Almost 40 per cent of children in the Greater London area were living in poverty even before the pandemic according to a new analysis that draws on government statistics and builds in the capital’s high housing costs. In a report for the End Child Poverty coalition of campaigns, academics at Loughborough University find that London […]
Sadiq Khan won his second term as London Mayor on 6 May 2021 by the comfortable final margin of 55.2 per cent to 44.8 per cent over his Conservative nearest rival. The photo above shows him at the swearing in ceremony held at Shakespeare’s Globe theatre on 10 May. That 10.4 percentage point difference is […]
Three Labour-run London boroughs are set to have new leaders after two were unseated as leaders of their party groups and a third announced that he is stepping down. In Haringey, Joseph Ejiofor was defeated in a vote of fellow Labour councillors last night by Peray Ahmet, who Ejiofor had sacked from his cabinet on […]
The line-up of the new 25-member London Assembly is: Labour 11 seats, Conservatives 9, Green Party 3 and the Liberal Democrats 2. In 2016, the balance was Labour 12, Conservatives 8, Green 2, UKIP 2 and Lib Dems 1. What happened? There was no change in any of the 14 Assembly constituency seats, each of […]
While the creation of Low Traffic Neighbourhoods is a matter for individual councils, they are among issues that have most exercised Londoners during this mayoral election period. Here is an update on recent developments. *** Harrow Council’s Cabinet has scrapped the borough’s LTN trials in Greenhill, North Harrow, West Harrow and Southfield Park, plus three […]
Twenty-one years ago, London began an experiment in mayoral governance. First, in 2000, we got a new, directly-elected Mayor of London. Two years later, in 2002, electors in three London boroughs – Lewisham, Newham and Hackney – decided in local referendums to replace their existing local government models – under which they elected councillors who […]
Already, well over two million Londoners have had their first dose of Covid-19 vaccine, but completing the job remains one of the greatest challenges facing the capital. We need to ensure that no Londoner is left behind. If significant clusters of unvaccinated people remain, they and their communities remain at risk. This “final mile” stage […]
Campaigning to attract the support of London’s roughly six million voters has officially got under way today, as the formal pre-election period – previously known as “purdah” – begins with 45 days remaining until the elections for London Mayor and London Assembly seats on 6 May. Labour incumbent Mayor Sadiq Khan starts the mayoral race […]
