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Don't join The Met, say black officers

Black police officers have called for a boycott of the country's biggest force amid claims they face racial abuse from their colleagues. The National Black Police Assoc­iation also plans to take out news­paper adverts telling...

Roadworks permit plan 'delayed'

The Department for Transport revealed the plans earlier this year The Mayor of London has accused ministers of "shilly shallying" over proposals to introduce a roadworks permit scheme. Boris Johnson revealed that he and...

Yasmin Alibhai-Brown: We are going to pay dearly for the loss of Sir Ian Blair

I feel stinging pangs of remorse; my conscience nags me. In a recent column I commented on the noisy clash between Ian Blair and his once protégé, Assistant Commissioner Tariq Ghaffur. This was more than a bonfire of the...

Shaun Bailey: You Ask The Questions

At the moment you work for a youth charity. But you want to be an MP. I have a feeling you would have more of an impact on people's lives staying doing what you are now. Am I wrong? NORMAN KING, Burnley

Review: The Secret Policeman's Ball

Tom Horan doesn't know whether to laugh or cry at The Secret Policeman's Ball at Albert Hall By the time you read this you may have made up your own mind about this fund-raising variety show, the highlights of which were...

Matthew Norman: Curse of the Newsnight soothsayer

I am increasingly obsessed by the work of that sleek transatlantic focus groupie Frank Luntz. Frank's regular appearances on Newsnight probably make him our second-most-influential American political pundit after Irwin Stelzer,...

Ian Blair Boris Johnson Kit Malthouse

Fallout from Ian Blair affair So where are we in the Great London Police Drama? Much debate has raged over whether Mayor Johnson's effective ousting of Ian Blair last Thursday was driven by political ideology or a need for more...

Second city first.

Who are the two most powerful Conservatives in Britain? David Cameron and George Osborne? Wrong - they don't actually run anything. The most powerful Conservative is surely Boris Johnson the mayor of London who last week flexed...

Mayor and world business leaders discuss how to make London a more liveable and successful city

Against the backdrop of the global credit crunch and turmoil in the financial markets, Mayor of London Boris Johnson today hosted the inaugural meeting of his International Business Advisory Council (IBAC) at City Hall. Chaired...

Letters: Further questioning over resignation of police commissioner

The most important comment on the ousting of Met police commissioner Ian Blair (The Tory plot that forced out Blair, October 3) is "we don't want a commissioner appointed. We will have an acting arrangement until a Conservative...