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  • Sunday, 28 March, 2021
    Sadiq Khan promises 4G on Tube if he wins London election

    Mayor links plan to connect Underground to broader efforts to improve telecoms in capital

  • Tuesday, 16 March, 2021
    Sebastian Payne
    Brexit has lost London for the Conservatives

    Britain’s ruling party, especially as it looks north, has no chance of winning the mayorship of the capital

  • Tuesday, 20 October, 2020
    UK government spending
    Government threatens to take direct control of Transport for London

    Mayor Sadiq Khan told he must accept ministerial demands, including higher fares, if he wants bailout

  • Wednesday, 4 March, 2020
    Miranda Green
    London’s mayoral race is a springboard to the top job

    Yet a hustings last month saw candidates failing to attend, sending substitutes with patchy answers

  • Sunday, 16 February, 2020
    Rory Stewart wants ‘City’ embassies in EU capitals

    Former Tory leadership contender says financial sector needs voice in Europe

  • Friday, 14 February, 2020
    Henry Mance
    Politicians do not normally say: ‘Come kip with me’

    Only a newcomer like Rory Stewart would campaign in London by inviting themselves over

  • Wednesday, 13 November, 2019
    UK general election
    Farage refuses to stand down candidates in Labour seats

    Brexit party move could split Leave vote and hit Tory chances of a majority

  • Friday, 28 September, 2018
    UK politics & policy
    Shaun Bailey chosen as Tories’ London Mayor candidate

    Party aims for moderate who can strike a different tone with electorate

  • Thursday, 30 August, 2018
    UK politics & policy
    Farage considers running for London mayor

    Senior Tory says Downing Street braced for embarrassment if he enters contest

  • Promoted Content
  • Wednesday, 15 August, 2018
    UK politics & policy
    Tory London mayor shortlist lacks big-name candidates

    Calibre of contenders suggests party’s lack of confidence in battle

  • Saturday, 5 May, 2018
    UK politics & policy
    London elections allow Tories to dream of being mayor

    After being braced for disaster in capital, thoughts turn to City Hall

  • Monday, 23 May, 2016
    News in-depthFT Data
    We ran 139 demographic datasets against London mayoral election voting patterns to see who voted for whom
  • Friday, 13 May, 2016
    FT MagazineGillian Tett
    What New York can learn from London

    ‘Khan’s election makes me proud of my London origins, not because he is a Muslim but because most voters don’t care that he is’

  • Thursday, 12 May, 2016
    Moody’s warns on Khan’s election pledges

    Promise to freeze fares and fill funding gap through property increases TfL exposure to housing market

  • Wednesday, 11 May, 2016
    Roula Khalaf
    Khan is new role model for young Muslims

    Notebook: It is right that London should prove that tolerance, and merit, still prevail

  • Wednesday, 11 May, 2016
    Khan finds support for rent control

    Property investors could absorb limits on rent increases, say experts

  • Tuesday, 10 May, 2016
    Janan Ganesh
    Inequality is price of London’s success

    Too many expect a return to the accessible city of the 1970s with no compromise of today’s pomp

  • Sunday, 8 May, 2016
    UK politics & policy
    Khan seeks to turn pledges into policies

    In-tray includes housing, transport and relationship with chancellor

  • Sunday, 8 May, 2016
    Instant InsightPhilip Stephens
    British politics is fragmenting

    The elections reveal a patchwork of cultural and regional divisions, writes Philip Stephens

  • Saturday, 7 May, 2016
    Khan sworn in as London mayor

    First Muslim mayor of capital hails voters for choosing ‘hope over fear’

  • Friday, 6 May, 2016
    World
    London’s support for Muslim Khan as mayor

    Muslim taking capital’s top job grabs global attention

  • Friday, 6 May, 2016
    UK politics & policy
    Recriminations start over Goldsmith campaign

    Conservatives squabble over divisive tactics

  • Friday, 6 May, 2016
    Sadiq Khan — London’s new mayor

    Strategy in mayoral race made virtue of multiple identities

  • Friday, 6 May, 2016
    Janan Ganesh
    The hype of the anti-politics zeitgeist

    Continuity is the leading impulse for voters yet diffusion of power brings more texture and variety

  • Thursday, 5 May, 2016
    UK politics & policy
    Thousands turned away from London polls

    Voter list error in Conservative stronghold could hand advantage to Labour

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