Boris Johnson

...for tax increment financing to boost schemes during economic downturn guardian.co.uk, Monday 30 November 2009 11.53 GMT Boris Johnson wants London to introduce tax increment funding. Photograph: Jon Furniss/Jon Furniss/WireImage.com

In this article: London, Tax, Recession, US, Revenue, London Underground, and Tokyo

With Boris Johnson as a sibling it might be difficult for his youngest sister Julia to find the spotlight, but she has won the Johnson clan's attention after telling them she is to be married. Tim Walker: Edited by Laura Roberts

In this article: Chris Bryant, Obesity, Gaydar, Standpoint magazine, Labour Party, The Daily Telegraph, and Lionel Shriver

...updated at 3:04 PM on 29th November 2009 Lured: Ian Clement admitted he fell for the honey-trap Boris Johnson's former deputy has admitted he fell for a beautiful Chinese spy when he was on an official visit to the Beijing Olympics. Ian...

In this article: London, Tessa Jowell, Beijing Olympics, George Bush, Beijing Hotel, UK, and US

Navigation - link to other main sections from here Interviews of the week: Sasha Grey, Robbie Williams, Boris Johnson Pornography to mainstream acting is not a well-trodden path in Hollywood but Sasha Grey, star of Steven Soderbergh's...

In this article: Sasha Grey, Robbie Williams, Labour, Steven Soderbergh, Gordon Brown, Sydney, Louisiana, and The Girlfriend Experience

...after forcing Sir Ian Blair to resign from the top job at Scotland Yard last year. Writing in his autobiography, Sir Ian accused Mr Johnson and key aides of making decisions for political reasons above the policing need. The reforms...

In this article: Chris Grayling, Tories, Ian Blair, London, and Hugh Orde

...dedicated specialist unit dedicated to to combating the crime of human trafficking Mayor Boris Johnson looks uneasy throughout the discussion. He clearly recognises the importance of the issue and perhaps is unhappy at the direction that...

In this article: Chris Grayling, Kit Malthouse, Tax, The Guardian, Evening Standard, Tories, Damian Green, and David Cameron

...controversy after forcing Sir Ian Blair to resign from the top job at Scotland Yard last year. Writing in his autobiography, Blair accused Johnson and key aides of making decisions for political reasons above policing need. Grayling also...

In this article: London, Chris Grayling, Tories, Democracy, Evening Standard, Ian Blair, Tax, and God

...more assistance, not less. Where the market has failed these people, the state must fill the void. Johnson seems to have accepted this - he has, after all, committed to build thousands of new affordable units (time will tell if they move...

In this article: London, Richmond, Small government, Conservative Party, Len Duvall, and Margaret Thatcher

Schools secretary gives green light to Turin Grove school in Edmonton Boris Johnson's ambition to set up new schools in the capital began to bear fruit today as he announced that the first "mayoral academy" will open next September in...

In this article: London, Edmonton, LSE, Ed Balls, Labour, AET, and David Cameron

...claims that "many in the Conservative national leadership were highly sceptical about Johnson as mayor" and did not think him a serious candidate. Johnson's personality is also cited in the report. There was no discussion "at all" with...

In this article: David Cameron, Allegation, Transport for London, and London