Rachael Burford

Chief Political Correspondent

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Rachael Burford is Chief Political Correspondent at Evening Standard

Politics

Sadiq Khan joins condemnation of Great Israeli Real Estate event

Campaigners have accused the property roadshow of promoting the sale of land in illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank

12 Jun 2026
Politics

Council meeting descends into chaos amid claims cats beheaded in park

Bexley councillors were discussing controversial plans for a new Go Ape adventure playground in Danson Park when the extraordinary allegations were made

12 Jun 2026
Politics

London builders look to timber homes in bid to solve housing crisis

Industry leaders travelled to Scotland to learn how the housing is produced as developers and ministers look for ways to increase the number of homes being built in London

12 Jun 2026
Politics

Al Carns resigns hours after John Healey as Starmer crisis deepens

Mr Carns joins John Healey in resigning from his role in Government in protest over funding for the armed forces

11 Jun 2026
London

Ole & Steen fined £34k for 'serious hygiene failings' at London bakery

Ole & Steen was prosecuted by Westminster town hall, which found that the company knew there was a serious mouse infestation at its Haymarket site but failed to act

11 Jun 2026
Politics

Defence Secretary John Healey quits in huge blow to Keir Starmer

John Healey posted his resignation letter social media, telling the PM is was something he ‘never expected to write’

11 Jun 2026
Politics

Sadiq Khan takes swipe at grumbling Soho campaigners in nightlife row

The Mayor of London has criticised the Soho Society after the group vowed to object to every new venue licence in the area

11 Jun 2026
Politics

London town hall seizes first lady of Sierra Leone’s council flat

Southwark Council confirmed it had taken possession of Fatima Jabbe-Bio’s two-bedroom property in Walworth

11 Jun 2026
Politics

Keir Starmer clashes with Reform MP over Belfast riots

Sir Keir Starmer accused Richard Tice and his party of trying to ‘whip up fear and division’ after disorder in north Belfast

10 Jun 2026
London

Fresh crackdown on e-bikes as London council signs new deal with Lime

Westminster council strikes ‘pioneering’ agreement with Lime that will see the e-bike rental company share real-time information on the location and number of cycles across the borough

10 Jun 2026
Politics

Reform mayor candidate hits back at Zelensky over Ukraine flag remarks

Laila Cunningham said ‘we should only have British flags’ flying from buildings in the UK

9 Jun 2026
Politics

‘Young people aren't snowflakes and shirkers', insists minister

The capital's youth unemployment rate is the highest in the country at almost 25%

9 Jun 2026
Politics

Number of vulnerable families moved out of London by councils doubles

Official figures suggest there were some 1,300 homeless households relocated from London to places where rental accommodation is cheaper in the year to March 2025

9 Jun 2026
Politics

PM issues warning to tech firms over children sending explicit images

In a speech at London Tech Week, the Prime Minister warned tech firms they must stop allowing children to send and receive explicit images

8 Jun 2026
Politics

New Green Mayor hikes salary by £5k despite election vow to cut pay

Lewisham Mayor Liam Shrivastava vowed to take a 20% pay cut but instead hiked his wage by £4,832 and said 20% would be donated to ‘food justice initiatives’

7 Jun 2026
Crime

More people charged over Henry Nowak murder protests in Southampton

A total number of 11 people have so far been charged after disorder in Southampton

6 Jun 2026
Crime

Ex BBC host quizzed by Met Police after sexual assault allegation

The household name was reportedly questioned after a complaint related to unwanted sexual touching

6 Jun 2026
Politics

Trump legal team objects to releasing records in BBC defamation case

The broadcaster’s lawyers dismissed claims of a ‘fishing expedition’, saying the details are needed to assess the president’s claim.

6 Jun 2026
Politics

Green Party by-election candidate apologises for 'rapey Indians' post

Esther Lie said of the now-deleted post from 2013: ‘It is clearly inappropriate and I apologise’

5 Jun 2026
London

Cannabis vapes among £337k of illegal goods seized from tourist shops

The most recent raid, carried out by Westminster council officers in Piccadilly, uncovered a stash of counterfeit fashion items alongside dangerous and illegal products

5 Jun 2026
Politics

Khan and PM plot way to force through 21,000-home London 'new town'

Sir Keir Starmer will tell mayors that the Government will back them to push them through large projects that have stalled or been watered down

4 Jun 2026