Newham has enjoyed great success in clamping down on landlords letting out substandard homes, leading to more than 1,1000 landlords being prosecuted, but its approval to run the scheme is due to expire and the council is understandably keen to put pressure on ministers to grant a renewal.
The Green Party’s focus on ‘progressive alliances’ risks sending it backwards
Darren Johnson, the Green Party’s 2000 and 2004 mayoral candidate, a London Assembly member for 16 years and former councillor, warns the party’s focus on electoral pacts risks harming its standing.
What London’s 2nd preference votes tell us about a Progressive Alliance’s chances
With Theresa May’s Tories expected to win a landslide next month, left-leaning parties and activists are once again calling for a ‘Progressive Alliance’ to help reduce her majority and, in some cases, unseat hard Brexiteers.
Could former mayoral runners Simon Hughes and Zac Goldsmith secure a Commons return?
June’s General Election has thrown an unexpected lifeline to former mayoral hopefuls and ex-MPs Simon Hughes and Zac Goldsmith who are set to contest their old Commons seats.
Can Sadiq Khan help save Labour’s ultra-marginal London seats?
Theresa May’s unexpected General Election could cut short the parliamentary careers of at least four London Labour MPs, all of whom secured only wafer-thin majorities at the 2015 election.
