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Posts Tagged ‘Mayor of London’

TfL projects set to become cheaper thanks to planning and financing reforms

By Kumail Jaffer, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 2 December 2025 at 11:18
TfL

The capital has seen a number of projects greenlighted in recent years, such as the Elizabeth Line, the Northern Line tube extension and the recent DLR extension

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Sadiq Khan speaks out over calls to ban ‘fossil fuel ads’ on TfL network

By Kumail Jaffer, Local Democracy Reporter | Monday 24 November 2025 at 10:46
Sadiq Khan at People's Question Time, 17 September 2025

The mayor was challenged to take action on marketing that encourages car use and other behaviour that contradicts his goal of making London a net zero city.

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What London ‘tourist tax’ would look like as Sadiq Khan issues verdict

By Kumail Jaffer, Local Democracy Reporter | Wednesday 19 November 2025 at 12:22
Big Ben and Houses of Parliament

Sir Sadiq Khan has cautiously welcomed reports he will be granted the power to impose a tourist levy on visitors staying overnight in the capital – but what would this mean for London?

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‘Get a handle on housing crisis,’ Mayor of London told

By Kumail Jaffer, Local Democracy Reporter | Wednesday 12 November 2025 at 09:33
Sadiq Khan

Only 6,370 affordable homes have been started since 2023, despite Sadiq Khan promising at least 17,800 by next March

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Popular Dalston bakery giving prison leavers tools to flourish in ‘chaotic’ London

By Kumail Jaffer, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 26 September 2025 at 14:01

The Dusty Knuckle has been praised as an exemplar in how to support ex-offenders

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Sadiq Khan breaks ranks with Labour government to call Gaza tragedy ‘genocide’ for first time

By Kumail Jaffer, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 19 September 2025 at 11:34
Sadiq Khan at People's Question Time, 17 September 2025

Mayor of London has previously resisted calls to label Israel’s military campaign a genocide but now says it’s “inescapable” to conclude that

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Iconic Hackney estate made famous by rent campaign set for sweeping regeneration

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 12 September 2025 at 11:09

New Era residents took on their former landlord and won – now their homes are due for large-scale refurbishment

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London’s overheating crisis: Calls for Sadiq Khan to rethink new-build air conditioning

By Kumail Jaffer, Local Democracy Reporter | Monday 1 September 2025 at 17:23

City Hall has told developers to prioritise ‘passive ventilation’ and avoid air conditioning unless ‘unavoidable’

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Welfare reform bill: Hackney MPs vote split as government avoids defeat

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 2 July 2025 at 10:39

Diane Abbott voted against the bill, while Meg Hillier, who had initially been a key figure in the Labour rebellion, voted in favour

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London mayor to attend ‘world’s leading real estate event’ on the French Riviera

By Noah Vickers, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 30 January 2025 at 10:24
London Mayor Sadiq Khan

Sir Sadiq Khan to make his first appearance at the annual MIPIM conference in Cannes

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London fire chief to retire after five years in post

By Noah Vickers, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 17 January 2025 at 12:23

Mayor Sadiq Khan praises ‘outstanding’ Andy Roe, whose final day in office is yet to be revealed

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‘The work starts now’: Evicted Haggerston mechanic vows to keep fighting for fairer rents

By Hazel Sheffield | Thursday 14 November 2024 at 15:38

JC Motors boss Len Maloney calls on people to back plans for community-owned premises

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‘Failed experiment’: Dalston councillor challenges London mayor to bring in rent controls

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 8 November 2024 at 11:40

Cllr Zoë Garbett AM calls out Sadiq Khan over failure to hold a rent commission despite 2019 promise

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Rise in drug deaths shows UK policy is ‘killing us’, says Dalston councillor

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 24 October 2024 at 12:26

Cllr Zoë Garbett AM calls on London Mayor to legalise and regulate drug use

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‘Desperate situation’: Artists join forces to campaign against eviction of Hackney mechanic

By Hazel Sheffield | Friday 11 October 2024 at 13:19

Len Maloney of JC Motors again faces being forced out of the area after his rent skyrocketed

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Dalston councillor urges London mayor to push for fairer policing after deputy mayor resigns

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 8 October 2024 at 09:21
Zoë Garbett

Green Party’s Zoë Garbett says new appointment must set London towards ‘more just policing era’

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Dalston councillor challenges Mayor of London over Ridley Road funding

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 17 September 2024 at 11:06
Zoë Garbett

Cllr Zoë Garbett AM quizzes Sadiq Khan on how resources are being spent

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Labour’s Mete Coban quits Hackney Council ahead of move to City Hall

By Maya Sall, Local Democracy Reporter | Monday 22 July 2024 at 15:39
Caroline Woodley and Mete Coban

Coban has been appointed deputy mayor of London for the environment – and will take up the position this week

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‘I grew up with public service’: Dalston councillor Zoë Garbett on her battle to become London’s first Green mayor

By Maya Sall, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 30 April 2024 at 17:57
Dalston councillor Zoë Garbett

The leader of the Hackney Green group says her experience on the council has informed her campaign

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May elections: Everything you need to know to cast your vote

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 29 March 2024 at 11:33
Polling station credit Martin Deutsch

Residents will be selecting councillors, assembly members, and a London mayor on 2 May

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