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VIC KEEGAN'S LOST LONDON 194: PETTY WALES This “drinking den”, it says, was located between two ale houses named the Ram’s Head and Mother Mampudding’s in Petty Wales. That may not be the reason the Princes of Wales came to live here, but it is another boost for the long forgotten history of this fascinating street. Many of Vic Keegan’s Lost London columns are now available IS A GREATER LONDON BOUNDARY CHARGE FOR ENTERING THE As negotiations continue between government officials and Transport for London about a long-term financial settlement for the capital’s transport body, there’s been a lot of media excitement about one idea within a package of suggestions TfL submitted to the Department for Transport for discussion last month. It’s called the Greater London Boundary Charge. Were it LONDON OLYMPIC PARK: HOW WILL THE EAST BANK CULTURAL It’s coming out of the ground now in the Olympic Park, emerging as clumps of cranes, stumps and hoardings beside the Waterworks River, which flows past Zaha Hadid’s curvaceous Aquatics Centre, where Ellie Simmonds and Michael Phelps made Olympic Games history in 2012. The East Bank development, described by the London Legacy DevelopmentCorporation (LLDC)
INDEPENDENT NEWS, ANALYSIS AND COMMENT FROM THE CAPITAL OnLondon - Independent, anti-populist news, analysis and comment covering the UK capital’s politics, development and culture PAUL WHEELER: LAST RITES FOR THE COVID LTNS Paul Wheeler: Last rites for the Covid LTNs. 2nd June 2021. London politicians, especially in Labour-run boroughs, need to pursue policies on streets and pollution that are rooted in democracy and social justice. Paul Wheeler. The first action of the newly WHAT'S THE LATEST ON LONDON'S NEW LOW TRAFFIC While the creation of Low Traffic Neighbourhoods is a matter for individual councils, they are among issues that have most exercised Londoners during this mayoral election period. Here is an update on recent developments. *** Harrow Council’s Cabinet has scrapped the borough’s LTN trials in Greenhill, North Harrow, West Harrow and Southfield Park, plus three HARINGEY: NEW COUNCIL LEADER AND NEW CABINET BUT WILL THE Haringey Council’s ruling cabinet will have a very new look after Thursday’s annual meeting of the authority, following the recent one-vote ousting of Labour group leader Joseph Ejiofor by Peray Ahmet. Born and raised in the borough, Ahmet, who will be the council’s first Muslim leader, will replace eight of the nine-person cabinet, including high-profile LONDON ASSEMBLY ELECTION RESULTS 2021 The line-up of the new 25-member London Assembly is: Labour 11 seats, Conservatives 9, Green Party 3 and the Liberal Democrats 2. In 2016, the balance was Labour 12, Conservatives 8, Green 2, UKIP 2 and Lib Dems 1. What happened? There was no change in any of the 14 Assembly constituency seats, each of THREE LABOUR-RUN LONDON BOROUGHS TO HAVE NEW LEADERS Three Labour-run London boroughs are set to have new leaders after two were unseated as leaders of their party groups and a third announced that he is stepping down. In Haringey, Joseph Ejiofor was defeated in a vote of fellow Labour councillors last night by Peray Ahmet, who Ejiofor had sacked from his cabinet on New Year’s Eve 2018. THE NUMBER OF HOMICIDES IN LONDON FELL IN 2020. WHAT The headline figure is, in its grim way, good news, at least relatively so. During the calendar year 2020, the Metropolitan Police investigated 126 homicides in London, compared with 150 in 2019 and 133 in 2018. On the other hand, the 126 total is an increase comparedwith
