Noah Vickers

<p>Susan Hall, Conservative candidate for Mayor of London</p>
London
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Susan Hall 'pay-per-mile' leaflet did not break law, Met Police finds

Labour had claimed Ms Hall’s Tory mayoral campaign was guilty of a ‘corrupt practice’ - but the Met Police has said ‘no offences’ were committed

28 May 2024
<p>The London Brigade will introduce a new policy on automatic fire alarms in October</p>
London

Fire Brigade unveils new policy to slash wasted time on false alarms

The capital’s firefighters have attended more than 50,000 false alarms in the last year alone

28 May 2024
<p>Deputy PM Oliver Dowden</p>
Politics

Deputy PM: Government ran out of time to ban 'no fault' evictions

Oliver Dowden said it ‘just hasn’t been possible to get the legislation through’ to ban Section 21 notices

25 May 2024
<p>Deputy Prime Minister Oliver Dowden</p>
London

Deputy PM refuses to 'speculate' on where Tories aim to gain in London

Mr Dowden said it was ‘difficult to draw too many lessons’ from Labour mayor Sadiq Khan’s recent re-election in the capital

25 May 2024
<p>London mayor Sadiq Khan has promised not to make changes to the Ulez, following his re-election</p>
Transport

Mayor says motorists aren't 'the boogeyman' and rules out Ulez changes

Mr Khan said the Tories’ attempt to paint him as ‘anti-motorist’ had failed, as Londoners voted for his re-election in ‘record numbers’

23 May 2024
<p>Taylor Swift and Sadiq Khan</p>
London

'Proud Swiftie' Sadiq Khan won't name his favourite Taylor 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’

23 May 2024
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Politics

Sunak calls general election in huge gamble which stuns Tory MPs

Sir Keir Starmer responded swiftly saying it was time for ‘change’ as both leaders kickstarted their election campaigns

22 May 2024
<p>Trams at East Croydon station</p>
Transport

'Abysmal' tram service criticised as mayor calls it 'not good enough'

Calls for senior officers overseeing the trams not to receive ‘performance-related’ bonuses this year

22 May 2024
<p>Sadiq Khan out on a police patrol in Covent Garden </p>
Crime

Mayor says there's too many robberies as he sets up crime partnership

Robbery has risen 57 per cent since Mr Khan took office, though this is slightly lower than the average increase across England and Wales

21 May 2024
<p>London mayor Sadiq Khan</p>
London

Mayor: Embassies' £143m unpaid congestion charge 'beyond my pay grade'

Mr Khan said he could not “renegotiate” the international convention embassies are using to claim diplomatic immunity from the charge

21 May 2024
<p>Alex Wilson, Reform UK’s newly-elected member of the London Assembly</p>
London

'No climate emergency', Reform UK London Assembly member claims

Reform UK’s first assembly member said he wants to use his role to stand up for road transport in the city

20 May 2024
<p>Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer MP hopes</p>
London

Labour eyes gains in outer London as general election looms

The Conservatives argue there is still ‘all to play for’ in a number of key suburban battlegrounds

17 May 2024
<p>Conservative party chairman Richard Holden</p>
London

Tory chairman: Polls said Susan Hall 'not in with a chance' of winning

Richard Holden MP said Ms Hall fought ‘a good campaign’ and insisted the London mayoral result is a ‘springboard’ for the general election

17 May 2024
<p>Mike Freer, Conservative MP for Finchley and Golders Green</p>
Politics

MP says safety is constant worry as he re-opens arson-attacked office

The Tory MP for Finchley and Golders Green said he had made changes to his own security following the attack

16 May 2024
<p>Sadiq Khan and his Tory opponent in the recent mayoral election, Susan Hall </p>
London

Sadiq Khan accused of allowing Tories to 'dictate' pay-per-mile policy

Greens on the London Assembly say it was ‘cowardly’ of the mayor to scrap plans for a more sophisticated road user charging system

15 May 2024
<p>Sian Berry had served on the London Assembly since 2016, but quit after being re-elected to it earlier this month</p>
London

Greens defend Sian Berry who quit City Hall job after re-election

Labour’s shadow health secretary Wes Streeting had called Berry’s move ‘very poor’

14 May 2024
<p>Broadmead Road Bridge in Woodford, pictured in 2021</p>
Transport

Council says it cannot afford £25m bill to repair major road bridge

Local MP Sir Iain Duncan Smith has accused the Redbridge Council of talking ‘absolute nonsense’ about fixing the bridge

14 May 2024
<p>The UEFA Champions League Trophy will be ‘welcomed to London’ by mayor Sadiq Khan</p>
London

Four-day festival announced for UEFA Champions League final at Wembley

Events will take place at five central London locations before and after the final between Borussia Dortmund and Real Madrid

14 May 2024
<p>Tory mayoral candidate Susan Hall</p>
London

Susan Hall says Sadiq Khan 'grossly underperformed' in election

Ms Hall said the ‘unashamedly conservative values’ she espoused ‘perform well at the ballot box’, as she urged her party to keep championing them

13 May 2024
<p>Sadiq Khan and his wife Saadiya, pictured on Tuesday when he signed the Declaration of Acceptance of Office to begin his third term as mayor </p>
London

Sadiq Khan: I had no 'plan B' if Londoners hadn't voted me back in

The mayor said his focus during the campaign had been entirely on persuading Londoners to ‘lend’ him their votes

10 May 2024
<p>London mayor Sadiq Khan </p>
London

Sadiq Khan: Government 'gaslighting' British public with GDP figures

The mayor said Londoners are not ‘living their life on a graph’

10 May 2024