10th December 2019 With one exception, the manifestos of the three largest parties make few specific offers to the UK’s capital city DAVE HILL To begin, your occasional reminder that London, a boo word for an array of populists, cranks
1st December 2019 Some peoples’ reactions to the killings in Fishmongers’ Hall illustrate anti-London sentiments that need to be persuasively addressed DAVE HILL Nothing fuels sanctimony like someone else’s tragedy. Responses to Friday’s murderous violence in Fishmongers’ Hall and its
25th November 2019 Business leaders and the “gig economy” union have also expressed disappointment DAVE HILL Two of Sadiq Khan’s main challengers to become London Mayor next year have criticised him over Transport for London’s decision not to grant Uber a new
10th November 2019 Sadiq Khan hopes for greater devolution but is more aware than most that taking cheap shots at the capital is seen by some as a way of winning votes DAVE HILL Last week, leaders of both Labour
29th October 2019 Some instant responses to leaked details of the inquiry’s first report have revealed a dangerous culture of denial DAVE HILL Even before the Grenfell Tower Inquiry’s first report into the fire was leaked to the media,
25th October 2019 It seems that a purchaser for the developer’s interest in the problematic, Boris Johnson-backed regeneration project might at last be found DAVE HILL Ten years have passed since the then Conservative-run Hammersmith & Fulham Council unveiled ambitious
11th October 2019 New survey findings emphasise desire for devolution of the scheme DAVE HILL Two of the capital’s most influential membership organisations have called on national government to give London full control over the apprenticeship system in order to
22nd September 2019 Greener streets in the capital will take a bold but balanced mix of policies DAVE HILL Today’s car-free day in London is the biggest yet and follows Friday’s demonstrations against global climate change. The two events underline growing and urgent concerns
19th March 2019 What lies behind the row between a major north west London business and the Mayor’s development corporation? DAVE HILL Sadiq Khan’s City Hall calls it “the UK’s largest regeneration project” and it was hailed as a
15th September 2019 Possible risks to care homes, schools and residential buildings that lie outside the scope of current government action must not go unaddressed DAVE HILL Two years on from the horror of the Grenfell Tower fire, the standard
