London mayoral election 2016: Ukip accuses business groups of “laziness and inertia” after not including pro-Brexit mayoral candidate Peter Whittle in business hustings March 10, 2016 Ukip has accused Britain's biggest business groups of "laziness and inertia" for not including the eurosceptic party's candidate for mayor of London in a major hustings event. Peter Whittle, the Ukip candidate to replace Boris Johnson as mayor of London, was not invited to take part in the London business mayoral hustings tonight, jointly organised by the Confederation [...]
Labour MP David Lammy has been fined £5,000 for instigating nuisance phone calls in mayoral bid March 10, 2016 Labour MP David Lammy has been fined for instigating over 35,000 nuisance phone calls in two days, in his bid to become Mayor of London. Lammy has been fined £5,000 by the Information Commission after instigating calls that urged people to back his bid for London mayor, before Sadiq Khan won Labour's nomination. The Information Commission is [...]
London mayoral election 2016: Exclusive new poll figures show Zac Goldsmith is seen as being more pro-business than Sadiq Khan by a 26-point margin March 10, 2016 Conservative mayoral candidate Zac Goldsmith is seen by London firms as being more pro-business than his Labour rival Sadiq Khan by a 26-point margin, according to a new poll seen exclusively by City A.M. Nearly two-thirds of London businesses think Goldsmith is pro-business, while just under four in 10 say the same of Khan, according [...]
London Mayoral Election 2016: Sadiq Khan’s landlord database should already be available March 9, 2016 Labour's London mayoral candidate Sadiq Khan's election manifesto includes a raft of measures which he claimed are aimed at directly improving the lot of London’s renters, saying that an "entire generation" of private tenants had been "failed by the Tories". It is unsurprising Mr Khan is looking to woo this sector of the electorate, which is huge and [...]
London mayoral election 2016: Zac Goldsmith insists only he can deliver Crossrail 2 while Sadiq Khan launches manifesto with Dame Tessa Jowell March 9, 2016 Conservative mayoral candidate Zac Goldsmith has accused his Labour rival Sadiq Khan of being unable to deliver key infrastructure projects for the capital, on the same day that Khan launches his campaign manifesto. According to Goldsmith’s campaign, £44.2m in investment has been committed to the Crossrail 2 project so far – just a fraction of [...]
London mayoral election 2016: Confederation of British Industry (CBI) wants Zac Goldsmith and Sadiq Khan to press the government on new runway March 8, 2016 Britain’s biggest business group is calling on the next London mayor to commit to building 50,000 homes a year and lobby the government to build a new runway in the south east. In its London Manifesto out today, the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) said Boris Johnson’s successor should “keep a relentless focus on business [...]
London mayoral election 2016: Labour candidate Sadiq Khan leads Conservative Zac Goldsmith by five points according to new poll March 8, 2016 Labour mayoral candidate Sadiq Khan is now five points ahead of his Conservative rival Zac Goldsmith in the race to replace Boris Johnson as mayor of London, according to a new poll out today. Khan has the backing of 31 per cent of London voters, compared to 26 per cent supporting Goldsmith, according to a poll conducted [...]
London mayoral election 2016: Labour candidate Sadiq Khan wants to crack down on Uber drivers to “level the playing field” March 1, 2016 Labour London mayoral candidate Sadiq Khan has hinted that he might crack down on Uber if he is elected in May. During an interview on London radio station LBC, Khan noted there had been a spike in the number of private hire vehicles, including Uber, at the cost of the number of black cabs on the streets. [...]
Former Conservative councillor faces a trial over “offensive” tweet about Sadiq Khan February 25, 2016 A former Conservative councillor will be standing trial next month, accused of posting an "offensive" tweet about Labour's London mayoral candidate Sadiq Khan. Jim Buckley, 60, will face trial after sending the tweet about Khan, which said: "Your next London Mayor? You think his corner shop would be open on a Saturday?" Buckley's local Conservative party [...]
Electoral register is “getting more unequal by the year”, warns Electoral Reform Society as figures show a drop in the number of registered voters February 24, 2016 Thousands of voters might not get the chance to cast a vote in upcoming elections after changes to the registration process, prompting fears the electoral register is become more unequal and people could miss out on their "basic civic right". At least 770,000 names have been removed from the electoral register, according to the Electoral Commission, meaning [...]