VIC KEEGAN'S LOST LONDON 194: PETTY WALES This “drinking den”, it says, was located between two ale houses named the Ram’s Head and Mother Mampudding’s in Petty Wales. That may not be the reason the Princes of Wales came to live here, but it is another boost for the long forgotten history of this fascinating street. Many of Vic Keegan’s Lost London columns are now available IS A GREATER LONDON BOUNDARY CHARGE FOR ENTERING THE As negotiations continue between government officials and Transport for London about a long-term financial settlement for the capital’s transport body, there’s been a lot of media excitement about one idea within a package of suggestions TfL submitted to the Department for Transport for discussion last month. It’s called the Greater London Boundary Charge. Were it LONDON OLYMPIC PARK: HOW WILL THE EAST BANK CULTURAL It’s coming out of the ground now in the Olympic Park, emerging as clumps of cranes, stumps and hoardings beside the Waterworks River, which flows past Zaha Hadid’s curvaceous Aquatics Centre, where Ellie Simmonds and Michael Phelps made Olympic Games history in 2012. The East Bank development, described by the London Legacy DevelopmentCorporation (LLDC)
ENFIELD: COUNCIL'S LOCAL PLAN PROPOSALS FOR GREEN BELT Update, 10 June 2021. A majority of councillors voted in favour of draft Local Plan complete with an amendment tabled by the council leader to extend the next round of consultation from six weeks to 12. On London will continue to follow the Plan’s progress. TRANSPORT WATCHDOG URGES GOVERNMENT TO DELAY 'REVIEW' OF 1 day ago · The capital’s official transport-users’ watchdog has urged the government to delay a July “review” of bus travel demand imposed on Transport for London due to worries that it will result in premature cuts to services. London TravelWatch, which seeks to represent the interests of Londoners and others who use all the city’s transport networks, fears VIC KEEGAN'S LOST LONDON 199: WHY ROBERT RAIKES DESERVES 11 hours ago · Whenever I pass the larger than life statue of Robert Raikes (pictured above) in Victoria Embankment Gardens I feel I owe it an apology. For years, I thought it a prime case for relocation under any sensible “rotation of statues” policy, because Sunday schools, which Raikes pioneered, were surely an anachronism in today’slargely secular
LONDON BOROUGHS HAVE SEEN THE TEN HIGHEST 'EXCESS DEATH Yesterday came the terrible news that over 100,000 people in the United Kingdom have been killed by Covid-19, defined as having died within 28 days of testing positive for the coronavirus.The true figure by that measure is probably higher, as there was less testing taking place during the first wave of the pandemic during the spring. WESTMINSTER: GROSVENOR'S CUNDY STREET QUARTER SCHEME On Tuesday evening, the major planning applications sub-committee of Westminster City Council gave consent for the redevelopment of south Belgravia’s Cundy Street flats and adjoining Walden House social housing block into a brand new mixed-use place called Cundy Street Quarter.. It was a very large step on a very long journey towards the realisation of a scheme whose progress has highlighted DAVE HILL: GOVERNMENT CONTEMPT FOR LONDON'S DEVOLUTION It began with a rude note from Robert Jenrick. Last March, the communities secretary informed Sadiq Khan that his proposed new London Plan was rubbish. “I am left with no choice but to use my powers to direct changes,” Jenrick wrote. He added that, in his view, Khan’s record on housing delivery during his four NICK LESTER-DAVIS: HOW MUCH SHOULD LONDONERS PAY TO PARK Every driver hates having to pay to park their car. And if you look at the media the price of parking is a major bone of contention, not only for motorists. Retailers think parking charges drive away trade, an argument made by Mary Portas in her report on saving the high street.She thought free
LEWIS BASTON: WHAT DO THE PARLIAMENTARY BOUNDARY REVIEW The Boundary Commission for England (BCE) has published its proposals for new parliamentary constituencies. If adopted, the new seats would come into existence at the next general election, provided it takes place after autumn 2023. This is the third attempt to produce new boundaries since 2010 but, unlike the previous two, it will go ahead GENERAL ELECTION 2019 IN LONDON: THE RESULTS There are 73 parliamentary constituencies in London and at the last general election, in 2017, Labour won 49 of them, the Conservatives 21 and the Liberal Democrats 3.As voting began for this year’s national poll, there looked to be a chance of around a dozen of those changing hands, though it seemed more likely to be just a handful.Or maybe evennone.
