London Mayor Sadiq Khan’s public relations budget breaks the £1million-a-year barrier – up 50 per cent since he first took office Mayor of London spent the eye-watering sum on managing his image in last year It means Mr Khan’s press office costs spiked by 50 per cent since he took office Leader of the Greater … Read more
London Mayor Sadiq Khan’s public relations budget breaks the £1million-a-year barrier – up 50 per cent since he first took office Mayor of London spent the eye-watering sum on managing his image in last year It means Mr Khan’s press office costs spiked by 50 per cent since he took office Leader of the Greater … Read more
Transport for London (TfL) today secured another £65million bailout to keep Underground, bus and train services running for another 10 days. The Government has already provided TfL £3billion in emergency funding during the pandemic as passenger numbers on Tubes and buses in London collapsed last year, decimating the operator’s finances. TfL and the Department for … Read more
Transport for London (TfL) has secured another £65million in taxpayer’s cash to keep Underground, bus and train services running for another 10 days on top of the £3billion bailout already granted during the pandemic. An agreement between TfL and the Department for Transport (DfT) ensures that public transport can continue operating in London until May … Read more
Youngsters should not be vaccinated sooner in Covid hotspots to curb the spread of the Indian variant, Downing Street said today. Health officials were urged to continue making their way down the national priority list – which has now reached those aged 36. In Bolton, teenagers have been inoculated in a frantic effort to contain … Read more
Sadiq Khan and Tony Blair today called for Covid vaccines to be fast-tracked to young people in places where the Indian Covid variant is surging. The London mayor said he asked Health Secretary Matt Hancock and vaccines minister Nadhim Zahawi to consider the plan to jab people as young as 18 in high risk areas, but the … Read more
Sadiq Khan has confirmed he will expand the Ultra Low Emission Zone which is set to cost up to 350,000 motorists £12.50-a-day to drive into London. The newly re-elected Mayor of London will make the zone 18 times larger than it is currently. The move will force owners of older, more-polluting vehicles that don’t comply … Read more
Eye-catching artwork by David Hockney that was commissioned by re-elected London Mayor Sadiq Khan has been widely ridiculed on social media. The work, produced by the world-renowed British artist, 83, is part of Mr Khan’s new £7million tourism campaign to encourage sightseers back to the capital as Covid restrictions ease. Branding it ‘brilliant’, Mr Khan … Read more
An eye-catching art project commissioned by re-elected London Mayor Sadiq Khan has left social media users scratching their heads. The new artwork, produced by world renowned British artist David Hockney, 83, is part of Mr Khan’s new £7million tourism campaign to encourage sightseers back to the capital as Covid restrictions ease. Referring to the artwork, … Read more
A dizzying range of joke candidates left voters so baffled a record number of ballots were rejected in this month’s London mayoral election. Around 114,000 ballots were spoilt after the first round of voting because the 20 candidates packed onto a sheet of A4 paper confused voters into either accidentally ticking the first-choice column twice … Read more