Shock result as Paul Scully MP fails to make Tory mayoral candidate shortlist June 11, 2023 Conservative MP Paul Scully has failed to make it onto his party’s shortlist in the race to take on Sadiq Khan for mayor of London. The upset saw the minister for London – widely thought of as the likely Tory favourite – snubbed in favour of assembly member Susan Hall, former No 10 advisor Daniel [...]
London workers are £50,000 worse since 2010 due to wage stagnation, Sadiq Khan report claims June 9, 2023 Workers in London are £50,000 worse off since 2010 due to “scandalous” poor wage growth over the past decade, according to a new report. An analysis from London Mayor Sadiq Khan suggested that workers in the capital have lost thousands of pounds every year as their salaries have failed to keep pace with inflation. In [...]
ULEZ: Khan expands vehicle scrappage grants to help London businesses cope June 1, 2023 Sadiq Khan will extend grants to small businesses so they can replace vehicles which don’t meet emissions standards, ahead of August’s expansion of the controversial ULEZ scheme. The London mayor intends to expand the £110m ‘scrappage scheme’ from the end of July, with “tens of thousands more Londoners” to benefit as the Ultra Low Emissions [...]
Sadiq Khan hosts crunch business talks with City figures May 23, 2023 Sadiq Khan has warned London’s businesses are facing “the most difficult period in living memory” as a result of Brexit, the Covid-19 pandemic and the inflation crisis. The Mayor of London has called for the government to devolve some immigration powers to City Hall as a means of tackling regional labour shortages sparked by the [...]
London Mayor: Two Tories officially throw their hat in the ring to take on Sadiq Khan May 9, 2023 Ex-Boris Johnson advisor Samuel Kasumu and former City Hall Tory chief Susan Hall have announced they plan to stand as Conservative candidate to run against mayor Sadiq Khan. The news came as the party opened the race to decide its mayoral pick ahead of a July 19 deadline, giving the chosen name 10 months to [...]
Over a million commuters to be hit by Sadiq Khan’s ULEZ expansion, London Tories claim May 3, 2023 More than a million people that commute into London could be hit by Sadiq Khan’s expansion of the City’s ultra low emission zone (ULEZ), City Hall Conservatives have argued. Under the expansion, motorists with petrol and diesel cars that don’t meet emissions standards will face a £12.50 daily charge or a £180 fine for each [...]
Mayoral Elections 2024: Who is in the frame to run against Sadiq Khan? May 2, 2023 London Conservatives are set to agree a candidate by the end of July to face off against Sadiq Khan in next year’s mayoral elections, it has emerged. Tory chiefs met earlier this week and agreed to fast-track the process, as campaigning begins to ramp up ahead of the City Hall vote to be held in [...]
Half of Londoners think Sadiq Khan doing ‘badly’, new poll finds April 27, 2023 Half of Londoners say they think Sadiq Khan is doing “badly” at City Hall, polling has found. Exactly 50 per cent rated him as doing “badly” while almost a third (32 per cent) – think the mayor is doing “very badly”, pollsters at YouGov said. Over a third of Londoners – 35 per cent – [...]
Minister Paul Scully ‘considering’ running for London mayor in 2024 April 18, 2023 Minister for London Paul Scully said today he is “considering” running against Sadiq Khan to be the next London mayor in 2024. Speaking at a Centre for London event today, Scully said: “Let me tackle this head on, am I considering running for London mayor in 2024? Yes, I am considering it. I haven’t made [...]
ULEZ row continues as Sadiq Khan brands challenge by Tory councils a waste of taxpayers’ cash April 14, 2023 Conservative councils who have launched a High Court challenge against Sadiq Khan’s plan to expand London’s ultra low emission zone (Ulez) are wasting taxpayers’ money, the capital’s mayor has said. Mr Khan said London residents would prefer their payments to be invested in libraries instead. If it goes ahead, Ulez will see drivers in outer [...]