WHAT ARE LONDON 'AFFORDABLE' HOMES AND WHO CAN AFFORD THEM The term “affordable homes” triggers confusion and cynicism, especially in the London context. This is unsurprising. For one thing, the range of housing types to which the word “affordable” is applied has become so wide as to seem close to meaningless. For another, some “affordable” types are not affordable to all. On topof that,
INDEPENDENT NEWS, ANALYSIS AND COMMENT FROM THE CAPITAL OnLondon - Independent, anti-populist news, analysis and comment covering the UK capital’s politics, development and culture PAUL WHEELER: LAST RITES FOR THE COVID LTNS Paul Wheeler: Last rites for the Covid LTNs. 2nd June 2021. London politicians, especially in Labour-run boroughs, need to pursue policies on streets and pollution that are rooted in democracy and social justice. Paul Wheeler. The first action of the newly WHAT'S THE LATEST ON LONDON'S NEW LOW TRAFFIC While the creation of Low Traffic Neighbourhoods is a matter for individual councils, they are among issues that have most exercised Londoners during this mayoral election period. Here is an update on recent developments. *** Harrow Council’s Cabinet has scrapped the borough’s LTN trials in Greenhill, North Harrow, West Harrow and Southfield Park, plus three LEWIS BASTON: LONDON VOTING PATTERNS 2021. NOT SO MUCH A London elections are, in one way at least, like big Hollywood film productions. There is a lengthy publicity campaign, an all-star launch – although the ExCel centre is hardly a glamorous venue – and then the production is absorbed by the greater public. A few months later the average punter might remember the ending and LONDON ASSEMBLY ELECTION RESULTS 2021 The line-up of the new 25-member London Assembly is: Labour 11 seats, Conservatives 9, Green Party 3 and the Liberal Democrats 2. In 2016, the balance was Labour 12, Conservatives 8, Green 2, UKIP 2 and Lib Dems 1. What happened? There was no change in any of the 14 Assembly constituency seats, each of HARINGEY: NEW COUNCIL LEADER AND NEW CABINET BUT WILL THE Haringey Council’s ruling cabinet will have a very new look after Thursday’s annual meeting of the authority, following the recent one-vote ousting of Labour group leader Joseph Ejiofor by Peray Ahmet. Born and raised in the borough, Ahmet, who will be the council’s first Muslim leader, will replace eight of the nine-person cabinet, including high-profile CORONAVIRUS LONDON: GREENWICH COUNCIL AND VOLUNTARY SECTOR All across the capital vast networks of borough workers, volunteers and charities are co-operating, reshaping and upscaling in extraordinary ways to help Londoners in the greatest need cope with the Covid-19 crisis. Claire Pritchard had eight minutes to spare for On London before the start of a more important conversation, but inthat time she
IS A GREATER LONDON BOUNDARY CHARGE FOR ENTERING THE As negotiations continue between government officials and Transport for London about a long-term financial settlement for the capital’s transport body, there’s been a lot of media excitement about one idea within a package of suggestions TfL submitted to the Department for Transport for discussion last month. It’s called the Greater London Boundary Charge. Were it RICHARD PINDER: LONDON FIRE BRIGADE PLANS FOR ALBERT Dany Cotton’s praise for the London Fire Brigade’s plans for redeveloping its property at 8 Albert Embankment paints a very different picture from that envisaged by the Lambeth residents who would live in its shadows. The LFB’s proposals, which have been submitted to Lambeth Council, include a 24 and a 26-storey tower, which would deprive adjacent council homes and a public park of sun HARINGEY LABOUR: MOMENTUM-BACKED COUNCIL CANDIDATES MAKE Haringey Council cabinet member Alan Strickland, one of the main advocates of the Labour administration’s extensive redevelopment programme, could be replaced as a candidate for next May’s borough elections after he lost a re-selection ballot last night. Three other sitting councillors supportive of the plans failed to secure the support of a majority of ward branch members INDEPENDENT NEWS, ANALYSIS AND COMMENT FROM THE CAPITAL OnLondon - Independent, anti-populist news, analysis and comment covering the UK capital’s politics, development and culture PAUL WHEELER: LAST RITES FOR THE COVID LTNS Paul Wheeler: Last rites for the Covid LTNs. 2nd June 2021. London politicians, especially in Labour-run boroughs, need to pursue policies on streets and pollution that are rooted in democracy and social justice. Paul Wheeler. The first action of the newly WHAT'S THE LATEST ON LONDON'S NEW LOW TRAFFIC While the creation of Low Traffic Neighbourhoods is a matter for individual councils, they are among issues that have most exercised Londoners during this mayoral