Diane Abbott officially declares she’s running to be Labour’s candidate for London Mayor, as nominations open today
Diane Abbott is officially launching her mayoral campaign today. Abbott announced back in November that she was planning…
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The next Mayor of London should set a minimum target for affordable homes
The Old Post Office site in Harrow in the heart of my constituency will not be well known…
Jowell builds on lead for London Mayor, according to LabourList readers
Yesterday we released the results of one question from our survey – on the debates. It’s what everyone…
Tessa Jowell increases lead in latest London Mayor poll
Tessa Jowell has moved further ahead in the latest poll tracking the Labour race for London Mayor candidacy.…
London Mayor should be able to push up living wage and introduce controls on rent, says Gareth Thomas
Gareth Thomas, Deputy Shadow London Minister, has said that the next Mayor of London should be able to…
Is Gareth Thomas planning on running to be London Mayor?
The next London mayoral contest is only a little over a year away. Although between now and then…
Give Londoners more control over Transport for London
Transport for London is London’s biggest and arguably least accountable quango. Bossed by the Mayor, in practice it…
Is time for a London Housing Company to build more co-op housing?
Two anniversaries of events thirty years ago beg the question of the next Mayor of London – should…
We must continue our support for Nigeria’s government in their efforts to bring the kidnapped schoolgirls home
On 14th April, more than 200 schoolgirls were abducted in Chibok, in north-eastern Nigeria, by the Islamist terrorist…
Competing payday lenders ‘out of existence’: why we should push to treble membership of credit unions
The rise of payday lenders has been one of the most destructive elements of the cost of living…
