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
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
Earls Court: New regeneration draft masterplan promises to “bring the wonder back”
22nd February 2023 The joint venture between Transport for London and Delancey aspires to reviving the area’s past glories with a new, mixed-use piece of London offering something to the full range of local people and visitors DAVE HILL For
Dave Hill: Brexit Day, London 2020
1st February 2020 Leavers gathered in Parliament Square to celebrate. Remainers mourned. DAVE HILL & JOSHUA NEICHO “The war is over and we have won,” said Nigel Farage from Parliament Square in the final seconds before 11.00 pm and
Dave Hill: London has received less ‘levelling up’ cash than any other English region
5th September 2022 Only a fraction of the small portion of the first round funding allocations announced last October has actually been paid to projects in the capital so far DAVE HILL London has received less funding from the government’s
London 2012 Olympic Park: How the Games media buildings became the triumphant Here East
1st August 2022 They might have been knocked down but instead grew into one of the Lower Lea Valley’s regeneration success stories DAVE HILL Every component of the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park tells its own, distinctive part of the larger
Dave Hill: Tube strikes are a symptom of TfL’s long Covid
6th March 2022 The RMT’s industrial action has been driven by bravado in the context of the government’s takeover of the capital’s transport body DAVE HILL Whatever your view of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union, you can’t say you don’t
Dave Hill: ‘Partygate’ investigations are key test of trust in Met Police
25th January 2022 Londoners and others will be watching closely for policing “without fear or favour” DAVE HILL Cressida Dick prepared the ground with care before announcing that the Met will investigate a “number of” lockdown gatherings in Downing Street
Dave Hill: Boris’s Budget 2015-16: how the London mayor will make ends meet
Dave Hill on London Boris’s Budget 2015-16: how the London mayor will make ends meet Even though its population is booming London’s top tier of government is having to cope with large spending cuts City Hall. Photograph: Martin Godwin
Dave Hill: Olympic Park East Bank can lift London gloom in 2022
31st December 2021 The emerging education and culture quarter will begin to open in September DAVE HILL The best view is from Tessa Jowell Boulevard, the tree-lined walkway so named since 2019 in memory of the politician who made a huge contribution