THE Prime Minister's decision to hold Cabinet meetings outside London is costing the taxpayer upwards of £200,000 a time, new figures suggest.

BORIS Johnson, the Mayor of London, last night faced a formal investigation into his role in a Whitehall leaks inquiry.

Two former IRA prisoners tried to extort £300,000 from UK-based republican sympathisers with threats of violence, a London court heard yesterday. Nick Mullen, 60, previously charged with being the "quartermaster" of an IRA active service unit, and Ronald McCartney, 55, who was convicted of attempting to murder three policeman, tried to extort money from two businessmen who the court hear...

21 January 2009, 7pm The Beck Theatre, Hayes "This special nimby love-in People's Question Time meeting with Mayor of London Boris Johnson will focus on just one issue - the expansion of Heathrow Airport. "Come along for a pre-election campaign rally lively debate around the issues of the Heathrow expansion and what it means for the environment, businesses, residents and London. "The Mayor will ig...

Did you read that two former IRA prisoners have been accused of blackmailing two businessmen to get a share of £6m, a Southwark Crown Court has heard. Nick Mullen, 60, from Acton, west London, was once alleged to have been a "quartermaster" at an IRA bomb factory. His co-accused Ronald McCartney, 55, from Belfast, was convicted of trying to kill three policeman in the 1970s. The London c...

Boris Johnson the London Mayor faces a formal investigation into his role in the police leak inquiry probing Damian Green the shadow Home Office minister.

How many near-misses must there have been along the roads of London over the last month or two with the advent of these roadside billboards? It screams out the bait as if Brian Blessed had been the copywriter but the product that it is marketing is hidden in the lurid colours and the sheer size of the provocative text of the question. According to the Sunday Telegraph, they have been removed volun...

London Mayor Boris Johnson faced a formal investigation tonight into his role in the Whitehall leaks inquiry.

I was woken this morning by texts asking if I’d heard that Chamali Fernando - putative candidate for London mayor and sister of party president candidate Chandila Fernando - has resigned the party. It transpires that his is apparently true. No word as to why, but I understand it happened before the vote

has probably been seen by readers who have been on the streets of London more recently than I have. Norman Geras had what is below as suggestions for moving on this interesting notion: I think we should look towards extending the practice. It doesn't have to be confined to theological issues. A wider form of philosophical debate could take place on the sides of buses:Eschew cognitive relativi...