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Khan's "new era for housebuilding" is really a £100m bailout

His plan for a "new era for housebuilding in London, with City Hall investing directly...unblocking stalled sites” covers sites that City Hall has owned for 14 years. What's really going on?

Khan says his fare-dodging crackdown is working. It isn't.

Last April he launched a "bold new plan" to tackle fare evasion. On Wednesday he told you "new figures show it's working" but that's not true, and it wasn't even a new plan.

How can less traffic mean more jams?

Everyone agrees London traffic is getting worse, most people assume it's because there's more of it. That's not true. It's the Mayor's policy to make traffic worse for our own good.

Is Khan wrong about London crime? Yes.

His carefully-chosen stats are correct, but hide the full picture: people's instincts are not wrong.

Pay Per Mile is dead, unfortunately so are the trams.

A new term begins in City Hall with Mayor Khan back, but so too is your excellent City Hall Conservatives team.

ULEZ and road user charging update

Mayor Khan wins in court, loses in the court of public opinion - but what's he up to next?

ULEZ in court and bus drivers in the heat

As the Mayor's ULEZ decision process is challenged in court, I challenge him over dangerous working conditions for London's bus drivers.

Neil Garratt's City Hall Diary - ULEZ scrappage, bad apples, and Mayoral complacency.

Mayor announces ULEZ scrappage scheme, Met Commissioner on removing bad apples, and what is MOPAC for?

Neil Garratt's City Hall Diary - ULEZ showdown, levelling up and the new travel peak

If the case for outer London ULEZ is so clear, why doesn't the Mayor make it honestly? Plus the latest travel patterns and good news on Levelling Up in Belmont.

Solar Powered Complaints

The Mayor’s ill-fated Solar Together London generated a flood of complaints and misleading claims about vetting contractors, but perhaps not much extra solar electricity.