NEW from Charles Wright - #London has been making progress towards its #NetZero target, but the hard parts lie ahead: onlondon.co.uk/hard-part-yet-… London Assembly Zack Polanski Leonie Cooper AM City Hall Conservatives Hina Bokhari OBE AM 🔶 Climate Change Committee Ed Miliband C40 Cities

A 1% fall in house prices in London could yield a £7.3bn boost to the economy over a decade, mayor Sadiq Khan has said. bbc.in/3YMdcvK

Shutting down reporting on the horrible killings in #Zhuhai #Guangdong #China CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW TO WATCH… bbc.com/news/articles/…

The Met commissioner has warned it faces "eye-watering cuts" to services unless ministers increase its funding. bbc.in/3O5sDKC

So this ‘flagship’ third-term policy not looking at all straight forward bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Former Labour minister Karen Buck is to be the new chair of the Old Oak & Park Royal Development Corporation - regenerating the capital’s biggest brownfield site as HS2 station gets done

Did Ofwat keep bills too low, and put too much trust in credit agencies? Or does the fault for Thames Water 💧 crisis lie with rapacious capitalism? Either way, as the crisis comes to a head, it looks like the consumer will end up paying. My OnLondon report onlondon.co.uk/charles-wright…

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Interesting. Can see need to balance things out politically with Tory Andy Street - ex West Midlands mayor - also said to be on draft honours list. But no Sir Andy Burnham - with three whopping victories to his name in Manchester?!

NEW: Mayor's off-peak Fridays fare trial made no difference to passenger numbers says Tfl report (published in December but just come to light). Academics say it shows behaviour and lifestyle more important than savings: content.tfl.gov.uk/offpeakfridays…

EXCL: A company that has spent thousands of pounds on free Taylor Swift tickets for Sadiq Khan has been given nearly £50m worth of work by City Hall. My latest for The Londoner the-londoner.co.uk/sadiq-khan-tay…