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The Conservative Party is currently in the process of selecting a candidate to take on Mr Khan in 2024 and has announced a shortlist of three names: Susan Hall, Mozammel Hossain, and Daniel Korski.The Green Party has also named a candidate but the Liberal Democrats are still deciding.The election will be held on May 2, simultaneously with elections to the London Assembly and local elections.

Priti Patel, who was home secretary in Johnson's cabinet and widely seen as a fierce ally of the former prime minister, has been made a dame commander.Keen Brexiter Jacob Rees-Mogg has received a knighthood alongside Michael Fabricant who often went on the airwaves to defend Johnson during Partygate.

A number of senior officials who were implicated in the partygate scandal have been nominated in Boris Johnson's resignation honours list.Labour deputy leader Angela Rayner said it was sickening that those who held boozy lockdown bashes during the pandemic in Downing Street had been recognised by the former prime minister.

A former London mayoral candidate who was photographed with others at a mid-lockdown gathering at Conservative Party headquarters, and a high profile Tory mayor have been given peerages in Boris Johnson's resignation honours.Sean Bailey resigned as chairman of the London Assembly's police and crime committee after a photo showed him posing with Tory aides while raising glasses beside buffet food when London was under coronavirus rules.

Workers on London Underground are facing increasing levels of verbal abuse and threats of violence from passengers after telling them that Tube stations are closed, a union is warning.The Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) said passengers are taking out their frustration on staff, leaving some having to take stress-related sick leave.

Boris Johnson confronted the King, essentially squaring up to him for branding the Rwanda asylum policy appalling, it has been alleged.Guto Harri, who served as No 10's director of communications under the former prime minister, claimed Mr Johnson told him he went in quite hard on the then-prince.Mr Johnson disputed his long-standing ally's account as inaccurate, with a source saying he deplores any commentary on conversations with royals.

Boris Johnson confronted the King, essentially squaring up to him for branding the Rwanda asylum policy appalling, it has been alleged.Guto Harri, who served as No 10's director of communications under the former prime minister, claimed Mr Johnson told him he went in quite hard on the then-prince.Mr Johnson disputed his long-standing ally's account as inaccurate, with a source saying he deplores any commentary on conversations with royals.

Free meals will be provided during school holidays and at weekends to low-income Londoners struggling with the spiralling cost of living, the London mayor has announced.Sadiq Khan has pledged 3.5 million as part of an emergency funding package and will work with charities to provide 10 million meals to families over the next 12 months, according to City Hall.

Thousands more Londoners will be able to swap their polluting vehicles for greener alternatives, the London mayor has announced.Sadiq Khan has expanded the Ultra Low Emission Zone (Ulez) scrappage scheme to cover families receiving child benefits and small businesses across the capital from the end of July.

The family of a missing teenager whom the convicted murderer Levi Bellfield claims to have kidnapped and murdered say they have lost trust and confidence in the police after a tense two-hour meeting with homicide detectives.The family of Elizabeth Chau said their hopes of answers after 24 years were dashed after Metropolitan police detectives told them this week they would not immediately dig at a site where the serial killer confessed to burying her.

Neil Jameson, founder of the activist group Citizens UK, who has died aged 76, harnessed the power of community organising to achieve social and political change most significantly as the driving force behind the living wage campaign.Citizens UK began in 1996 as a collective of east London churches, mosques and other community institutions called Telco (the East London Citizens Organisation), committed to trying to alleviate some of the social ills facing their congregations.

T he Metropolitan Police Commissioner has defended the force's policing operation during the Coronation saying there would be much more serious questions to answer if not for their actions.In a public letter written to London Mayor Sadiq Khan, Sir Mark Rowley said he did not see the coronation as an operation where he needed to call out our shortcomings adding: No major operation is ever perfect.

The chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, has been urged to use his spring budget to extend free school meals for all primary pupils to tackle the child poverty endemic.The Scottish government has committed to providing free school meals for all primary schoolchildren, while in Wales the rollout of universal primary free school meals began in September.

Tube workers in the RMT union will strike on 15 March, joining Aslef in a 24-hour stoppage that will bring the London Underground to a halt.The strike, on the day of the budget, will be the first this year in London by the RMT, in a long-running dispute over pensions and reducing the number of staff.

Boris Johnson has nominated his fiercest cheerleaders for peerages, with two of his former aides set to become the youngest life peers in history.The former prime minister has selected more than a dozen of his closest allies to head to the Lords, as part of a resignations list longer than David Cameron's and Theresa May's combined.

A Tory mayoral hopeful has said he shares Londoners' frustrations with high housing costs, as he was priced out of the capital himself.Samuel Kasumu, who is running to be the Conservative candidate in next year's race for City Hall, said he and his wife were forced to move out to the Home Counties when they were looking to buy a house.

