Mixed mood among voters as Londoners go to the polls: ‘The City needs to be reborn’ May 6, 2021 Londoners are flocking to polling stations across the capital today to decide on their next mayor. Frontrunner Sadiq Khan said this morning that the election was “going down to the wire” and called it a two-horse race between himself and Conservative candidate Shaun Bailey. In the City, the mood was mixed. Insurance broker Trevor McGarry, [...]
Mayor of London election: What did the candidates say about the City of London? May 6, 2021 Londoners are heading to the polls today to decide who their next mayor will be. The pandemic has been particularly hard for the City, with workers, tourists and other visitors vanishing as lockdowns were imposed. Shops, restaurants, and pubs all had to pull their shutters down and offices emptied. Let’s take a look at what [...]
Crunch time for Mayor of London candidates as polls across the capital open May 6, 2021 Today is the day that Londoners will visit polling stations across the capital to vote for the next Mayor of London. Polling stations are open from 7am to 10pm and if you are in the queue at 10pm, you will still be able to vote. The count will begin tomorrow at 9am and continue throughout [...]
Editorial: London has deserved more from an insipid Mayoral contest May 5, 2021 It is fair to say the year-long delay to the London Mayoral election has not increased the appetite for it. Nor have the last few months been a vintage political campaign of sharp differences, eye-catching promises and grand visions for the future. That’s a shame. London is a global city and will reinvent itself post-pandemic. [...]
Mayoral Election: Sadiq Khan primed for a second term with odds 1/50 May 5, 2021 Looking at the odds, Ladbrokes has found that Sadiq Khan appears to be the bookies next Mayor of London, once again. The Labour candidate looks primed for a second term in City Hall with odds at an eyewatering 1/50, as his closest rival Shaun Bailey staggered behind at 25/1. No amount of money looks enough [...]
Transport for London to face funding squeeze as journey numbers will ‘never hit pre-Covid peak’ March 29, 2021 Transport for London to face funding squeeze as journey numbers will never hit pre-Covid peak
Sadiq Khan to unveil £544m plan to fund London’s Covid recovery March 16, 2021 Sadiq Khan will today announce a £544m investment in London’s jobs and high streets to help the capital recover from the coronavirus pandemic. The Mayor of London will also call on the government to match his spending plans for the city as he unveils the proposals at the inaugural London Recovery Summit. Alongside the spending [...]
Khan accused of cutting affordable housing by two thirds despite £4bn grant March 2, 2021 Sadiq Khan has been accused of not delivering on his affordable housing promise today by proposing to cut City Hall housebuilding by nearly two-thirds, despite receiving a third of the UK’s affordable housing budget. The latest figures reveal the mayor’s 2021-26 housebuilding programme will only build 35,000 new affordable homes using the government’s £4.82bn grant. [...]
Shaun Bailey: Mayor’s £70m Good Growth Fund created only 109 jobs since 2017 February 23, 2021 Mayor Sadiq Khan faces criticism from Shaun Bailey over Good Growth Fund which has only produced 109 jobs
Priti Patel criticizes ‘dreadful’ Black Lives Matter protests February 12, 2021 UK home secretary Priti Patel said she did not support the Black Lives Matter demonstrations, calling the protests “dreadful” in an interview with LBC this morning. When asked whether she would “take the knee”, Patel said: “No, I would not, I would not have at the time either. There are other ways in which people [...]