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Ham & Fulham to sell the family silver to pay off debts - Town Hall and Irish Centre 'up for sale' 
Posted on  01-07-2010 01:05:49 AM (GMT +01:00)
Published By  declan@thelondondailynews.com

Hammersmith & Fulham council are set to flog off a score of buildings and community centres to help tackle their crippling debt crisis.

The 120-year-old Grade II listed Fulham Town Hall is one of the buildings being considered in a fire sale expected to net £20m ...


  
Boris ready for second term 
Posted on  24-06-2010 08:46:08 AM (GMT +01:00)
Published By  City Hall Desk

City Hall Desk

Mayor Johnson is believed to be ready "within weeks" to launch his re-election campaign for a second term as Mayor of London in the 2012 elections.

A recent London Daily News poll has given Mayor Johnson 46.7% of the vote second to previous ...


  
Eurythmics singer to join City Hall team against AIDS 
Posted on  23-06-2010 11:54:08 AM (GMT +01:00)
Published By  City Hall Desk

City Hall Desk

Musician and campaigner Annie Lennox met with the Mayor's Advisor on Health and Youth Opportunities Pam Chesters at City Hall today, as part of a roundtable bringing together representatives of HIV organisations and people living with HIV.

The first to have taken place ...


 
Mayor Johnson gets "back to basics" with new efforts to fight black crime in London 
Posted on  14-06-2010 02:32:50 AM (GMT +01:00)
Published By  Editorial

Editorial

Mayor Johnson may be seen by many as a "toff" and a man who has been priveleged to have gone to the right schools, but this has not in any way diverted his attentions from combating crime amongst black teenagers in London, primarily caused by ...


  
Death blow to Boris Island? London wind farm gets £250m Euro loan 
Posted on  12-06-2010 02:49:17 AM (GMT +01:00)
Published By  declan@thelondondailynews.com

A potential death blow has landed on Boris Island as the European Investment Bank loaned the London Array wind farm project £250 million.

Hopes were already disappearing for the Mayor of London’s £40bn artificial island airport after the now Transport Secretary Theresa Villiers said the scheme was "not ...


  
Boris still favourite to be Mayor in 2012 
Posted on  08-06-2010 10:06:25 AM (GMT +01:00)
Published By  News Desk

Boris still favourite to be Mayor in 2012

News Desk

In a London Daily News poll incumbent Mayor of London Boris Johnson is a strong favourites to win a second term with 46% of the votes, against 25% for Ken Livingtone, 14% for Alan Johnston ...

  
Blaming everyone else, Livingstone calls Boris a "failure" as he launches Mayoral campaign 
Posted on  01-06-2010 04:07:25 AM (GMT +01:00)
Published By  declan@thelondondailynews.com

Ken Livingstone has called Mayor Boris Johnson a "failure" as he launched his campaign to take back City Hall.

His unsurprising announcement was made with all the old gusto and malevolence one assoiates with the former two term Mayor. 

Johnson, who in 2008 defeated the Labourman by ...


  
Great expectations - The Department of Culture 
Posted on  22-05-2010 02:14:22 AM (GMT +01:00)
Published By  Politics Desk

The music industry has broadly welcomed the recent shake up at the Department of Culture, Media & Sport.

Tory man Ed Vaizey, who kept his culture brief when his party formed a government last week being was appointed a junior Culture Minister and will report in to not one ...


  
Mayor dragged into Chelsea Barracks court case - "Gave indication planning permission would be denied" 
Posted on  22-05-2010 11:42:29 AM (GMT +01:00)
Published By  declan@thelondondailynews.com

Mayor Boris Johnson has been dragged into the £81m Chelsea Barracks High Court case after allegedly giving an "indication" that planning permission would be refused for the scheme.

A Qatari state-run company is being accused by the Candy brothers CPC Group of tearing up deal for a £3 ...


  
Bonfire of the quangos - London Office abolished 
Posted on  21-05-2010 09:58:20 AM (GMT +01:00)
Published By  declan@thelondondailynews.com

The coalition Government has begun the bonfire of the quangos, or the scaling back of vital state spending depending on how you view it.

The Government Office for London is to be mothballed saving £20m a year in spending.

The office, which has 200 staff, worked on crime ...


  
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