Anti-smoking campaigners reject council’s defence of £10.5 million pension fund investments in tobacco stocks

As London Mayor launches his new prototype Routemaster, critics slam new bus as vanity project and poor value for money while transport fares rocket

With a fact-free campaign, Tory MPs are attempting to bring the worst of the US abortion debate to British politics

The Burberry Outlet Store is to be at the centre of council development plans to create 200 new jobs

Shadow Health Minister Diane Abbott apologises following comments she made on Twitter, after claims they were racist

Train fare increases of 5.6% will hit residents hard, says MP Diane Abbott as she backs Ken Livingstone’s pledge to cut fares by 7%

Council leaders are calling for extra local powers to curb the ‘blight’ of betting shops on the high street

Calls for the developer Newmark Properties and Sainsbury’s to attend a public meeting before a planning application is submitted

Yes, we must regain control of the streets, but loose talk about rubber bullets and water cannon will achieve nothing

Shadow Minister for Public Health Diane Abbott slams plans for the world’s biggest McDonald’s in the Olympic Park