4th June 2023 Redfield and Wilton’s survey has also produced findings about the ULEZ expansion, congestion charging, bus and pedestrian priority, fares policy and more on transport issues DAVE HILL More than half of Londoners – 51 per cent – consider that,
London: The Levelling Down Monitor
4th October 2021 Tracking government policies and priorities that discriminate against and exclude London and Londoners, often in the name of “levelling up” DAVE HILL In his Introduction to the Conservative Party’s 2019 general election manifesto Boris Johnson said his government
Dave Hill: Will the ULEZ row be more angry bark than electoral bite?
27th May 2023 It’s hard to know but let’s have a go DAVE HILL I hope gauging the electoral importance of Sadiq Khan’s Ultra-Low Emission Zone expansion plan is good for the soul, because it often feels like a
Dave Hill: Attacked from all sides, London should be strengthened not starved
22nd April 2023 Britain is in a sorry state yet its capital city, on which the whole country depends, continues to be done down by left and right alike DAVE HILL The other day it was confirmed that a gigantic
London Councils welcome Right to Buy rules change as ‘shot in the arm’
3rd April 2023 The government’s decision to let local authorities use sales receipts as they wish has long been lobbied for DAVE HILL Cross-party body London Councils has welcomed the government’s decision to allow local authorities to keep all the
Dave Hill: Fast orbital bus routes have been rejected before. Will Sadiq’s Superloop fare better?
29th March 2023 A experiment with such a service under Boris Johnson was not taken forward by TfL, though it is more upbeat this time round DAVE HILL Sadiq Khan has announced plans for what Transport for London is calling
Dave Hill: Mark Rowley’s top task is to make sure good cops thrive
22nd March 2023 Louise Casey’s report on the culture of the Metropolitan Police has set out standards the Met Commissioner must make the service he leads meet without delay DAVE HILL “You can’t restructure your way out of a cultural
Borough figures show London’s homeless outnumber population of Oxford
15th March 2023 There are approximately 166,000 Londoners in temporary accommodation, nearly half of them children DAVE HILL The rising number of Londoners housed in temporary accommodation by its local authorities is now larger than that of several British cities,
London Conservatives think out loud about how to beat Sadiq Khan
14th March 2023 The odds do not look good but strategies, policies and approaches are being worked on DAVE HILL At first glance the Conservatives have little chance of defeating Labour incumbent Sadiq Khan at next May’s election for London
Dave Hill: Latest High Speed 2 delays confirm the government is slowing London down
10th March 2023 Whatever the thinking behind pushing back bringing the new line into Euston the decision continues national government’s degrading of the nation’s economic powerhouse DAVE HILL My now-retired literary agent introduced me to the expression “shit, or get