Evening Standard - Mayor

Boris Johnson: London needs to prepare for extreme weather

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:29:58 GMT

Boris Johnson warns Londoners to prepare for extreme weather such as flooding and heatwaves

Boris Johnson closes India embassy despite election pledge

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:48:45 GMT

Boris Johnson's 'foreign embassies' in Delhi and Mumbai have been mothballed amid claims the move will cost London millions of pounds of new business, it has emerged

Boris Johnson accused of hypocrisy by Transport for London staff in row over pay

Wed, 03 Feb 2010 12:05:05 GMT

Boris Johnson was accused of hypocrisy by demonstrators including a blond-wigged lookalike outside City Hall

Neo-Nazi gran hired as aide to BNP member on London Assembly

Wed, 03 Feb 2010 11:17:38 GMT

Grandmother working for the BNP at City Hall is feared to be behind plans to unite far-Right activists in advance of the general election

Sacked Boris Johnson adviser David Ross given World Cup role

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 12:40:39 GMT

Mayor's former Olympics adviser will join him in helping to bring the World Cup to England in 2018

Boris Johnson spends £500,000 to rebrand London

Fri, 29 Jan 2010 11:19:01 GMT

Boris Johnson has hired top design consultants to 'rebrand' London at a cost of £500,000

Boris Johnson ignores pleas as firms hit with maximum Crossrail tax

Fri, 29 Jan 2010 10:45:28 GMT

Thousands of London firms will see their business rates increased by a minimum of £1,100 a year after Boris Johnson decided to press ahead with the maximum possible levy to help fund Crossrail

City Hall backs down over Prince Charles letters to Boris Johnson

Thu, 28 Jan 2010 13:04:38 GMT

City Hall is forced to row back from claims that Prince Charles sent a handful of letters to the Mayor

Boris Johnson stands down from Met Police role as deputy steps up

Wed, 27 Jan 2010 10:08:45 GMT

Latest: Boris Johnson dramatically stands down as chairman of the body that runs the Metropolitan Police

Boris Johnson urged: Stop this slaughter of London cyclists

Mon, 25 Jan 2010 09:27:55 GMT

Sister of cyclist crushed to death by a tipper lorry hits out at Boris Johnson over the 'needless slaughter' of riders on Londons roads

Labour threatens action over Mayors stitch-up of panel for top arts job

Fri, 22 Jan 2010 09:48:58 GMT

Boris Johnson faces an official complaint about his bid to give an ally one of Londons top arts jobs

Boris Johnson: Lets grow fruit and veg in schools

Thu, 21 Jan 2010 10:56:08 GMT

Every school in London should start growing their own fruit and vegetables, the Mayor says

Medway council attacks Boris Johnson's London 'island airport' plan

Thu, 21 Jan 2010 09:20:37 GMT

London Mayor Boris Johnson's plans for a London airport in the Thames Estuary are attacked by Medway council

Boris Johnson and George Osborne unite to warn City: Stop big bonuses

Wed, 20 Jan 2010 12:52:48 GMT

City bankers warned to cut back on bonuses as the Conservatives say bosses are 'kidding themselves'

Labour MP Jon Cruddas could run for Mayor of London

Tue, 19 Jan 2010 11:33:01 GMT

Labours Jon Cruddas is winning high-level backing to take on Boris Johnson in the 2012 mayoral battle, the Standard has learned

Cut 'excessive' bonuses, Boris Johnson tells bank chiefs

Mon, 18 Jan 2010 12:09:06 GMT

EXCLUSIVE: Boris Johnson has written to global banking chiefs urging them to scale back 'excessive' bankers bonuses

How Ken Livingstone has set his sights on winning back City Hall in 2012

Thu, 14 Jan 2010 11:41:45 GMT

Ken Livingstone has been drafted in by Labour to help fight the general election in the capital - and to try to oust the present incumbent at City Hall in a key operation dubbed "Get Boris"

Mayors £300,000 to get people cycling in London suburbs

Thu, 14 Jan 2010 09:08:10 GMT

Twelve councils in outer London are to receive £25,000 each to help them become 'cycling boroughs'

The Asbo Mayor? Louise Casey sets her sights on City Hall

Mon, 11 Jan 2010 12:01:29 GMT

Neighbourhood crime czar Louise Casey emerges as a possible Labour candidate for Mayor, the Evening Standard has learned

Boris Johnson blames London's crazy utilities roadworks on Margaret Thatcher

Mon, 11 Jan 2010 11:17:02 GMT

Boris Johnson pins the blame for the chaos caused by utilities firms digging up the capitals roads on Margaret Thatcher

TfL 'wastes £20m starting then halting Tube projects'

Tue, 05 Jan 2010 12:32:16 GMT

Transport for London spent £20 million starting access projects at Tube stations last year only to down tools because it could not afford to finish the job

City Hall ordered to reveal details of £160m Games bungle

Tue, 22 Dec 2009 10:49:00 GMT

City Hall chiefs have been ordered to reveal key details behind a bungled London Olympics land deal which left a £160million 'black hole' in the 2012 budget

Russias question of principle over £3m unpaid congestion charge bill

Tue, 22 Dec 2009 08:43:45 GMT

Russia's ambassador to London has warned Boris Johnson over an attempt to force the Kremlin to pay £3 million in congestion charge fees owed by its diplomats

Lord Mandelson will enter mayoral race, says Ken Livingstone

Mon, 21 Dec 2009 09:05:26 GMT

Lord Mandelson emerged as possible contenders to stand for Mayor of London

Boris scraps free rail on New Year's Eve to help plug £5bn budget hole

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 09:41:28 GMT

Tens of thousands of people will have to pay to travel home from central London by rail this New Year's Eve because transport bosses have scrapped the running of free trains