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Sadiq Khan: Extending Night Tube to run on Thursday nights 'under review'

‘Thursday is the new Friday’, the mayor was told at a City Hall meeting

Evening Standard

TfL pledges to cancel unfair Ulez charges from vandalised cameras facing the wrong way

‘Camera vandalism will not stop the Ulez operating London-wide’, TfL insisted in response to the latest damage

Evening Standard

'Proud Swiftie' Sadiq Khan put on the spot as he refuses to name his favourite Taylor Swift album

The mayor was accused by a Tory opponent of ‘trying to latch on to the Swiftie stardom’, without knowing the names of any of her ‘eras’

Evening Standard

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Feds Worried About Anarchists Gluing the Locks to a Government Facility

A FOIA request reveals what the FBI and Homeland Security had to say about anarchist activities on May Day 2015.

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Harry Kane's £7,200 hidden statue finally revealed - but it still doesn't have a home

The statue is yet to find a permanent home despite being first commissioned in 2019

Evening Standard

First photos emerge of Harry Kane statue kept in storage for years

Waltham Forest council has not yet found suitable location for statue that was completed in 2020

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Council's Harry Kane statue stuck in storage for years with nowhere to go

The England captain and record Spurs goalscorer was raised in Chingford

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Loo-dicrous! London council accused of ‘flushing money down toilet' with heated loo seats costing £636 each

Waltham Forest Council installed 12 of the 'fancy' bidet seats for a total price of £7,632 at its Town Hall and Assembly Hall

Evening Standard

Questions about Sadiq Khan's international travel raised at City Hall

City Hall's oversight committee has called for data on international trips to be made more accessible and for carbon offsetting processes to be improved

Evening Standard

Action needed on dodgy ‘box shifting’ in empty London shops

'Box shifting' is said to account for hundreds of millions of pounds in lost income for councils across each year

Evening Standard

City Hall policing board member slammed for calling Covid 'greatest hustle' and warning against 'climate lockdowns'

Sayce Holmes-Lewis criticised for 'hugely irresponsible comments' - but City Hall says members are expected to have 'a variety of strong opinions and perspectives'

Evening Standard

Senior London Tory rebukes her party for ‘crescendo’ of ‘transphobic rhetoric’

City Hall’s Emma Best said she was ‘devastated’ by comments at the party’s conference

Evening Standard

Sadiq Khan: No ‘pay-per-mile’ road charging ‘as long as I am mayor’

Mr Khan was accused by a Tory politician of ‘rolling back on’ plans he had already publicised

Evening Standard

Cross-party calls for investigation into deputy mayor Shirley Rodrigues are refused

The calls for a probe into Ms Rodrigues’ conduct came from Tory and Lib Dem politicians

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Havering Council considering a ‘North/South Tram’ concept to improve transport links

The authority said it was also considering other forms of light rail, or possibly a ‘rapid bus’

Evening Standard

Tories criticise £12k cost of event featuring Sadiq Khan and Martin Lewis

A spokeswoman for Mr Khan said he “makes no apology for doing everything he can to support Londoners” by hosting the financial advice event, for which Mr Lewis was not paid

Evening Standard

Row as Tories tell Sadiq Khan to ‘follow his own rules’ on fire safety

A spokesman for Mr Khan called the Conservatives’ comments a “disingenuous attack” and insisted that fire safety is “of paramount importance” to the mayor

Evening Standard

Sadiq Khan defends TfL ban on West End theatre advert which showed wedding cake

Emma Best, deputy leader of the City Hall Conservatives, said the decision seemed ‘totally bizarre’, and at odds with the goal of promoting culture in London

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160,000 Londoners falling behind on rent payments, analysis finds

Mayor Sadiq Khan said new polling data showed why he should be allowed to bring in rent controls, but the Government said the measure “does not work”

Evening Standard

City Hall officials grilled over scandal-hit solar scheme

Around 1,000 Londoners are thought to be out of pocket after applying to the ‘Solar Together’ programme

Evening Standard

Former Tory leader considering surprise bid to become party’s London mayoral candidate

Party chiefs keen to have woman on shortlist to challenge Sadiq Khan

Evening Standard

Conservatives choose new City Hall leader

Top jobs go to two members elected to London Assembly in 2021

Evening Standard

TfL replaces ‘misleading’ zero emissions bus advert

Tory politician Emma Best asked Mayor Sadiq Khan whether the advert was “false advertisement”

Evening Standard

London ‘on course’ to become world’s first major city to eliminate new HIV infections

The city is aiming to have zero new cases, preventable deaths or stigma related to HIV by 2030

Evening Standard

Sadiq Khan criticised over ‘two million trees’ pledge

Mr Khan’s deputy mayor said a lot more trees and green spaces had been created than under Boris Johnson

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