The Evening Standard

The London daily dominates in the British capital, riding on the strength of its local reporting. Its business model was revamped in 2009 in the wake of a sharp decline in sales, which had plunged it into financial difficulties. The paper has since been distributed free of charge in central London with a greatly increased circulation. In March 2017 former Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osbourne took over as the paper's chief editor.