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Scheme to get young Londoners from deprived backgrounds into top jobs backed by Mayor Sadiq Khan

A new campaign to get deprived young Londoners into top jobs has been backed by mayor Sadiq Khan.

Evening Standard

Sadiq Khan likens Tory rival Susan Hall to Donald Trump

Exclusive: London mayor says voting system changes could result in Hall starting series of hard-right victories in 2024

The Guardian - UK

Happy New Year! Spectacular fireworks display in London takes country into 2024

London and Edinburgh celebrated the new year with stunning firework spectaculars - but bad weather meant some other events were cancelled

The Independent UK

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New Year’s Eve celebrations around the world as 2024 begins – as it happened

Macron says Olympics will bring France a 2024 full of ‘pride’ and ‘hope’; some UK New Year’s Eve firework events cancelled due to weather

The Guardian - UK

Shovelling muck and baking scones: The inner city farm helping vulnerable students stay in school

Jabed Ahmed visits Oasis Farm Waterloo, a charity initiative seeking to provide ‘farming therapy’ to vulnerable children across London

The Independent UK

Bidding wars, huge rent spikes and eviction threats: Inside London’s growing rental crisis

Tenants face spending more than £2,000 a month to live in one-bed flats in the capital – if they’re lucky, Lydia Patrick writes

The Independent UK

Ulez averts more air pollution than that caused by capital’s airports, report shows

A new report has estimated that Ulez policies cut 13,500 of nitrogen oxide emissions in three years

Evening Standard

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London Ulez averts more air pollution than that caused by capital’s airports, report shows

Air quality improvements 2019-2022 from lowering vehicle emissions came even before scheme’s expansion to whole of city

The Guardian - UK

Sadiq Khan asks Government to help send cars from Ulez scrappage scheme to Ukraine

The mayor of Kyiv previously said vehicles could be used in a 'variety of life-saving and transport roles'

Evening Standard

Rotherhithe Tunnel could close for nine months for essential repairs, TfL confirms

The 115-year-old tunnel links Rotherhithe with Limehouse, north of the Thames

Evening Standard

'Wildcard' independent London mayoral candidate Rayhan Haque pledges car-free Sundays

The new mayoral challenger said he 'feels like Rocky Balboa' and believes he has 'the eye of the tiger'

Evening Standard

Sadiq Khan cleared over United Airlines business class US trip deal

Sadiq Khan has been cleared over a complaint made against him about a deal struck by his office to promote an airline in exchange for business class seats to America.

Evening Standard

Sadiq Khan 'should use new laws to reduce impact of London Underground strike'

Transport Secretary Mark Harper calls on mayor to use 'minimum service levels' legislation - as TfL opens new talks with RMT to avert walkout

Evening Standard

Sadiq Khan commits further £200,000 to tackle rough sleeping on London Tubes and buses

Almost 180 people were recorded rough sleeping on London's transport network in between April 2022 and March 2023

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Private sector will pay for HS2 Euston tunnel, Transport Secretary Mark Harper insists

The National Infrastructure Commission warns that developers will not pay for the tunnelling works

Evening Standard

Inside the battle over future of Wimbledon tennis championships as expansion splits locals

Why have proposals to expand the world-famous championships come up against significant opposition? Noah Vickers reports

Evening Standard

OPINION - Want to buy a house? Pick your parents carefully

I don't know what a coup d'état in Britain would look like. Presumably, the belligerents would simultaneously seize Whitehall/Parliament, the BBC and GCHQ amongst other institutions.

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TfL considers Taylor Swift-style 'dynamic pricing' for Tube journeys

A Government announcement on rail fare rises is due imminently

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Row breaks out between Sadiq Khan and Government as ministers threaten to strip Mayor of planning powers

Housing Secretary Michael Gove has employed a panel of experts to review the London Plan and find where property building in the capital can be sped up

Evening Standard

OPINION - The Standard View: Sadiq Khan is taking a calculated risk in raising taxes

It is not a traditional form of election campaigning. Just weeks before he seeks a third term, Sadiq Khan is to add £37.26 to his share of average council tax bills, a rise of 8.6 per cent. This takes the Mayor’s slice of the Band D rate to £471.40 -…

The Independent UK

Michael Gove accused of caving to pressure from Tory nimbys blocking new homes

Countryside campaigners ‘often have good reason to just say no’, says housing secretary – as he unveils big changes to planning system

Evening Standard

London mayor Sadiq Khan hikes council tax bills by almost £40 for second successive year

Average household to pay £471 a year to City Hall as total bills set to break £2,000 in 15 boroughs

The Guardian - UK

Sunak rebuked by UK’s statistics watchdog for making misleading claim about government debt – as it happened

The prime minister has been facing questions on his government’s performance from senior MPs on the Commons liaison committee

The Guardian - UK

Counter-terrorism arrests after Ulez camera blown up in London

Men, 60 and 61, are detained and addresses searched following explosion in Sidcup on 6 December

Evening Standard

Half of London boroughs could face £2,000 average council tax bills from April in latest cost of living blow

Annual council tax bills are predicted to soar again as town halls seek more funds for services already stretched to capacity

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