Employers have won contracts worth more than £5 billion from the London Olympics, new figures have revealed.

More than half the 1,036 firms benefitting from the 2012 games are in London.

MPs in outer London and the Home Counties should receive free taxi rides from the House of Commons instead of a second home, a London MP has claimed.

Andrew Dismore (Lab Hendon) said MPs needed a free lift home after late-night votes when the trains stopped running.

A petition has been launched demanding Transport for London provide refunds to commuters because of closures on the Jubilee line.

MP Sarah Teather (Lib Dem Brent East) claimed the shutdowns were a result of “basic mistakes” by the capital’s transport authority.

An MP and keen West Ham fan, who attended the match against Millwall where violent clashes broke out, has urged football bosses not to punish innocent supporters.

Mike Gapes (Lab Ilford South) said there was no reason to hold games behind closed doors or reintroduce fences.

Voters have backed calls for a “high pay commission” to stop excessive pay and bonuses damaging the economy.

A new poll by ComRes found 61 per cent of voters in the south east supported proposals to prevent another credit crunch by curbing pay levels.

Three more Londoners suffering from swine flue have died – but the number of new patients has fallen dramatically.

NHS London, the capital’s heath authority, said 55 people were admitted to London hospitals with swine flu in the past week, half the number admitted the week before.

Schools need more funding after Government figures showed more than 900 London children are taught in unlawfully large classes, an MP has warned.

Labour has broken a pledge to ensure all infant pupils are taught in classes of no more than 30, said Sarah Teather (Lib Dem Brent East).