8th January 2021 The Mayor has invoked the official definition of services being unable to cope with the demands placed upon them DAVE HILL Sadiq Khan has formally declared a “major incident” in London due to the soaring rate of
Kensington Enters High Alert
Kensington will enter High Alert status night of Friday 15 October. This will mean the rule of six outside only, face-coverings for all shops and transport, pubs and restaurants until seated. Social distancing to be observed except inside households. Weddings
The Dame: Slaughtering those golden egg-laying geese
Wednesday, 17 June 2020 The pandemic has wreaked havoc within the Borough’s small business community. For reasons of cost and flexibility most use co-working offices to start and run their businesses. In the south of the Royal Borough, there are
Dave Hill: Government, Mayor and boroughs pledge to work together on London’s recovery
22nd May 2020 Two new boards have been formed to guide release from lockdown and shape the city’s future DAVE HILL City Hall has announced the formation of two new multi-government bodies to help London emerge from the lockdown and
Dave Hill: London’s boroughs glad of extra government funds, but they are going to be looking for much more
20th April 2020 The communities secretary has come up with a second support package, but several London boroughs say they still face big financial losses. DAVE HILL The government pledged on Saturday to make a further £1.6 billion available to
Dave Hill: London coronavirus peak still ‘probably a week and a half away’ says Sadiq Khan
8th April 2020 The Mayor also said that any loosening restrictions on movement in the capital is still a long way off DAVE HILL The Mayor has said that the number of daily new cases of the coronavirus Covid-19 in
The Dame: CHINA AND RUSSIA IGNORE OUR PRIME MINISTER
Wednesday, 8 April 2020 A FIGHTER Whilst our Prime Minister fights to get well he has been inundated with messages of support from those of all political persuasions. Those from Sadiq Khan and Keir Starmer were especially heartfelt and
Coronavirus London: Capital’s resilience operation scaling up to meet the peak
27th March 2020 The resilience structures of the London boroughs and their partner public bodies are working flat out DAVE HILL Things have moved extremely fast since Monday, when On London published an explainer about the resilience planning of the capital’s local authorities
Dave Hill: Failure to mind Tube message gap exposes COVID-19 conflicts and confusions 25th March 2020
25th March 2020 It is not a good thing for the government to be at odds with the Mayor in public or for contradictory messages to be sent DAVE HILL Who is right about the frequency of London Underground
Dave Hill: Ungovernable London must govern itself as coronavirus enters its soul
17th March 2020 The challenge for the capital and its people is to start doing things that go against their very nature DAVE HILL Already, our big, open city was shrinking away and closing down: our Tube trains were roomier,