Today's news from around London.
Channel 4 factchecks some of the buildings vs officers claims.
Consultation starts on plans to close 12 stations, lose 18 engines and 520 firefighters.
Plans for Charing Cross, Ealing, Hammersmith and Central Middlesex rubber stamped.
Refuses to comply with Mayoral directive to press on with closing fire stations.
Whittington and Romford hospitals also cutting back.
Mayor will overturn decision of Fire Authority.
Fire Authority votes to reject plans to close fire stations.
12 fire stations, 18 engines and 520 firefighters are set to go.
Repairs bill for venues comes to £14.5m.
Strong public opposition makes no difference to proposals.
Protesters object to plans to close Lewisham's A&E department.
Rumours swirling in vacuum created by lack of information.
How budget cuts are affecting these emergency services.
And the top two police advisers abruptly resign.
Budget cuts and improvements to patient care lead to fewer, larger hospitals.
Thousands march through London once again, as public workers go on strike.
Several thousand students march through London to protest education changes.
Front-loaded cuts mean losses of some frontline jobs.
And that was without any of those damn riots.
Chase Farm A&E gets the chop
Around 2,000 officers and 1,000 PCSOs are expected to go in the wake of budget cuts.
Teachers and government workers are forming picket lines, plus a march through central London.
Westminster, Hammersmith & Fulham and Kensington and Chelsea councils hail move to save local libraries - but the news isn't as good as they claim.
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