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Mayor of London Boris Johnson will take a lead role in any emergency planning required in the capital, in a decision reached at City Hall yesterday.

The decision follows months of detailed negotiations with ministers to ensure the capital is in ...

Any lingering doubts that Boris Johnson was still umming and ahhing over having another stab at City Hall were quashed last night when he was officially reselected as the Conservatives Mayoral Candidate.

Whilst former Mayor Ken Livingston announced his intention to run as soon as he lost the ...

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Boris Johnson has confirmed in an email to Conservative voters that he will be the party's candidate for the Mayoral election in 2012.

"I'm delighted to say that the Conservative Party has supported my bid to secure a second term as Mayor of ...

Haringey council is pushing for a total borough-wide ban on lap dancing clubs.

This week the Lib Dem local authority announced new policy covering the licensing and regulation of sex entertainment venues, sex shops and sex cinemas.

They insist the ban is not on moral grounds but to ...

In a rare move for a Mayor of London, Boris Johnson is asking the government for less power.

Johnson fears the coalition are about to transfer the Royal Parks to his financial remit in a "budget dumping" exercise.

The capitals eight parks cost around £32million a year ...

Mayor Boris Johnson is under pressure to skip the Conservative Party Conference and talk to the unions in a last ditch effort to halt a second crippling Tube strike.

From 6.30pm Sunday, 10,000 London Underground staff will walkout for 24 hours in a row over 800 ticket office ...

Editorial

Lynne Hillan the first female to lead Barnet council, the Conservative flagship authority, has survived, with strong bacing by her own Conservative group a vote of no confidence tabled by the Liberal Democrats.  In a "low key debate" with no raised voices, the Conservative ...

Camden is set to rule the roost over its neighbour Islington as the two North London councils consider sharing Chief Executives.

The Independent Republic of Islington, as it is sometimes comically called, is facing a budget crisis, as is flagship borough Camden of £65m-£100m.

Islington chief executive John ...