London News and Opinion
London is at a crossroads and Labour Party and trades union members have an important choice to make about its future. Early next month, they will be asked to choose the Labour candidate for the 2012 Mayoral contest. I’m fighting for London’s future, not Labour’s past and … [Read more...]
London’s music scene is part of its life blood. For generations London has been the place to go to see live music. The music scene is also important to London’s economy. A quarter of all people working in music do so in London. The UK is the third biggest music market … [Read more...]
This week the London Evening Standard is making a £1 million plea on behalf of the Dispossessed. We want every Londoner to join our fundraising campaign to fight the inequality that blights our city. Four months ago we exposed the plight of the capital's poorest — the people … [Read more...]
As the coalition Government looks to reduce spending across the public sector, Mayoral advisor Nicholas Griffin explains how London’s Government is working to make savings by sharing services and procurement across the GLA group. The Greater London Authority group comprising … [Read more...]
After two years of taking backward steps on air quality Mayor of London Boris Johnson is now stumbling while the verdict is still out on the new Government’s approach to air quality. The coalition has got off to a bad start, for example, by: defending the hiding of information … [Read more...]
There’s a common misconception that once something has disappeared down your plughole it’s gone forever. I can vouch from first-hand experience that this is not the case, having gone into the Victorian sewers under London on a fair few occasions. Just because you can put things … [Read more...]
People would be forgiven for wondering why “rainy London” has just got a brand-new desalination plant, something more commonly associated with the sun-scorched Middle East or southern Spain. Well, "rainy" London is less rainy than you might at first think. It gets half as much … [Read more...]
To mark the publication of her latest personal report into London's housing market, Green party London Assembly Member Jenny Jones has recorded this video explaining the problem of Londoners being priced out home ownership and why she believes Mayor of London Boris Johnson's policies … [Read more...]