F our in 10 Londoners are considering leaving the capital to escape toxic air pollution, a poll claimed on Wednesday.New research revealed that 39 per cent of people would move out of the capital in search of cleaner air the highest number of any region in the country.This was followed by Birmingham (36 per cent) and the North West (29 per cent), covering Manchester and Liverpool.

T he public of London is being failed by an institutionally sexist, racist and homophobic Met riddled with bullying, poor leadership and the rotten treatment of black people, the most damning report in the force's history warned on Tuesday.Baroness Louise Casey said that the protection of women had also been thrown out of the window as she denounced a catalogue of failings at Scotland Yard infecting every level of the force.

A man has been arrested on suspicion of violent disorder after crowds gathered and a window was smashed at the Indian high commission in London.Metropolitan police officers were called to the building in Aldwych, Westminster at about 1.50pm on Sunday, and two security guards sustained minor injuries.

A strike by Tube drivers and station staff will shut the London underground on Wednesday, bringing widespread disruption to the capital.Trains will continue to run as normal on the Elizabeth line and London Overground, but Transport for London warned that those services, as well as buses, would be much busier and could have some disruption and delay.

St Patrick's Day Festival parade is returning to London's Trafalgar Square, here's everything you need to know from route to tickets.(Image: Canva) This weekend will see the return of London's much-loved St Patrick's Day festival and parade in Trafalgar Square.The event taking place on Sunday, March 12, is returning for its 20th year and is being hosted by the London Mayor.

Sadiq Khan has hit back at Boris Johnson's criticism of the planned expansion of London's ultra-low emissions zone (Ulez).The zone is due to be expanded to cover the whole of the capital from August 29 to boost air quality, with a 12.50 daily fee for vehicles not meeting minimum standards.Mr Khan said he will take no lectures from his predecessor as London mayor, Mr Johnson, who in a video posted on Twitter on Wednesday, accused Mr Khan of expanding the scheme to rake in money from motorists.

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Liberal Democrat peer and former senior police officer Lord Paddick said he is devastated after the sudden death of his beautiful, loving husband at their home in Oslo.

The King is to embrace a 17th century tradition to mark his reign with a special ceremony in which key British institutions reaffirm their loyalty to the monarch at Buckingham Palace.Charles will receive the privileged bodies a group of 27 organisations and corporations which will present loyal addresses to the sovereign in person in the Ballroom of the historic royal residence on Thursday.

The expansion of London's ultra-low emission zone (ULEZ) will have a "colossal" impact on people who live in North Kent, according to residents.The scheme charges drivers of vehicles that do not meet emissions standards, and is due to be expanded to London's boundary in August.Pro-ULEZ campaigners say the scheme is vital to help reduce air pollution.

Health Secretary Steve Barclay appeared to criticise the Labour Mayor of London Sadiq Khan's planned ultra-low emissions zone expansion for imposing an additional cost on NHS staff and others.But a spokesperson for Mr Khan said it was surprising for a Health Secretary to ignore the advice of their own chief medical officer on the dangers of air pollution.

Public transport fares increase to be announced and take effect on March 5
Transport chiefs this week have urged the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, to keep bus fares under £2 despite this meaning that tube prices may have to rise again.If Mayor Khan chooses to continue with cheaper bus tickets, other public transport modes will have to rise in order to maintain the total price rise.

Scuffles broke out shortly before midnight on New Year's Eve in London as ticketless revellers tried to access restricted areas.But overall there were only eight arrests as huge crowds returned to the capital for the first time in three years after pandemic curbs.Metropolitan police officers drew their batons when a small but determined group, who had pushed down fence panels in an attempt to get in, became aggressive towards stewards and officers, Scotland Yard said.

Its acknowledging the millions of Ukrainians who'll go without power this winter

 

London will show solidarity for Ukraine this Christmas by joining cities across the world in turning off the Christmas lights for an hour.The city will be darkened for 60 minutes at 8pm today (Wednesday December 21) to support the millions of Ukrainians who won't have power this winter.

He said 'there's still much more to do', as he announced running in 2024

 

Sadiq Khan has been chosen to run for a third time as Labour's representative in the London Mayor elections in 2024.Khan was first elected in 2016, succeeding Boris, then reelected last year.He said the upcoming race would be a 'very tough election', but added 'there's still so much more to do'.

The London mayor and Assistant Commissioner Louisa Rolfe joined local neighbourhood police officers on patrol in Peckham town centre, Southwark on Thursday.He claimed violent crime in London has reduced since he was first elected mayor in 2016 but warned that the cost of living crisis could cause an upswing in offences.