The London Assembly are investigating whether the Olympic Park will deliver the environmental legacy Londoners were promised. Once the Games are over the park will become the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park and the site of 10,000 homes plus community and sporting facilities.

The ongoing row over the pensions of former Visit London staff will receive a further publicity boost next week week when the London Assembly holds a public meeting into the decision to place Visit London Limited into administration.

The standard of private sector rented homes, increasingly used to house those waiting for a council or housing association property, is to investigated by the London Assembly.

Transport users in the capital are being invited to quiz transport commissioner Peter Hendy about London’s transport network.

Rail passengers using Clapham Junction station are to benefit from greater accessibility and improved facilities thanks to a new £1.9m renovation of the disused Brighton Yard entrance.