Going to City A.M.’s mayoral debate? Why not play buzzword bingo? Here’s what the bookies think will come up on the night April 12, 2016 Sadiq Khan and Zac Goldsmith go head-to-head in City A.M.'s Mayoral Election Debate on Tuesday night, but what will they say? Never ones to miss the chance to turn a profit, bookies at Ladbrokes have made us offers on the big questions and key points coming up tonight. The betmaker is confident that Labour candidate Khan will hammer [...]
Sadiq Khan’s unfunded fares freeze would starve London transport of investment: Only Zac Goldsmith can be trusted with the Tube April 12, 2016 When Londoners go to the polls on 5 May, they’ll be deciding who should run one of the biggest and most complex transport systems in the world. Over half of all bus journeys in England happen in the capital. The Tube handles 1.3bn journeys a year, which is like everyone in China taking one journey [...]
London mayoral election: Sadiq Khan and Zac Goldsmith trade blows over transport policies and tax hikes April 11, 2016 Mayoral candidates Sadiq Khan and Zac Goldsmith have launched stinging attacks on each other this morning in a fiery exchange that sets the scene for an explosive final few weeks of the campaign to succeed Boris Johnson. Khan’s flagship policy to freeze transport fares for four years was branded “financial illiteracy” by Goldsmith’s team as transport [...]
Is this the most regal election ever? Exiled emperor Ankit Love is running in the London mayoral elections, and wants to ban cars from the capital April 11, 2016 This really is the most regal election ever. We've had donations from London socialites, Polish princes and a day on the campaign trail with Zac Goldsmith sell for £35,000. Now, even an exiled emperor is having a go at running in the London Mayoral Election, but instead of banning Nigel Farage, the heir wants to ban cars [...]
London Mayoral Election: Zac Goldsmith presses for cuts to tax and red tape April 11, 2016 Zac Goldsmith is pledging to support further cuts to corporation tax if he becomes mayor of London today as the Richmond Park MP launches his mayoral manifesto. The Conservative candidate for mayor will also seek to set himself apart from Labour’s Sadiq Khan by championing deregulation of the City and encouraging less red tape for start-ups. [...]
Party campaigns get up and running in local elections as Labour could be set to lose 150 council seats April 7, 2016 A number of political parties have got their campaigns up and running ahead of this year's local elections. The UK Independence Party today launched its local election campaign, while the Green party got started this week, with the London mayoral, assembly and local elections set to take place this summer. Ukip even launched a dedicated website, [...]
Map: How much you need to earn to live in every London postcode April 7, 2016 Londonders are obsessed with how much it costs them just to have somewhere to kip at the end of the day. Understandably so. Rents are rising faster in the capital than anywhere in the country, while wages for full-time workers have been creeping up at a painfully slow rate. Yesterday, Sadiq Khan caused ripples when he [...]
London mayoral election 2016: Labour candidate Sadiq Khan pledges review of Crossrail 2 station in Chelsea April 7, 2016 Labour's London mayoral candidate Sadiq Khan has said he will review plans to build a station for Crossrail 2 in Chelsea after lobbying by local residents. Transport for London (TfL) has planned for a £1bn Crossrail 2 station in Chelsea, but local group No Crossrail in Chelsea has been actively campaigning against the move, which it says [...]
The Green party has ridiculed party leaders including Jeremy Corbyn and David Cameron in London mayoral and assembly elections campaign video April 7, 2016 Leaders of the UK's political parties have been roundly mocked in an election video from the Green party. The parody contrasts the Green party's policies with the political infighting other parties are subject to. The video features a young Boris Johnson riding a tricycle and trading blows with George Osborne and his "long-term lega-monic plan". [...]
As the London Mayoral election looms, it’s time for Zac Goldsmith and Sadiq Khan to think big on housing April 7, 2016 With just under a month to go until London votes for a new Mayor, and less than a week until City A.M. hosts a packed-out hustings between the two main candidates, one familiar issue has raised its rather ugly head – the soaring cost of living in our capital. Some housing market analysts believe that government [...]