The Latest Breaking News from City Hall

The mayor has warned that there is ‘no room for complacency’ following recent violence and disorder across the UK

Slow progress on the mayor’s affordable homes programme has been blamed by his team on “the disastrous inheritance from the last Government”

Brazil mourns the tragic plane crash that claimed 61 lives. President Lula declares three days of mourning in solidarity with the victims' families.

The event in September will coincide with the return of Hackney Carnival, which is back after a five-year absence

Mayor says it is ‘shameful’ that numbers are rising in London and across the country

Paris City Hall noted that water quality last week was in line with European rules in six days out of seven, but failed on the day where the mayor of Paris took a dip

Tourists ‘looking for places to spend money’ are left disappointed, Soho Business Alliance warns

It was only a year ago that Labour lost the Uxbridge and South Ruislip by-election. Despite double-digit poll leads across the country, the party fell short by 495 votes in a contest widely interpreted as a referendum on the extension of Sadiq Khan's Ultra-low emission zone (Ulez). 

Critics warned that Sadiq Khan’s mission to clean up London’s air would be politically toxic and practically ineffectual. They were wrong on both counts. A long-awaited report by City Hall demonstrates that the Mayor’s expansion of the ultra low emission zone (Ulez) resulted in a “better than expected” reduction in…

Change equivalent to removing 200,000 cars for a year, with capital’s air quality improving at faster rate than rest of England

But improvement in air quality is far less dramatic than after the launch of the central London Ulez in 2019 and the inner London Ulez in 2021