There is keen competition in the outer London borough of Bromley this year, as a combination of ward boundary changes, gradual demographic trends and Labour opinion poll leads creates interesting possibilities. Are Croydon and Redbridge, Labour suburban boroughs which were formerly Conservative strongholds, showing what lies ahead? Bromley is usually the safest Conservative borough in […]
For the thousands of candidates pounding the capital’s streets ahead of 5 May’s London borough elections, the longer days, lighter evenings, and warmer weather will come as a relief. Countless more doors will be knocked on and hundreds of thousands of leaflets stuffed through letterboxes as campaigning enters the final straight. What will the outcomes […]
The alarm is unsurprising. To its opponents, images of the MSG Sphere, the bulbous, 21,500 capacity entertainment venue proposed for Stratford that was given planning permission last week, might easily suggest an alien orb invasion from outer space or perhaps a stygian bubble bursting from the underworld. Ever since the idea was floated four years […]
London’s centre of gravity “really is moving eastwards”, was the message today from Sadiq Khan’s deputy mayor for planning and regeneration Jules Pipe, speaking at the Centre for London’s East X South East conference, the first public event at the new City Hall beside the Royal Docks (pictured). “It’s not hyperbole to say that,” Pipe added. […]
At the weekend, Michael Gove set out his plans to end the gap between rich and poor, but he failed to acknowledge the deep inequalities in London and said nothing about fair funding for local authorities struggling to run basic local services. That’s not “levelling up”. That’s failing to do the bare minimum. The country […]
For a decade or more the redevelopment of London’s social housing estates has been a flashpoint. Councillors have lost their seats and council leaders have been deposed. Plans have been challenged in court, in council chambers and on the streets. Boroughs have pushed forward redevelopment schemes, often in partnership with private developers, as a way […]
Sadiq Khan has made a new call on the government to provide sufficient long-term funding for Transport London by claiming that housing supply as well as transport services will be damaged if a satisfactory deal is not done, and accused Boris Johnson’s administration of a “dereliction of duty” to the country. With the current short-term […]
Sadiq Khan’s Deputy Mayor for Environment and Energy has made a firm defence of the Silvertown Tunnel in the face of continuing calls by campaigners, political opponents and some in the Labour Party for the project to be scrapped. Speaking at think tank Centre for London’s annual conference, Shirley Rodrigues said building the tunnel, which […]
