Would elected mayors ‘put the rockets’ on northern cities?
George Osborne has returned to that old favourite – elected mayors. A Heseltine old favourite, to be precise, developed during his period in the political wilderness.
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A dispute over night services on London Underground brings the tube to a standstill, causing travel chaos for millions of Londoners and a war of words between Boris Johnson and trade unions.
Petals fall from the dome of St Paul’s cathedral during a minute’s silence to remember the victims of the 7/7 bombings, on the tenth anniversary of the terror attack.
An unexpected parliamentary majority has given David Cameron his second term as PM. But with Boris Johnson returning to the Commons, the London mayor is already being touted as his successor.
David Cameron believes Boris Johnson is one of three likely successors, but the London mayor says “it is not going to happen”.
Boris Johnson says he doesn’t regret calling religious extremists lured by organisations such as Islamic State are “w*****s” who are obsessed with pornography.
London Assembly members vote to investigate Boris Johnson’s £1bn deal with a Chinese firm to redevelop London’s historic Royal Albert Dock, after a Channel 4 News investigation.
Boris Johnson claims to have delivered record numbers of affordable homes. So why is housing still so expensive in London?
Exclusive: Boris Johnson is under fire over his handling of a £1bn deal for a Chinese firm to redevelop a huge site on London’s historic Royal Albert Dock.
Some four million people have flocked to see a crimson tide of ceramic poppies filing the moat of the Tower of London. But should they now be removed as originally intended?
Boris Johnson accuses the Airports Commission of setting back the debate on the capital’s airport expansion by half a century, ahead of an announcement that plans for his new airport would be shelved.
London Mayor Boris Johnson ends months of speculation by announcing that he wants to stand for parliament in 2015.
George Osborne has returned to that old favourite – elected mayors. A Heseltine old favourite, to be precise, developed during his period in the political wilderness.
Boris Johnson says he snapped up three German water cannon before getting permission to use them on London’s streets because the price was too good to miss.
The Mayor of London says he saved taxpayers millions by buying three German water cannon – but the Home Secretary says difficult issues around their use still “need to be considered properly.”
They have not spoken for years. Yet tonight London Mayor Boris Johnson accused RMT boss Bob Crow of “holding a gun” to the capital’s head as both sides failed to avert a London Underground strike.