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Labour's Sarah Jones has described a government statement on the Metropolitan Police as "incredibly weak" after the force was placed into what has been called a form of "special measures". Addressing the Commons this afternoon, Kit…
Below is the speech delivered by Sadiq Khan at the state of London debate. Thank you, James. It’s fantastic to be able to hold this event in person once again, and to welcome people here from every corner of our city. It’s also great to…
The City of Westminster, like our ward Lancaster Gate, truly is a tale of two cities. An abundance of wealth and affluence co-exists alongside pockets of extreme deprivation and vulnerability. Although one of the richest councils in the UK…
Low-paid cleaners in East London came together in 2001 with their churches, mosques and community institutions and began the campaign for a London living wage: an independently calculated, hourly rate based on real living costs. But two…
Last week, Londoners gave Labour a massive vote of confidence. I’m delighted that Labour now has more councillors in London than at any time since 1971. Some people try to paint Labour as an inner-London party – but these elections showed…
The Labour Party has gained control of three London local authorities previously considered to be Conservative strongholds in the 2022 local elections. Councils began to declare results in the early hours of Friday morning, after the close…
The upcoming elections in May are pivotal, with trust in democratic institutions and politicians at an all-time low, and with several challenges confronting our society at once. Some polls have suggested that the local elections will be a…
The home and central London office of a Unite the Union employee were raided by police on Wednesday, according to LabourList sources, in a criminal investigation into allegations of bribery, fraud and money laundering. A Unite spokesperson…
London’s dirty money problem is firmly back in the headlines, thanks to Vladimir Putin’s aggression towards Ukraine and the turmoil in Kazakhstan. Oligarchs from Russia, Kazakhstan and other kleptocracies have long used London property as a…
In the 1980s, the Greater London Council used County Hall, right over the river from parliament, to hang banners with Labour slogans. But parliament itself was always in Conservative territory in the City of Westminster (thanks in part to…
For millions of Londoners – and millions more households nationwide – the economic impact of the pandemic has been disastrous. It's meant reduced income, increased job insecurity and, for some, the pain and hardship of unemployment. With…
Multiple Labour parties across London have still not selected council candidates – despite facing local authority elections in less than four months’ time, LabourList can exclusively reveal. According to reports from members across the…
