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S adiq Khan has hit back at claims he is building tower blocks people do not want in a desperate bid to reach his housing targets.The Mayor of London revealed on Monday that he had hit the Government's target of starting work on 116,000 new affordable homes by April 2023.He achieved the milestone after work was started on a record 25,658 affordable properties in the last year.

Boris Johnson is seeking to hand peerages to four Tory MPs in his resignation list, even as a cabinet minister admits the House of Lords is bloated and undemocratic.Alok Sharma, the outgoing Cop26 president, is among about 20 nominees, alongside the Scotland secretary Alister Jack and ex-ministers Nadine Dorries and Nigel Adams, it is believed.

Rishi Sunak has approved Boris Johnson's resignation honours list of peerages and other awards for his allies, despite continuing police and parliamentary inquiries into the former prime minister over Partygate.Johnson's list gave honours to some of his aides who were most closely associated with the Partygate scandal, including an Order of the Bath for his former principal private secretary Martin Reynolds, who oversaw a garden party during Covid restrictions in 2020.

A longstanding critic of Boris Johnson has launched his sixth bid to become the Tory mayoral candidate by claiming the biggest backing of grassroots activists.Andrew Boff said he had secured the backing of 50 councillors across 15 boroughs as he formally entered the race to secure his party's nomination.

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 Politicians from across the spectrum have paid tribute to Baroness Betty Boothroyd, the first woman to be elected Commons speaker, as the House fell silent in her memory.

Rishi Sunak is facing calls to block Boris Johnson's conveyor belt of cronies after he proposed several Conservative MPs for peerages but told them to delay accepting them to prevent triggering by-elections.Deputy Labour leader Angela Rayner demanded on Tuesday that the Prime Minister rejects the disreputable and apparently unprecedented demands of his Downing Street predecessor.

T he Green Party's candidate for Mayor of London has revealed her top priorities for Londoners - including drug reform and free public transport for young people.Zoe Garbett was unveiled as the party's candidate on Friday morning, saying she was really excited to have been selected to fight the contest in May 2024.

Zoe Garbett was announced as the party's candidate on February 10, saying she was really excited to have been selected to fight the contest in May 2024.Ms Garbett, who currently represents Dalston on Hackney Council, outlined several key campaign focuses.On drug reform, the 35-year-old said: Our current drug laws are killing people.

A Conservative think tank has said the welfare system is not providing enough support for people, and has called for the introduction of a "minimum income".Bright Blue, backed by some senior Tory MPs, says households need a minimum income to meet the cost of living.Former Work and Pensions Secretary Stephen Crabb said the welfare system has "significant gaps and weaknesses".