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Interesting listen on Yusuf's role in the rise of Reform

London Labour MPs issue public warnings to the Treasury ahead of a Spending Review which Sadiq Khan is expected to dislike They tell PolHome it’d be “shocking” & a “major blow” if reported spending decisions for the capital come to pass ft Noah Vickers’ first PolHome byline!

London Labour MPs have publicly expressed concern over suggestions that the capital is set to miss out on key funding at the Spending Review. 2 MPs told PoliticsHome that it would be "shocking" and a "major blow" politicshome.com/news/article/l…

London MPs voice concern - and some optimism - over whether the capital will be granted the infrastructure upgrades Sadiq Khan has spent the best part of a decade asking for, in Rachel Reeves' spending review tomorrow Story w tilda martin & Zoë Crowther politicshome.com/news/article/l…

Ahead of the spending review announcement, tilda martin, Noah Vickers & I spoke to London Labour MPs who urged the Chancellor to not deal a "major blow" to the capital But sources close to other mayors said London had "always had special treatment" politicshome.com/news/article/l…

Met Police is already set for a net loss of 1,700 officers, PCSOs and staff this year, despite the mayor promising in his manifesto to "work with a Labour government to put an extra 1,300 neighbourhood police officers and PCSOs on the streets" (over the course of his third term)

Labour chair of the London Assembly's transport committee says it's a "huge disappointment" that the spending review contains no funds for the DLR or Bakerloo line extensions (or even the relatively cheap West London Orbital overground link, for that matter)

Surprising admission from London's deputy mayor for planning: "With the best will in the world, I don’t see how 880,000 homes can be accommodated within London’s current built form." (via Charles Wright) onlondon.co.uk/deputy-mayor-l…

My latest report for The House magazine explores the uphill battle the government faces over school absenteeism. But are poor attendance rates, in the long shadow of the Covid lockdowns, simply a symptom of longer-term failure to properly support our children? politicshome.com/news/article/s…

Freezing fares has been a cornerstone of Sadiq Khan's messaging to Londoners that he's been 'fighting their corner' on living costs. This caveat, hidden inside one of the spending review's only boons for London, suggests govt cares less about SK's political brand than their own

NEW: A sneak preview in The Times and The Sunday Times of my interview with Leader of the House of Commons Lucy Powell. 📰 Full interview coming on Monday in The House magazine thetimes.com/uk/politics/ar…

Out now: Noah Vickers's chat with Lucy Powell — which has already prompted some lively debate She says archaic language like bill & division should be reviewed “I’m all for our traditions...[but] which traditions serve a purpose in the modern age?” politicshome.com/news/article/h…

NEW: London mayor Sadiq Khan tells LBC that he's not yet won over by the government's welfare concessions... “I welcome the changes announced by the government, and I welcome that the government has pledged to work with disabled people and disabled groups. “But I still have

The National Secular Society responds in this thread to my interview with Lucy Powell, in which she confirmed to me that the Modernisation Committee she chairs will not be seeking to remove prayers from formal parliamentary business

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We have long-standing and important traditions but politics has changed and we need to change how we work too. Read my chat with House Magazine about modernisation of Parliament here 👇 politicshome.com/news/article/h…

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Of course, there's also an economic benefit from a million+ people attending Pride each year. Every visitor to a London cultural event generates on average £23 for the city's economy. The £625k - which is spread over five years - wouldn't even pay for two extra police officers