Londoners back stop and search as violence cost taxpayers £7bn, poll finds April 22, 2024 Londoners backed stop and search in a bid to slash crime rates, pollsters found, as it emerged violence cost the capital’s taxpayers £7bn last year.
‘Truss playbook’: Labour attacks Susan Hall’s ‘unfunded’ spending plans April 22, 2024 Labour have today attacked Conservative mayoral candidate Susan Hall’s “uncosted” spending plans for City Hall as “straight out of the Liz Truss playbook”.
Met Police chief’s future in the balance as political row grows over ‘openly Jewish’ incident April 21, 2024 Sir Mark Rowley's future as head of the Met Police hangs in the balance following calls for him to resign over his handling of the pro-Palestine protests in the capital.
Cleverly writes to Met Police over ‘openly Jewish’ comment April 20, 2024 Home Secretary James Cleverly has written to the Metropolitan Police after an officer stopped a man who was wearing a traditional kippah cap from crossing a road during a pro-Palestinian march on the grounds he was “openly Jewish”. The charity Campaign Against Antisemitism released a video late on Thursday which showed a police officer preventing [...]
Al Quds march: Home Office urges Met to take ‘zero tolerance’ approach at tense Palestine demo April 4, 2024 The Home Office has urged the Met Police to “take a zero tolerance approach to law breaking” during the annual pro-Palestine Al Quds march.
Sadiq Khan criticised for not delivering ‘Track My Crime’ victim portal April 1, 2024 Sadiq Khan has been criticised for not delivering a planned ‘track my crime’ portal for victims to find updates on their cases.
Everything you need to know about the May local elections March 30, 2024 Next month, voters across the country will be going to the polls in the May local elections - we’ve rounded up everything you need to know.
City Hall: All the candidates standing to be London mayor in 2024 March 29, 2024 The 2024 London mayoral elections are just over a month away - and the final list of candidates who want to run City Hall has been revealed.
Sadiq Khan pledges 1,300 more police on London streets in pre-election promise March 27, 2024 Sadiq Khan has pledged to get 1,300 more neighbourhood police officers, PCSOs and special constables on London’s streets, if reelected.
New London careers service should be on mayoral to-do list, says BusinessLDN March 27, 2024 A new London careers service to help young people into jobs and workers to upskill should be on the to-do list of the next mayor, BusinessLDN has urged.