictable Terms and Conditions) Bill has cleared its first parliamentary hurdle.

Evening Standard

Mayor in new row over planned cuts to ‘iconic’ bus routes

Sadiq Khan initially proposed axing 22 routes and reducing the frequency or length of almost 60 more but performed a partial U-turn and saved all but three

Evening Standard

Saved from the chopping block? Simpson’s Tavern given special protection in battle to save historic restaurant

Efforts to save a restaurant that is believed to be the oldest chophouse in London have received a boost after it was given special protection.

Evening Standard

Oh wheelie? Westminster Council left red faced after tweeting wrong image in flytipping crackdown

Westminster Council bosses were forced to clear up a mess of their own making on Friday after claims about its crackdown on fly tipping backfired.

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