Archive: London

Pseudo facts? New London Assembly gets off to a rocky start

City Hall: Mayor Boris faces his friends and enemies

The new London Assembly has kicked off in much the same way as the last one, with bad-tempered exchanges and angry attacks on Boris Johnson.

Londoners more loyal to London than UK

Boris Johnson speech in full

Boris demands tax 'signal'

Interview: Ken Livingstone

Ken on dirty campaigning, the outer boroughs and personality politics

politics.co.uk spends a morning with London mayoral hopeful Ken Livingstone on the campaign trail.

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Londoners more loyal to London than UK

London pride - but not enough to demand new powers for Boris

Londoners are prouder of the city they live in than they are of Britain itself, a new poll has revealed.

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Comment: Boris' jokes face a serious test

Boris Johnson's handlers could allow him more free rein in 2012

Boris' ability to make people laugh is a formidable, if unusual, political weapon. The way he wields it in next year's mayoral election will be a critical test.

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Boris Johnson speech in full

Boris Johnson: 'The last bendy bus will go by Xmas'

Read Boris Johnson's speech to the Conservative party conference in full on politics.co.uk.

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Ken compares Boris to London rioters

Ken Livingstone with Tessa Jowell in Liverpool earlier

London mayor Boris Johnson's student past has been compared with the behaviour of rioters by Labour challenger Ken Livingstone.

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Boris claims veto over Met commissioner job

Met commissioner job announcement expected soon

London mayor Boris Johnson has reasserted his influence over the appointment of the next Metropolitan police commissioner in an evidence session with MPs.

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Campaign heats up to ban EDL march

With London tense after the riots, campaigners want the EDL march banned.

An English Defence League (EDL) march into the heart of London's multicultural community could be banned following a sustained campaign.

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Deadline arrives for Met commissioner role

The Met is entering a uniquely chaotic point in its history

Londoners are close to finding out who will take over the Met during one of the most chaotic periods of its history.

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Comment: UK riots - so what went wrong?

Kay Hampton is a former professor in communities and race relations at Glasgow Caledonian University and a commissioner for the Scottish Human Rights Commission.

The rapid spread of civic unrest across London and the UK points to a problem which runs deep in our communities.

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Comment: Britain might be broken, after all

Why would politicians tell the truth about the bigger picture?

We can expect politicians of all parties to avoid the real reasons behind the weekend's violence in London.

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Police face questions over London riots

The failure to contain violence across London is putting the Metropolitan police under intense pressure, as it struggles to deal with rioting and disorder.

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London left reeling after second night of violence

Police are confronted by several hundred youths in Brixton last night

Britain is demanding answers after a second night of violence in London.

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Met scrambles to investigate Tottenham violence

Metropolitan police officers have launched a major investigation into Saturday night's violence in Tottenham, with the arrest count now standing at 55.

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Boris mulls 5p charge for plastic bags

Boris Johnson has been London Mayor since 2008

Boris Johnson has called for a plastic bag ban across London to help combat waste and litter.

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Boris demands tax 'signal'

London mayor Boris Johnson has called for the abolition of the 50p rate and a cut in national insurance, in an unusually direct confrontation with David Cameron.

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