Conservative mayoral candidate: ‘Sadiq Khan does not share Londoners’ values’
Susan Hall has been selected by Conservative members to become the party’s mayoral candidate for London. Pledging to defeat Labour mayor Sadiq Khan, Ms Hall said: “People may sneer and they may underestimate us but we will give everything to the city that has given us so much. “We have to show that we show […]
London minister blocked, lawsuit threatened and an unknown barrister – inside the Conservatives’ city psychodrama
The Conservatives have announced the shortlist of three candidates who hope to be selected as the party’s London mayoral contender — and they are not who people expected. Drawn up after a series of interviews by a selectorate panel of 17 people at Conservative headquarters, those battling to secure the right to challenge Sadiq Khan […]
Putting Londoners in the driving seat
The Mayor of London has unveiled a new policy on cars which risks further stifling enterprise in the capital and hitting the poor hardest. Aiming to improve air quality in London, Sadiq Khan plans to expand the Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) to the Greater London boundary in August. Drivers whose vehicles do not meet […]
Prime minister must defy ‘Brexit purity cult’ to secure NI deal, says Starmer
Keir Starmer is set to challenge Rishi Sunak to stand up to the ‘Brexit purity cult’ in the Conservative party in order to bring about resolution to the Northern Protocol impasse. In a speech to Queen’s University Belfast on Friday, the Labour leader will encourage the prime minister to defy MPs in the European Research […]
BME parents support stop and search for drugs
New polling commissioned by the Civitas think tank concluded that almost 6 million people would try cannabis for the first time if it were legalised. Calls by London Mayor Sadiq Khan to legalise cannabis would lead to an extra 800,000 Londoners taking up cannabis for the first time, the biggest surge in new cannabis users […]
Mayor Khan can’t legalise Cannabis, but he can tackle violent drug crime
This week Sadiq Khan announced further details of his long-awaited London drugs commission – a key election pledge of last year’s London Mayoral campaign. Khan – who used a visit to an LA cannabis dispensary to announce the details – revealed that the commission will be headed up by Lord Falconer, former Chair of the […]
Sadiq Khan’s drug reforms don’t go far enough
On Monday evening, a story leaked in the Telegraph that Sadiq Khan was set to “begin decriminalising drugs” in the capital. Whilst this is not exactly true – there are plenty of reasons for drug law reformers to be excited. In actual fact, Khan has confirmed – off the back of a report that I […]
Downing Street issues warning over Khan ‘drugs decriminalisation’ plan
Moves by London mayor Sadiq Khan to effectively decriminalise drugs in the capital would face strong opposition from Downing Street, the prime minister’s spokesman indicated as he warned “illegal drugs destroy lives”.
Survey suggests support for widening cities’ green policy powers
Four out of five people surveyed from London, Manchester, Birmingham, Cardiff, Belfast and Glasgow believe Mayors and city leaders should have more powers to cut carbon emissions, according to new data revealed today by the global environment consultancy Arup. The research shows that despite thinking their leaders should have greater influence, fewer than half of […]
The England football bandwagon
As sure as night follows day, a significant England football team victory is inevitably followed by politicians climbing over each other to jump on the bandwagon of success. Tuesday’s 2-0 victory over Germany was no different with Boris Johnson, Priti Patel, Sadiq Khan and Sir Keir Starmer among those to tweet their congratulations. Sir Keir […]
