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‘Missed middle’ could lead to rise in London rough sleepers

A future rise in rough sleepers in London could be triggered by the “missed middle”.

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Boris Johnson says ‘wake up, smell the coffee and accept Heathrow is full’

The Mayor of London has said that now is the time to “to wake up, smell the coffee and accept the reality that Heathrow is full”.

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Boris Johnson’s momentum ‘frankly unstoppable’

The momentum of Boris Johnson “is frankly unstoppable”, House of Commons leader Andrew Lansley said today.

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Eddie Izzard out on the campaign trail with Ken Livingstone in the lead-up to last year's Mayoral elections

‘Boris is all about Boris’, says London Mayoral hopeful Eddie Izzard

The comedian Eddie Izzard has hit out at London Mayor Boris Johnson whilst maintaining he is ready for the challenge of pursuing politics himself.

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Australia is the only country in the world to have introduced plain packaging law. Picture: John Stillwell/PA Wire

Government “backtracking on public health” with no plain packs Bill in Queen’s Speech

The government was today accused of “backtracking on public health” by omitting a pledge to bring in plain packaging for cigarettes from last week’s Queen’s Speech.

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A fire cracker is let off during an English Defence League (EDL) demonstration at Aldgate Station in east London in 2011

English Defence League plans march through Tower Hamlets

Far right group the English Defence League has announced plans to march through Tower Hamlets this summer.

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Tower Hamlets targeted in voter fraud clampdown

Tower Hamlets has been singled out by a watchdog as one of a small number of local authorities where a clampdown on electoral fraud is needed.

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'We have projects crying out for volunteers across the city'. Picture: Peter Macdiarmid/PA Wire

£100,000 web engagement fund launched for London’s voluntary organisations

A £100,000 scheme enabling projects to connect with volunteers through web technology has been launched today by the Mayor of London Boris Johnson.

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Hundreds of compensation claims by families along HS2 route rejected

Three quarters of families who live near the government’s planned high speed rail link between London and Brimingham and applied for hardship compensation have been rejected, figures showed.

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£700,000 fund to boost trade for London businesses with overseas markets

Businesses across London are being urged to ‘go global’ and grasp trade opportunities from overseas countries including India, China and Turkey.

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Global music project announces London home

The international headquarters of a new project to catalogue the world’s music will be in London, it was announced today.

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Sir Alex Ferguson will retire as manager at the end of the season. Picture: Martin Rickett/PA Wire

MPs call for Sir Alex Ferguson to be elevated to Lords

Sir Alex Ferguson should be ennobled and elevated to the House of Lords, according to MPs, who debated the soon-to-retire Red Devils manager yesterday.

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Jenny Jones sits on the London Assembly's Economy Committee

Jenny Jones calls for London Living Wage to be made law

All employers in the capital should be obliged to pay their staff the London Living Wage (LLW), a London Assembly member and former Mayoral candidate has said.

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London Councils chair Jules Pipe is concerned about a potential social care funding shortfall

Anti-social behaviour Bill ‘too police-led’, says London Councils

A group representing the capital’s councils has said plans outlined in the Queen’s Speech could fragment efforts to tackle anti-social behaviour.

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The Queen delivering her speech in the House of Lords, with the Duke of Edinburgh at her side. Picture: Toby Melville/PA Wire

Queen’s Speech a ‘missed opportunity’ to improve investor confidence, says London business group

The government missed an opportunity to strengthen investor confidence in the Queen’s Speech today, according to an organisation which represents over 2,000 London businesses.

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Rupert van der Werff of Summers Place Auctions with the sign for Abbey Road, which was auctioned off today. Picture: Andrew Hasson

Downing Street and Abbey Road signs auctioned off

Famous signs for streets including Abbey Road and Downing Street have gone under the hammer.

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