It has taken me far too long to write up what was said at the recent On London event entitled London: Planning, Places & People, which took place on 15 June. Part of the problem has been that the four outstanding panelists and the highly knowledgable audience said so many interesting and insightful things I […]
Sadiq Khan has spoken out against the idea of people seeking asylum in the United Kingdom being accommodated in a barge based in the Royal Docks next to London City Airport following what City Hall says was an approach to the Royal Docks Management Authority (RoDMA) by the Home Office a few weeks ago. In […]
One London child in three is classified as being “in poverty” and three-quarters of them have at least one parent with a job, according a report for the End Child Poverty coalition of charities. The report, compiled by the Centre for Research at Loughborough University using data for the financial year 2021/22, also finds that […]
Increasingly unmanageable rent hikes in the private rented sector are seeing renewed calls from Sadiq Khan for the power to control costs in a sector now housing a third of Londoners. But concerns go beyond rent levels, according to a new report published today by think tank Centre for London. Private renting is becoming the […]
Sadiq Khan has proclaimed a resurgence of “affordable” home-building in London with the release of statistics showing that the number of dwellings priced below market levels got underway with his financial help has hit and exceeded a total agreed with national government. In a speech to members of London’s housing sector at a development site […]
There has been a “significant decrease” in the number of applications for children to start their London primary school educations in September, according to figures gathered from the capital’s boroughs by cross-party group London Councils. A total of 87,277 applications were received by borough primary schools, representing a 2.67 per cent reduction compared with 2022. […]
The overall level of poverty in London might have slightly fallen in recent years, mostly prior to the cost of living crisis, according to estimates newly-compiled by the Greater London Authority (GLA). Official figures show that over the three-year period to 31 March 2022, there were 25 per cent of the capital’s members of households […]
Over the last 12 months or so, not least at On London, there has been much discussion of the legacy of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games and the promises about it which helped London’s bid to host them succeed. Much has been made of the physical legacy (successful) and the health benefits which […]
