The MP for Bow and Bethnal Green, George Galloway has been deported from Egypt.

The Respect party member was apparently trying to enter Gaza with a humanitarian convoy.

According to the 'Viva Palestine' spokeswoman, the convoy had been arrested at the Rafah crossing point - plain ...

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The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, today (Monday 14 December) travels to Copenhagen to show the rest of the world how London is tackling climate change, helping to create a low carbon economy and tens of thousands of new green jobs.

He will attend the ...

Hillan sends Hanukah wishes to Barnet's Jewish community

By John Kaponi
Editor-in-Chief

The Conservative group in Barnet council, last night elected, Lynne Hillan as new leader following incumbent Mike Freer's decision to stand down, and focus on his parliamentary ...

Mayor Boris Johnson has backed a second Greater London Authority tax freeze.

Nearly £1billion is raised through City Hall's slice of Londoner's Council Tax bills - it would be the second consecutive 0% increase.

In his 2010 budget report, Boris Johnson called an end to eight ...

Ertan Hurer, one of the key players in Enfield council who spearheaded a drive that saw a 20% drop in knife crime in the borough speaks with The London Daily News and outlines his vision for London and what to expect under a Conservative government.

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The next government will have to slash £11bn from council budgets, according to the Local Government Association.

Major parties are not spelling out where the axe will fall, leading to a "guessing game" with the £105bn annual spend, the LGA's director of finance says.

Labour has de-selected a Council candidate after he called the Queen "vermin".

Peter White was set for a councillor seat in Havering before comparing the monarch to a parasitic rat-like creature in an online slur.

White was forced to apologise and his political career seems to have ended ...

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Mayor Boris Johnson is calling for a new funding ethos to be introduced for London that follows the example set out by New York, where local taxes are collected specifically for local spending, which would give greater autonomy to City Hall to fund ...