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Ratepayers in Canary Wharf, The City and Westminster are to pay a greater share of the business levy used to fund Crossrail.

Mayor of London Boris Johnson has announced that he is raising the threshold at which London businesses are required to contribute towards the £15.9billion project. Boroughs with a station will also pay a greater share.

Nomura looks set to leave Canary Wharf for a new home in the City.

The Japanese bank took on Lehman Brothers' space at 25 Bank Street when it snapped up the UK arm of the stricken bank in October. But it is now in exclusive talks to move into the upcoming Watermark Place development.

The City of London was cleaning up this morning after yesterday's mass demonstrations.

Protesters were thin on the ground, with teams of cleaners most in evidence as they scrubbed graffiti off landmarks like the Royal Exchange and Bank of England.