Last night City AM, London’s the business focused newspaper, pitched Mayoral hopefuls Sadiq Khan and Zac Goldsmith against one another in their first head-to-head debate of the campaign.
2016 London Elections
All the latest news and opinion from the Mayoral and London Assembly elections in which Zac Goldsmith, Sadiq Khan, Caroline Pidgeon and Sian Berry will fight it out for London's top political job.
Zac Goldsmith pledges to create 500,000 new jobs for London workers
Goldsmith said the jobs would be created both through his commitment to build 50,000 homes a year and his promise to “protect transport investment” from the “£1.9 billion black hole” he claims would be created by Labour rival Sadiq Khan’s pledge to freeze fares.
Goldsmith pledges £20m to rescue London’s local high streets
The money would sit alongside the appointment of a ‘Retail Tsar’ to champion the work of independent retailers. Creation of the role has been backed by more than 28,000 people who signed a change.org petition.
The Tory vision for estate regeneration in London
If you want to see how Cameron’s ‘blitz’ on ‘sink estates’ will play out in London you need look no further than Barnet where some of the largest-scale regeneration and development has been taking place.
Uber denies auto-opting drivers into letter condemning Goldsmith’s proposed clampdown
Uber has denied claims that it automatically opted drivers into a letter lobbying mayoral hopeful Zac Goldsmith not to toughen up the rules under which private hire firms operate.
