Small businesses have urged Sadiq Khan to keep support in place for them as London marks one year since the Ultra low emission zone (Ulez) expanded to cover...
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Sadiq Khan’s £210million Ulez scrappage scheme is being “wound down” and will close to Londoners in less than a month.
Transport for London (TfL) has spent almost £30million combatting Tube noise over the last five years, City Hall data has revealed.
Islington Council’s banking contract with Barclays comes to an end in 2025 – and finance chief Cllr Diarmaid Ward has promised that whoever is chosen as the...
Islington Council increased its spending on making staff redundant last year, new figures show.
Disposable income in UK cities rises by as much as 30% in 2024, but London still lags behind
Sadiq Khan has said he wants to see the two child benefit cap scrapped “as soon the Labour Government can”.
Sadiq Khan has pledged to boost the number of neighbourhood police and community support officers on London’s streets – but only if a Labour Government is...
Two of Sadiq Khan’s opponents in the upcoming City Hall election have urged the capital’s Labour mayor to help Londoners take advantage of a little-known Tube...
More than a dozen schools in Islington were in a financial deficit in the last academic year, new figures show.
Sadiq Khan has said he is “hopeful” a resolution will be found to stop London Overground staff going on strike in February and March.
London’s fire chief has warned that the brigade’s progress in stamping out misogyny and racism among its staff could be slowed down if its funding is stretched...
Sadiq Khan has warned that the Met Police is “chronically underfunded”, as he urged the Home Office to boost the force’s finances.
Sadiq Khan has slammed Jeremy Hunt’s Autumn Statement as “another deeply anti-London budget”.
Sadiq Khan has said that new data on the Ulez expansion shows that the scheme is working “ahead of schedule” in removing polluting vehicles from London’s...
People in Islington spent more than £10 million of their own money to care for friends and relatives last year, new figures show.
Ministers must guarantee longer-term funding to enable vital upgrades to London’s ageing Tube trains and outdated signalling systems, Government advisors have...
Campaigners are urging politicians to reverse a decision to close an ice rink destroyed by flood water.
A clinical criminologist has warned that politicians are too focused on winning elections to properly address the issue of serious violence among young people.
Islington Council to set up £1m hardship fund to help struggling residents.
The support will come as many are hit hard by rising prices and rents
With the third lockdown under way life has been financially difficult for many. ITV This Morning’s money saving expert Emmanuel Asuquo offers some advice The...
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