Metro Bank gets official go-ahead
A proposed new High Street bank, Metro Bank, has been given a banking license by the Financial Services Authority.
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Crossrail's cost burden 'unfair'
London businesses are "unfairly burdened" with half the cost of the £16bn Crossrail even though areas outside the city will benefit, a London Assembly report says.
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England - Profile
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Businesses pay 2% Crossrail levy
London firms will pay a 2% business rate levy from April to help pay for the £16bn Crossrail, the London Mayor says.
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Thames airport not in Tory plans
Conservative leader David Cameron says building a new airport in the Thames Estuary is not one of his party's policies.
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Houses 'are less affordable now'
Houses are less affordable than 50 years ago, although the quality of homes has improved, according to the Halifax.
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Global recession knocks start-ups
The number of new businesses being set up worldwide has dropped during the global recession, a report claims.
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Schools told 'open if possible'
England's education department has said schools should open "wherever reasonably practicable" despite severe weather.
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How different is 2010 from 1963?
The weather continues to create chaos across the UK in what some are saying is the coldest winter since 1963 - but how different is it?
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Travellers facing snow disruption
Commuters are braced for severe travel problems as heavy snow falls in parts of eastern England, with up to 20cm possible.
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Travellers facing snow disruption
Commuters are braced for severe travel problems as heavy snow falls in parts of eastern England, with up to 20cm possible.
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Cartier airport raid two guilty
Two men are jailed after being found guilty of stealing nearly £4m of designer jewellery from Southend Airport in Essex.
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Estuary airport 'biggest project'
London Mayor Boris Johnson gives his clearest indication yet that he wants to push ahead with plans to build a new airport in the Thames estuary.
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Murder claim politician suspended
A BNP politician is suspended by one authority and censured by another after making false claims over murders in east London.
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Crossrail project gets £1bn loan
The Crossrail project which will connect Berkshire to Essex through London receives £1bn in funding.
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Why do airports change names?
Oxford Airport has changed its name to London Oxford Airport - despite being 60 miles away from its new namesake. So why do airports swap their names in the first place?
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City Diaries: 'Anthony'
Our City Diaries are written by people who work in finance and have had a front row seat as their industry goes through the biggest changes in decades.
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Swine flu 'to disrupt transport'
Transport services in London could be severely disrupted by a swine flu pandemic, a business group and union warn.
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Ex-mayor's aide cleared of fraud
An auditor clears ex-mayoral adviser Lee Jasper of fraudulently giving funds to groups with which he was associated.
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GLA reports aide over card misuse
A formal police complaint is made against Mayor Boris Johnson's former advisor Ian Clement, Greater London Authority says.
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