Two Just Stop Oil protesters have smashed the glass around Magna Carta at the British Library. The Rev Sue Parfitt, 82, and Judy Bruce, 85,…
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Tory hopeful for London mayor joins anti-Ulez Facebook group rife with Islamophobia
Susan Hall, the Tory candidate for London mayor, has joined a Facebook group which contains Islamophobic hate speech and abusive comments about her opponent Sadiq…
View More Tory hopeful for London mayor joins anti-Ulez Facebook group rife with Islamophobia‘A deeply broken system’: is it time England abandoned council tax?
Battersea power station offered no prospect of luxury living when Tony Belton became a local councillor in 1971. The coal-fired behemoth was nearing closure after…
View More ‘A deeply broken system’: is it time England abandoned council tax?Part of billionaire family’s empire named on London’s rogue landlord list
A family-owned property empire whose holdings include the former Fenwick department store building on London’s Bond Street has seen one of its subsidiaries named on…
View More Part of billionaire family’s empire named on London’s rogue landlord listIs Science Museum’s green power gallery tainted by fossil fuel cash?
It is intended to be an exploration of humanity’s past and future efforts to decarbonise the way we live. Historical objects mixed with interactive displays…
View More Is Science Museum’s green power gallery tainted by fossil fuel cash?Average monthly UK rent up 9% – the highest annual increase recorded
The average monthly rent paid by tenants in the UK rose by 9% in the year to February, official figures show – the highest annual…
View More Average monthly UK rent up 9% – the highest annual increase recordedUlez helped London cut road pollution faster than rest of UK, report says
Sadiq Khan has hailed what he said was remarkable progress in improving London’s air quality under his tenure as mayor, after a study showed roadside…
View More Ulez helped London cut road pollution faster than rest of UK, report says‘Stop insuring fossil fuel’: activists target London insurers in week of action
Traffic petered out on Gracechurch Street, in the heart of London’s financial district, as hundreds marched down the road, in step with samba drummers beating…
View More ‘Stop insuring fossil fuel’: activists target London insurers in week of actionThames Water lobbying government to let it increase bills by 40%
Thames Water has been lobbying the government and regulators to let it increase bills by 40%, pay lower fines for breaches and keep paying out…
View More Thames Water lobbying government to let it increase bills by 40%London is most exposed city in world to air pollution from aviation, study finds
The planes taking off and landing at London’s six airports expose the city’s inhabitants to the equivalent of 3.23m cars’ worth of harmful nitrogen oxides…
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