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Sadiq Khan ignores deadline to questions over Taylor Swift's VVIP security

The mayor was asked to respond to queries about the megastar’s police protection by November 6 - but has still not replied, and has not said why

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Housebuilding in London 'as bad as during 2008 global banking crisis', says Sadiq Khan

Inability of Londoners to get on housing ladder isn’t because they spend too much on ‘flat whites or Netflix’, says mayor

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London Assembly urges Sadiq Khan to help asylum seekers with transport costs

Reform UK’s Alex Wilson said ‘British taxpayers will reach a limit when they feel they are being taken advantage of’

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London Assembly demands 'proper funding' to fix cladding crisis with nearly 2,000 buildings at risk

Only 27 per cent of the high and medium-rise buildings in London found to have dangerous cladding have been remediated

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Sadiq Khan's new policing deputy apologises for calling Susan Hall a 'racist' and 'climate change-denier'

Ms Hall, who in 2019 retweeted a post calling Mr Khan the ‘nipple height mayor of Londonistan’, said it was ‘abhorrent’ to have been called racist

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'Green hypocrisy!' Sadiq Khan in row over Heathrow Airport expansion

Mr Khan was accused of failing to show ‘climate leadership’, while the Labour mayor said the Green Party was guilty of hypocrisy over renewable energy

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TfL has 'no proposals' to widen Clapham Tube platforms despite safety concerns

The platforms are just 3.7 metres wide - but TfL has concluded that widening them would consume too much time and money

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Tory leadership race: James Cleverly can 'speak to all Londoners,' says ex-London minister Paul Scully

Lewisham-born Cleverly was a member of the Greater London Assembly

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Senior Met officer slams 'two tier policing' claim as 'soundbite' designed to 'undermine' police

Former Tory mayoral candidate Susan Hall said she understood why ‘many’ think the Met is biased

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Black performance artists face discrimination in nightlife licensing, City Hall told

Councils and police officers are following a ‘racist narrative’ in their licensing decisions, Black Lives in Music told the London Assembly

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Muslims in London 'extremely worried' as further mosque protection urged after far right protests

Spread of hate crimes by far right has left many Muslims ‘shaken’, London Assembly member warns

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Lightweight PPE for London firefighters in short supply amid 'ever-greater likelihood' of wildfires

London Assembly says ‘very concerning’ PPE still not available two years after LFB’s busiest summer since WWII

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TfL spends almost £30m on 'rail grinding' to reduce Tube noise

The London Assembly warned last year that long-term exposure to Tube noise can have several damaging health impacts

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Sadiq Khan mocked for Charli XCX-inspired 'Brat summer' pro-Ulez post

‘Ulez is working’ message gets mixed response online

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Sadiq Khan and Susan Hall clash over plan to make electric vehicles pay congestion charge

Environmentalists have said that ending the cleaner vehicle discount does not make sense

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City Hall to 'consider' DLR extension to Barking Riverside, deputy mayor confirms

A planned DLR extension to Thamesmead will be built to enable further branches, the London Assembly has been told

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Who are Green Party leaders Carla Denyer and Adrian Ramsay?

The Green Party was the first national green party in Europe

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Fall in fatalities and serious injuries on London's roads but 'more work to do'

People walking, cycling and motorcycling made up around 80 per cent of those killed or seriously injured last year

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Reform UK's London Assembly member Alex Wilson: 'There's not a climate emergency'

Reform UK’s first assembly member said he wants to use his role to stand up for road transport in the city

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Sadiq Khan allowing Tories to 'dictate' policy on pay-per-mile, Green Party claims

Greens on the London Assembly say it was ‘cowardly’ of the mayor to scrap plans for a more sophisticated road user charging system

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Laurence Fox loses deposit after failing to become London Assembly member

Laurence Fox had already been barred from taking part in the London mayoral elections after submitting invalid nomination papers.

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London mayoral election: Key boroughs to watch for Sadiq Khan and Susan Hall as capital holds its breathe

Counting in the London mayoral and assembly elections will begin on Saturday morning

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London mayor election: First results suggest Ulez could still be problem for Sadiq Khan

The Conservatives won council by-elections in Hillingdon and Wandsworth, while Labour’s vote share dropped

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London mayoral election results: What will be the first clues to a Sadiq Khan or Susan Hall victory?

Key London Assembly constituency figures will indicate whether Labour retains mayoralty or Tories capture keys to City Hall

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Capital's smaller parties plan 'historic breakthrough' on London Assembly

The Greens, Liberal Democrats and Reform UK all believe they are on course to make significant gains at City Hall

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