24th May 2022 The delayed project impressed first day travellers amid a celebratory atmosphere DAVE HILL London’s newest railway, the Elizabeth Line, finally opened across its full length today with no serious initial problems and amid great excitement among
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 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
21st December 2021 Sadiq Khan is supporting business calls for clarity and asking for government financial support DAVE HILL Hospitality and entertainment businesses in the capital and across England are urging the government to make a clear decision about Covid
29th November 2021 Formerly Sadiq Khan’s director policy, the chief executive of the capital’s dedicated think tank wants to do more to help the capital build bridges with the rest of the UK DAVE HILL History does not record how
16th November 2021 The capital is the only UK region with fewer people on payrolls than before the pandemic DAVE HILL London is the only UK region whose number of “payroll employees” has yet to return to pre-pandemic levels,
18th November 2021 The capital’s transport agency has produced a pessimistic forecast involved service cuts and deterioration of assets across the board DAVE HILL The UK’s capital is on course to face massive cuts to its bus and Underground services,
9th November 2021 The Secretary of State for Levelling Up has made very clear that he does not favour the nation’s capital DAVE HILL Were there any doubt that the government’s “levelling up” agenda is explicitly designed to exclude
3rd November 2021 Bids from the capital also proved less likely to be successful than those from elsewhere in the UK DAVE HILL The government has given London the smallest share of a national fund designed to assist communities
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
