The Joseph Rowntree Basis's newest examine offers significantly alarming statistics concerning the capital's kids London has the second highest charge of poverty of any English area, with 2.2 million of its 9 million folks assembly the standards, in line with a brand new report from the Joseph Rowntree Basis. Solely...
Parliament open to objections to City of London plans to close historic markets – OnLondon
The bizarre kind of regulation that should be handed if Billingsgate and Smithfield are to be shut down has begun its doubtlessly lengthy journey into regulation Final 12 months, the Metropolis of London Company introduced that its plans to relocate the capital’s trio of wholesale meals markets to a brand...
Charles Wright: Enfield, the Mayor and the Green Belt – OnLondon
The formal examination in public of the north London borough's proposed new grasp planning doc has make clear the implications of nationwide authorities coverage for London authorities In an sudden Metropolis Corridor assertion finally week’s opening of the general public inquiry stage of Enfield’s Native Plan, Sir Sadiq Khan formally...
Lewis Baston: In which ways is London’s political landscape changing? – OnLondon
Final 12 months, 2024, was an enormous deal for elections in London – the Mayor and Meeting in Could and the Basic Election in July. However there was additionally a gentle stream of by-elections for seats on London borough councils, which gave us a steady though not all the time...
Metropolitan Police removed from ‘enhanced monitoring’ following improvements – OnLondon
Inspectors have praised good progress in areas of concern whereas noting that considerably extra continues to be required The Metropolitan Police Service has been launched from “enhanced monitoring” by inspectors after they discovered ample “good progress” was being made in direction of correcting causes for concern about name dealing with,...
Number on London housing waiting lists highest for ten years – OnLondon
The variety of households on ready lists for social housing in London final 12 months hit the very best degree for greater than a decade, in accordance with newly revealed knowledge. A complete of 336,366 households had been ready for a council or housing affiliation house as of 1 April,...
Charles Wright: TfL’s ‘off-peak Fridays’ trial did its job. But what do its results mean for London? – OnLondon
The latest publication of the outcomes of Sadiq Khan’s discounted Friday fares experiment introduced the Mayor some predictable stick: the 13-week trial final spring was branded a “flop” by the Customary and a “damp squib” by London Meeting Conservative group deputy chief Emma Greatest. A straightforward headline and the same...
Dave Hill: The ‘lawless London’ myth does nothing to reduce crime – OnLondon
On Sunday, Sir Sadiq Khan, writing within the Observer, proposed a plan for Britain to answer what he known as a far-Proper “on the march” in a number of elements of Europe and the USA, and known as for what he termed “a severe technique to halt extremists of their...
Richard Derecki: Arab Christmas by Candlelight – OnLondon
Christmas is over. The decorations are down, the playing cards (fewer in quantity once more this 12 months) are within the recycling and a few London Christmas bushes are nonetheless beached on avenue corners like misshapen whales, helpless and misplaced. But on a chilly and icy early January evening, a...
Josiah Mortimer: The special charm of the Royal Cocktail Exchange – OnLondon
The most effective bars are usually constructed round a easy premise. Once I consider my favourites, they provide one thing distinctive that sticks within the thoughts: the miniature-looking Duke of Edinburgh in Brixton, with its surprisingly epic beer backyard; the George in Southwark, owned by the Nationwide Belief; or the...