Update: 6 May 2021. The final number of council by-elections in London eventually reached 46 in 22 boroughs. The long London elections drought will come to an end on 6 May, with the main event being the contests for London Mayor and the London Assembly. But they won’t be the only votes taking place on […]
Londoners are saying “loud and clear” that they want a green recovery for the city. That was the message from Hackney Mayor and chair of London Councils transport and environment committee Phil Glanville, speaking to the London Assembly yesterday. Polling for the cross-London grouping of borough councils shows city residents “still want to see us […]
Owen Hatherley’s book springs from an honourable impulse – to rescue London from lazy stereotyping as an elitist hothouse of privilege, distant from the more authentic social and economic struggles of the northern cities. He aims to rekindle pride in London’s rich heritage as a radical trailblazer of social progress, and for the most part he […]
Yesterday came the terrible news that over 100,000 people in the United Kingdom have been killed by Covid-19, defined as having died within 28 days of testing positive for the coronavirus. The true figure by that measure is probably higher, as there was less testing taking place during the first wave of the pandemic during […]
“It’s absolutely incredible,” says Redbridge Council leader Jas Athwal, “that the first I heard about it was the uproar of parents on social media saying, ‘how can you let this happen?’” The government’s chaotic approach to the re-opening of London’s primary schools, which culminated in Friday’s dramatic U-turn to allow them all to remain closed […]
Originally the On London 2020 Christmas Quiz – compiled with the expert assistance of On London contributors, Richard Derecki, Alexander Jan, Vic Keegan and Professor Tony Travers – it was available first only to qualifying On London supporters. Then it became the free-to-air On London Boxing Day Quiz and was updated here with answers on the […]
Unemployment in London has been rising and the number of related benefit claimants has been rising faster than in the UK as a whole, according to new estimates published by the Greater London Authority. A new labour market update says unemployment among Londoners rose to 6.3% during the third quarter of this year compared with […]
London’s most deprived neighbourhoods have seen many of the largest percentage increases in residents claiming unemployment benefits during the pandemic, with parts of Haringey, Brent, Newham and Kensington & Chelsea seeing rises of 12% and more. Analysis of official figures and deprivation measures for charity Trust for London shows that the 10% most deprived local […]
