Property firm Grainger’s decision to abandon redeveloping the beleaguered former Wards furniture store at Seven Sisters has been greeted by some as a triumph. An entity called The N15 Development Trust is delighted that a dangerously dilapidated building will not now be replaced with new housing and shops and is extolling the virtues of its […]
Groups supporting the leadership of Keir Starmer have made big gains at the expense of Momentum activists in elections at the London Labour conference, strengthening their confidence that the party in the capital is leaving the era of Jeremy Corbyn behind. Candidates backed by the Labour to Win organisation that brings together two groupings that […]
More than one in ten working-age people in four of London’s boroughs are now claiming unemployment-related benefits, with some boroughs seeing increases of up to seven percent compared with the start of the pandemic. The latest official labour market statistics show the highest claimant count rate of 10.6 per cent is in Haringey, followed by […]
London’s local authorities have played a vital role in responding to coronavirus. Between the outbreak of the pandemic and the end of this May, they collectively distributed over 36,000 individual grants to businesses worth almost £150 million, helping them to weather the storm and protecting countless jobs. They have helped support tens of thousands of […]
Local authorities in London will be able to buy back former council homes using money provided by the government for Sadiq Khan’s affordable homes programme, it was confirmed today. The “Right to Buy-back” scheme enables bids for funds to purchase ex-council properties previously sold under the Right to Buy programme, introduced by Margaret Thatcher’s Conservative […]
The Boundary Commission for England (BCE) has published its proposals for new parliamentary constituencies. If adopted, the new seats will come into existence at the next general election, provided it takes place after autumn 2023. This is the third attempt to produce new boundaries since 2010 but, unlike the previous two, it will go ahead […]
London elections are, in one way at least, like big Hollywood film productions. There is a lengthy publicity campaign, an all-star launch – although the ExCel centre is hardly a glamorous venue – and then the production is absorbed by the greater public. A few months later the average punter might remember the ending and […]
Enfield Council’s Labour administration comfortably survived a Tory no-confidence motion last night, but even so there are good reasons for local Labour politicians to think hard about how best to protect their majority at the borough elections next year. A series of defections from the Labour group which began last July – and, the Enfield […]
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