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Mayor Renews Calls For London To Retain Stamp Duty

Give us stamp duty or else, says Boris (sort of).

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Weekend Round-Up

It’s been a weekend of protesting and anti-protesting.

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Transport Fare Rises Set To Be Held Down

Chancellor due to give TfL £130m to ease the pain.

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Benefits Cap Could Force 15,000 Families Out Of Central London

Photo by szen_volta from the Londonist Flickr pool Poor families in inner London are likely to be forced to the outer boroughs because of changes to the welfare system. Chancellor George Osborne announced yesterday that the maximum amount any family will be able to claim …

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Boris And The Tories: Two Sides Go To War?

David Cameron’s relationship with Boris Johnson “is at breaking point”, according to the New Statesman. An article in the lefty mag breathlessly reports that the old Etonians have fallen out over three key policy pledges: Crossrail, the Thames estuary airport, and an expansion of Mayoral …