The Mayor has an extended report of opposing any loosening of present improvement restrictions, placing him probably at odds with new nationwide authorities coverage Sir Sadiq Khan has introduced a full-scale overview of the capital’s Inexperienced Belt in response to what he stated have been considerations about “an impression being...
Dave Hill: Why aren’t London’s housing associations building more homes? – OnLondon
The federal government’s total housing goal for London is, allow us to recall, a heroic 81,000 new dwellings a yr for the subsequent 5 years, a determine described by Angela Rayner in her September letter to Sadiq Khan as “formidable however deliverable” and by others as little or no much...
Report shows more than a tenth of London’s rented homes fail to meet Decent Homes Standard – OnLondon
Fabian Society analysis has discovered that the personal and social sectors alike are falling brief and recommends authorities motion throughout England Greater than a tenth of all properties for lease in Larger London fail to satisfy the nationwide minimal First rate Houses Commonplace, and roughly half of these are in...
Richard Brown: Robotaxis are coming and London must be prepared – OnLondon
The appearance of automated automobiles may have as massive an impact on metropolis streets within the twenty first Century because the personal motor automotive did within the twentieth The Automated Automobiles Act 2024 obtained royal assent on 20 Could final 12 months, however was reasonably overshadowed by a rain-soaked Rishi...
Police to take ‘no further action’ in case of London Assembly member Unmesh Desai – OnLondon
The politician was the topic of a police investigation that has been concluded with no prices being introduced A police investigation of a senior member of the London Meeting has been concluded with no additional motion to be taken. In a press release launched by his solicitor, Unmesh Desai, who...
Sadiq Khan says Oxford Street pedestrianisation scheme will be privately funded – OnLondon
The Mayor instructed the London Meeting extra about his plans for the well-known central London highway throughout a session about his funds for the subsequent monetary yr Metropolis Corridor’s formidable plans to pedestrianise Oxford Road is not going to come at a price to the capital’s taxpayers, Sir Sadiq Khan...
Dave Hill: Covid ended in 2022, but London is still feeling its effects – OnLondon
Simply wanting 5 years in the past, my spouse and I went to Rome to rejoice the twenty fifth anniversary of our getting married there. We had been unaware of the earliest studies of a mysterious new virus showing in China, taking the lifetime of a 61-year-old man and making...
John Vane: Nervousness on WhatsApp Street – OnLondon
A neighbourhood watches and wonders about strangers searching for favours at their doorways It started with a late night door knock. The nice residents of WhatsApp Avenue had their dishwashers whirring, their laptops recharging and their bicycles secured. Their craft beer bottles have been rinsed for recycled, their homes triple...
Dave Hill: Sir Sadiq Khan personifies everything Britain’s extreme right dislikes – OnLondon
It was yawningly predictable, however no much less illuminating for that. New 12 months honours had been bestowed on others whom they could have railed in opposition to, and on some whose nationwide significance has been far smaller. However the regular suspects exploded into their regular rage over Sadiq Khan...
John Vane: London fiction mission accomplished – OnLondon
Some had been monumental novels, some had been brief tales they usually all shed their very own mild on town, its individuals and its altering instances As I’ve talked about greater than as soon as in latest months, I set myself the duty for 2024 of studying after which writing...