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From our How to be a CEO podcast: An interview with the boss of AXA UK and Ireland, Tara Foley.We’ll also be looking at the AXA Start-up Angel competition, which is run in partnership with the Evening Standard and gives budding entrepreneurs the chance to win capital, and get first-class mentoring. There are six opportunities to win, including two top prizes of £25,000 to fund your business idea, and you’ll get mentoring from the AXA Startup Angels along with business insurance for a year. Entries close on June 2nd 2024. For more details, and Ts and Cs, head over to the website.For more interviews, news and analysis, go to the business page at standard.co.uk/business, or pick up the Evening Standard newspaper.

Conservatives on track for one of their worst council elections ever. Rishi Sunak calls results ‘disappointing’...but what’s his next move? Our deputy political editor Jitendra Joshi and our chief political correspondent Rachael Burford discuss the Conservatives' significant losses in the local elections, Labour's success in the Blackpool South by-election, and they consider how the PM could react to such damning election results.Follow us on X or on Threads.

Restaurants reporting ruder customers, 50% of theatre staff considered quitting over poor behaviour, tube riders blocking your way out of the carriage. Exploring London's shifting etiquette, features writer Maddy Mussen describes how the Capital is getting ruder, and reveals the experts and analysis that back up her hypothesis.Follow us on X or on Threads.

Sadiq Khan's advertising van driver sleeps through his alarm. Susan Hall denies being banned from tweeting. Why you'll need ID to vote on Thursday. Our political editor Nicholas Cecil runs through the final poll results ahead of Thursday's vote, and city hall editor Ross Lydall describes some of the final day drama, including twitter antics and a van driver who overslept...Follow us on X or on Threads.

With less than two days to go before the 2024 London mayoral election, our city hall editor Ross Lydall explains the key pledges made by each of the four main candidates, Sadiq Khan (Labour), Susan Hall (Conservatives), Rob Blackie (Liberal Democrats) and Zoe Garbett (Green Party), and reveals which one he thinks is relevant to most Londoners. In this episode:Why now is the time to secure votersFree school meals, ULEZ, tackling crime, lowering rents: which issue speaks to most Londoners?Who’s tipped to win based on the latest pollsFollow us on X or on Threads.

Bereaved families have criticised Sadiq Khan’s record on crime as figures show a 20% spike in knife and gun crime in 2023. Our Crime Correspondent Anthony France explains what the families are calling for, and whether Sadiq Khan’s proposed measures to tackle crime if he's re-elected will be enough. In this episode:How the Met Police have defended stop & search measuresSadiq’s record on crime explainedAhead of the mayoral election, how important is tackling crime for Londoners?Follow us on X or on Threads.

In this special episode of The Standard podcast, you’ll hear an Evening Standard roundtable discussion focussing on the crunch issues in the 2024 mayoral election.Three cabbies debate the candidates and policies impacting the black taxi trade as the race for City Hall intensifies between Labour incumbent Sadiq Khan and his Conservative rival Susan Hall.There’s plenty of lively opinion on the mayor’s tenure, low-traffic neighbourhoods, road closures and cycle lanes - plus, could Ulez swing the vote?Hosted by Ross Lydall, the Evening Standard’s City Hall editor and transport editor. You can watch the extended version of this roundtable video online at standard.co.uk.

In this preview of our Brave New World series, Evgeny talks to psychologist and researcher Bill Richards, whose book Sacred Knowledge: Psychedelics and Religious Experiences is considered a seminal work in the field and is now in its 10th edition. To hear the whole interview, and listen to previous editions, search 'Brave New World Evening Standard' in your podcast provider.

A red Ford Escort Cabriolet XR3i draped topped with a giant doily is among art works nominated for this year’s Turner Prize - as Britain’s prestigious contemporary creative competition marks its 40th anniversary.Four shortlisted artists to win the £25,000 prize include three Londoners whose work ranges from traditional drawing to more eccentric installations.But as the Turner Prize turns 40, is it still relevant?Analysis and background with Evening Standard arts correspondent Robert Dex.