Photo ID laws which have stopped thousands of registered voters from casting their ballots in recent elections will be “evaluated” and could even be scrapped...
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Overcoming all odds, Jeremey Corbyn secured a successive 11th term, after winning by a large margin in the early hours of Friday morning.
Local campaign group seeks election candidates' views on Finsbury Leisure Centre development.
Refugees are being scapegoated for the Government’s failures on immigration, Angela Rayner told a packed meeting on Monday.
Since 1983, Islington North candidate Jeremy Corbyn has fought 10 general elections as the Labour Party’s candidate. However his future as an MP seems much...
The Government’s failure to end rough sleeping in England over the last five years is largely due to the knock-on impacts of Covid, Michael Gove has argued.
Sixteen people are set to battle for votes in Islington’s two constituencies come the general election on 4 July.
The number of ‘no fault’ evictions in London increased 52 per cent in the last year.
Reform UK’s first ever London Assembly member has claimed there is “not a climate emergency”, while vowing to use his role at City Hall to fight for the...
A “highly negative campaign” in the London mayoral election was partly to blame for the Tories’ failure to defeat a “beatable” Sadiq Khan, ex-City Hall...
Sadiq Khan has warned London’s Tory councils that he will “not hesitate” to intervene in places where they are failing to approve enough homes.
The Green Party has made a renewed call for rent controls in London, as the capital’s mayoral race enters its final days.
A majority of Londoners are “concerned” that Susan Hall’s past statements on climate change could affect her “ability to take on the role of Mayor of London”...
Mr Khan will set up a taskforce to attract more US sports if he is re-elected mayor next week.
Tory mayoral candidate Susan Hall has said she is still “thinking about” whether to hire a Night Czar if she is elected, with just six days until Londoners go...
The promise of more toilets on London’s Tube and bus network is proving “an absolute vote-winner” in the race for City Hall, the Green Party has said.
As the mayoral elections loom, Labour candidate and current mayor, Sadiq Khan, and Conservative candidate, Susan Hall’s environmental policies are coming under...
As the London mayoral election looms large, these are the thirteen candidates who have thrown their hat into the ring.
Tory mayoral candidate Susan Hall has pledged to recruit 1,500 new police officers and halt police station closures if she is elected.
Sadiq Khan has promised to fund a free, independent legal advice pilot service for survivors of rape and serious sexual offences, if re-elected in May.
The Liberal Democrats are the latest party to launch their London mayoral election manifesto, with a promise to clamp down on sexual offences in the capital.
Sadiq Khan on Monday pledged to “eliminate” rough sleeping in London by 2030 – despite the number of people living on the streets having risen significantly...
Londoners will go to the polls on 2 May to elect both a mayor and the members of the Greater London Assembly (GLA).
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