Consuming out is more and more costly, however that’s no cause to fall again into Wagamama’s flavourless arms or lean but once more on Nando’s, the place the hen, as soon as pleasing, has change into so dry it’s as if it’s been cooked in a Richard Ayoade joke. As...
John Dickie: Strengthen London’s Mayors for their next 25 years
Giving the capital a directly-elected chief has introduced large enhancements, however devolution must go additional It's 25 years to the day since Londoners first went to the polls to elect a Mayor to steer our metropolis. 1 / 4 of a century on, it’s troublesome to overstate how transformational that...
Short-term letting is adding to London’s housing supply problems
Assume tank Centre for London's annual gathering heard that the booming development is eroding central neighbourhoods The Centre for London suppose tank’s annual housing summit has repeatedly chronicled the capital’s housing disaster: unaffordable houses and escalating homelessness as the provision of recent housing slumps. Wednesday’s occasion maintained the sample, with...
London’s ‘most desirable’ area where homes sell in just 44 days
By way of leases, the image within the capital is extra nuanced, with nobody space dominating. Bexley once more scored extremely, and was the quickest place for tenancies to be agreed, taking 20 days. Second on the checklist was Merton within the southwest, at 22 days. This borough incorporates Wimbledon,...
How to rid London’s high streets of their rubbish
A brand new report supported by a few of London's Enterprise Enchancment Districts suggests methods to eliminate unloved heaps of economic waste “Lots of London’s excessive streets are soiled,” says a brand new report about how one can put that proper. “This isn't attributable to careless fly tippers. It's the...
Charles Wright: Making a future for London’s black cab trade
Reviews of their imminent loss of life would possibly flip be untimely if their particular strengths can thrive inside a wider sustainable transport method New evaluation from suppose tank Centre for London has described an inexorable decline in black cab numbers, from nearly 23,000 in 2014 to 14,500 in 2024....
‘Popularity is blessing and curse’: a local’s guide to London’s best place to live
I purchased a two-bedroom house in Walthamstow in 2002 as a result of it was low-cost. I by no means wished to stay south of the river as psychologically it appeared too removed from Glasgow, the place I used to be born and raised. Dwelling north of the river felt...
Comment: London’s universities are vital to its economic growth
In November, schooling secretary Bridget Phillipson outlined reforms anticipated from England’s larger schooling establishments earlier than guaranteeing any future funding enhance, together with increasing entry to larger schooling, fostering regional collaboration, and growing effectivity. Her give attention to widening participation aligns with the London Development Plan’s aim of inclusive improvement....
Comment: Helping London’s poorest helps us all
London has a poverty downside that doesn’t damage hard-up Londoners alone. The most recent examine to quantify the paradox of a metropolis routinely characterised as wealthy having one of many highest poverty charges within the nation places it at an unacceptable 24 per cent, with kids particularly badly hit. That...
Comment: Bring back London’s second preference voting system
Because the UK's populist Proper cheers on Donald Trump's abuses of energy, Labour ought to restore the harm the Tories did to electors' alternative Of their essay The Path to American Authoritarianism, political scientists Steven Levitsky and Lucan A. Approach predict that “US democracy will doubtless break down through the...