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 […]
Transport for London has begun “local engagement” about its proposals for introducing speed limits of 20 miles per hour for roads it controls in eight more London boroughs as the latest stage of implementing Sadiq Khan’s Vision Zero policies for eliminating deaths and serious injuries on the capital’s transport network. If the plans go ahead […]
The chair of a group of 12 central London local authorities has said “it is now clear” that the government’s recent decision to further delay work on the High Speed 2 (HS2) railway, intended to connect London, the Midlands and parts of northern England, will add to the cost of the project and mean “years […]
By-elections were held last Thursday (9 March) in two borough wards: Haringey’s Tottenham Hale and Hounslow’s Heston West. Neither contest was thrilling and their results were similar – Labour holds with reduced shares of the vote on low turnouts with the Liberal Democrats gaining support. But they do tell us a little about the patchwork […]
Last updated 3 March 2023 Every one of London’s 32 boroughs will be increasing their council tax in the coming financial year 2023/24, of which two-thirds are to hike it by the maximum 4.99 per cent allowed by the government without holding a special referendum. Croydon proposed a 15 per cent increase due to its […]
Concern about the maintenance and repair of London’s social rented housing has lately been vividly and publicly expressed by two of the capital’s politicians. One of them was Tom Copley, the Deputy Mayor for Housing and Residential Development, who in an interview with Inside Housing (paywall), said “there’s no doubt the sector itself has collectively […]
When were travel zones introduced in London? Contrary to widespread perceptions they were not built into the fabric of the capital’s transport system but introduced as recently as the 1980s. Nor are they common in other major cities. Both New York and Paris have one city-wide zone on a network of comparable size to London’s. […]
The distorting power of the “north-south divide” trope was on full display last week after the second bunch of allocations from the government’s Levelling Up Fund were announced: the Guardian informed its readers that the £151 million awarded to projects in London was more than Yorkshire and the North East received – injustice! – but […]
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