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Shoreditch towers plan secures 'support in principle' from City Hall

Development would reach 12 storeys high on a disused patch of land between two busy railway lines

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Sadiq Khan welcomes £27m for 'skills bootcamps' aimed at 'fast-tracking' Londoners into 'good jobs'

Flexible courses lasting between two weeks and three months will offer training in key sectors like the digital and creative industries

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Sadiq Khan confirms plan for almost 300 affordable homes next to North Middlesex University Hospital

All of the homes will be available either for social rent or shared ownership, and “will meet the highest standards of design and energy efficiency”

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Sadiq Khan reveals which London schools will benefit from project to cut carbon and energy bills

City Hall estimates scheme will allow schools to each save an average of almost £15,000 on their energy bills

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Alfresco dining could return to London this summer with City Hall backing

Outdoor dining was a lifeline for many businesses during Covid as lockdowns hit hospitality hard

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Sadiq Khan intervenes in Archway housing and student tower scheme

City Hall could grant permission for project despite opposition from Islington Council and local MP Jeremy Corbyn

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Met Police under fire over ‘discriminatory’ use of facial recognition cameras in London

Data shows the technology has been deployed mostly in boroughs with a higher-than-average Black population

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UK’s biggest police force to axe 1,700 officers and staff despite funding boost

The Metropolitan Police will cut services including the Royal Parks Police.

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Oxford Street pedestrianisation could shake investor confidence and cause crime spike, City Hall warned

Plan to remove motor traffic from ‘nation’s high street’ seen as ‘enormously contentious’ by local residents, Soho Society argues

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Axing Met’s Royal Parks police unit ‘a very bad decision’, say angry campaigners

Scotland Yard is having to slash 1,700 staff amid a £260 million budget shortfall

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Met Police to cut 1,700 officers and staff amid shock funding fears

London mayor Sir Sadiq Khan confirms Royal Parks unit will be disbanded - despite fierce opposition from councils and victims

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Sadiq Khan launches £10m investment in London's creative industries

City Hall expects funding to leverage £2.5bn in film investment alone, with British Fashion Council and London Design Festival among those to benefit

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Sadiq Khan intervenes after council refuses 20-storey student block as mayor pushes to meet London housing targets

Mayor takes control of planning application after councillors concluded it would harm neighbours’ daylight levels and create a ‘sense of enclosure’

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Sadiq Khan accused of 'backtracking' on promise to ban gambling adverts from the Tube

Mayor says he wants to ‘hear more detail about the Government’s plans in this area’, despite promising to take action himself four years ago

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Sadiq Khan accepted two £275 tickets to see his beloved Liverpool in Wembley cup final

Under-investigation mayor has seen Liverpool four times this season for free

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Sadiq Khan told to 'show climate leadership' and make school meals 'plant-based by default'

The mayor was also asked to put vegan options at the top of City Hall’s daily canteen menu and to give those options ‘the biggest font’

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High air pollution warning issued for London as temperatures to surge to 21C in 'hottest day of the year'

Londoners have been urged to switch off their vehicle engines when idling or sitting in traffic

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Plan for 1,500 new homes in Finchley considered by Barnet Council after securing City Hall support

The scheme includes a 25-storey tower and ‘re-provision’ of a demolished leisure centre

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Research to explore how two London suburbs can get thousands more homes

Studies will examine how more housing can be built in two neighbourhoods at opposite ends of London - along with several other areas

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Sadiq Khan unveils £7m fund in bid to clean up London's rivers

Funding comes as the mayor hosts a roundtable summit with Thames Water and other agencies - but is criticised for failing to include the London Assembly

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Tory boroughs refuse to join Sadiq Khan's Green Belt review

The review will examine how parts of the green belt could be re-classified as grey belt, eventually enabling homes to be built there

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Mayor Sadiq Khan champions controversial redevelopment of Liverpool Street station

Plans to rebuild UK’s busiest station showcased at Mipim conference in Cannes

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Sadiq Khan's policing strategy 'woefully inadequate' on phone theft, say Tories

Criticism from the mayor’s opponents comes as he prepares to publish the final version of his Police and Crime Plan for the next four years

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Interactive map reveals London's 'not-spots' with poor internet connections - how does your area compare?

Pockets of the capital still lack connections of 30Mb/s, including a third of premises in the ‘square mile’ of the City of London

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Council considers plan for Vauxhall student accommodation up to 29 storeys high

Developers argue that the site - currently occupied by a petrol station - has been ‘underutilised for many years’

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