Posts by Joe Talora, Local Democracy Reporter
‘We need action’: Dalston councillor announces bid to be Green Party’s next candidate for London mayor
Zoë Garbett already has the backing of the Greens’ previous mayoral hopeful Sian Berry ahead of 2024 election
Read More‘Bigger crisis than the pandemic’: Rocketing energy bills causing ‘huge anxiety’ in hospitality industry
Business leaders call for an emergency intervention from the government
Read More‘Not surprising’: Majority of Londoners hold negative view of the police, new polling finds
Leading thinktank says figures show ‘scale of reform needed to regain trust’
Read More‘London must adapt to deal with extreme weather,’ warns Sadiq Khan
Top thinktank says capital is ‘unprepared for the effects of climate change’
Read MoreFire safety: Boroughs with greatest number of high-risk buildings revealed – with Hackney in top three
Newly released City Hall figures show Hackney has 87 buildings containing serious safety defects
Read MoreNearly half of Londoners struggling with cost of living, new polling finds
YouGov and City Hall reports make for grim reading as crisis continues
Read MoreLondon transport boss confirms fault on Elizabeth Line trains – but says risk to customers is ‘practically zero’
Reports from a whistleblower emerged earlier this week about a small door under a train that was blown off its hinges
Read MoreTube workers were abused almost 250 times a month during the pandemic, new figures show
Transport for London says actual number could be even higher because workplace violence is ‘underreported’
Read More‘Concerning’: More than 500 injuries caused by e-scooter collisions in London last year
London Assembly transport spokesperson says new figures reinforce need for ‘robust regulation’
Read MoreChildren as young as 10 have been strip-searched by the Metropolitan Police, figures show
Data obtained by London Assembly Member Caroline Russell in wake of Child Q scandal
Read MoreHackney to get just 16p per head in levelling-up funding as Labour says London’s poorest are ‘out in the cold’
The capital ‘deserves support just as much as other parts of the UK’, says Sadiq Khan
Read MoreHuge rise in e-scooter collisions in London ‘likely to be the tip of the iceberg’, warns Assembly Member
Unmesh Desai hits out at illegal e-scooters as figures show nearly as many collisions in the first six months of 2021 than in the whole of 2020
Read MoreOnly 14 grants to replace costly waking watches with fire alarms have been paid out in London – with one Assembly Member calling it ‘scandalous’
Just ten per cent of the £16m allotted to the city by the Waking Watch Relief Fund has been used so far
Read MoreEighty-two Hackney buildings have fire safety defects – the second highest in London
Only Tower Hamlets has more tower blocks that require evacuation in the event of a fire
Read MoreSadiq Khan warns of ‘catastrophic’ climate crisis facing London – with Hackney at the sharp end
Temperature rise likely to lead to overheating trains and thousands of flooded homes
Read MoreLondon Mayor defends ‘crucial’ ULEZ expansion as 300,000 asthma sufferers say symptoms are triggered by toxic air
Sadiq Khan reaffirms commitment to extending low-emission zone following hard-hitting new study
Read MoreMore than 900 buildings in London need fire safety fixes – and number ‘continues to grow’
Capital’s fire commissioner reveals two-thirds of the 24-hour patrols are down to unresolved cladding issues
Read MoreCounter-terrorism chief warns Londoners not to get ‘complacent’
Metropolitan Police commander says ‘substantial’ number of roughly 800 active probes are centred on the capital
Read MoreLondon’s first fleet of hydrogen-powered double-decker buses hits the streets
London Mayor Sadiq Khan says city is ‘moving closer’ to target of completely zero-emission bus fleet by 2030
Read MoreLondon marks fourth anniversary of Grenfell Tower fire
Mayor Sadiq Khan says he will ‘continue to be relentless in holding those responsible to account’
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