election period. Here is an update on recent developments. *** Harrow Council’s Cabinet has scrapped the borough’s LTN trials in Greenhill, North Harrow, West Harrow and Southfield Park, plus three LEWIS BASTON: LONDON VOTING PATTERNS 2021. NOT SO MUCH A London elections are, in one way at least, like big Hollywood film productions. There is a lengthy publicity campaign, an all-star launch – although the ExCel centre is hardly a glamorous venue – and then the production is absorbed by the greater public. A few months later the average punter might remember the ending and LONDON ASSEMBLY ELECTION RESULTS 2021 The line-up of the new 25-member London Assembly is: Labour 11 seats, Conservatives 9, Green Party 3 and the Liberal Democrats 2. In 2016, the balance was Labour 12, Conservatives 8, Green 2, UKIP 2 and Lib Dems 1. What happened? There was no change in any of the 14 Assembly constituency seats, each of HARINGEY: NEW COUNCIL LEADER AND NEW CABINET BUT WILL THE Haringey Council’s ruling cabinet will have a very new look after Thursday’s annual meeting of the authority, following the recent one-vote ousting of Labour group leader Joseph Ejiofor by Peray Ahmet. Born and raised in the borough, Ahmet, who will be the council’s first Muslim leader, will replace eight of the nine-person cabinet, including high-profile CORONAVIRUS LONDON: GREENWICH COUNCIL AND VOLUNTARY SECTOR All across the capital vast networks of borough workers, volunteers and charities are co-operating, reshaping and upscaling in extraordinary ways to help Londoners in the greatest need cope with the Covid-19 crisis. Claire Pritchard had eight minutes to spare for On London before the start of a more important conversation, but inthat time she
IS A GREATER LONDON BOUNDARY CHARGE FOR ENTERING THE As negotiations continue between government officials and Transport for London about a long-term financial settlement for the capital’s transport body, there’s been a lot of media excitement about one idea within a package of suggestions TfL submitted to the Department for Transport for discussion last month. It’s called the Greater London Boundary Charge. Were it RICHARD PINDER: LONDON FIRE BRIGADE PLANS FOR ALBERT Dany Cotton’s praise for the London Fire Brigade’s plans for redeveloping its property at 8 Albert Embankment paints a very different picture from that envisaged by the Lambeth residents who would live in its shadows. The LFB’s proposals, which have been submitted to Lambeth Council, include a 24 and a 26-storey tower, which would deprive adjacent council homes and a public park of sun HARINGEY LABOUR: MOMENTUM-BACKED COUNCIL CANDIDATES MAKE Haringey Council cabinet member Alan Strickland, one of the main advocates of the Labour administration’s extensive redevelopment programme, could be replaced as a candidate for next May’s borough elections after he lost a re-selection ballot last night. Three other sitting councillors supportive of the plans failed to secure the support of a majority of ward branch members INDEPENDENT NEWS, ANALYSIS AND COMMENT FROM THE CAPITAL OnLondon - Independent, anti-populist news, analysis and comment covering the UK capital’s politics, development and culture ENFIELD: COUNCIL'S LOCAL PLAN PROPOSALS FOR GREEN BELT Update, 10 June 2021. A majority of councillors voted in favour of draft Local Plan complete with an amendment tabled by the council leader to extend the next round of consultation from six weeks to 12. On London will continue to follow the Plan’s progress. VIC KEEGAN'S LOST LONDON 199: WHY ROBERT RAIKES DESERVES 46 minutes ago · Whenever I pass the larger than life statue of Robert Raikes (pictured above) in Victoria Embankment Gardens I feel I owe it an apology. For years, I thought it a prime case for relocation under any sensible “rotation of statues” policy, because Sunday schools, which Raikes pioneered, were surely an anachronism in today’s largely secular TRANSPORT WATCHDOG URGES GOVERNMENT TO DELAY 'REVIEW' OF 1 day ago · The capital’s official transport-users’ watchdog has urged the government to delay a July “review” of bus travel demand imposed on Transport for London due to worries that it will result in premature cuts to services. London TravelWatch, which seeks to represent the interests of Londoners and others who use all the city’s transport networks, fears WESTMINSTER: GROSVENOR'S CUNDY STREET QUARTER SCHEME 1 day ago · On Tuesday evening, the major planning applications sub-committee of Westminster City Council gave consent for the redevelopment of south Belgravia’s Cundy Street flats and adjoining Walden House social housing block into a brand new mixed-use place called Cundy Street Quarter.. It was a very large step on a very long journey towards the realisation of a scheme whose progress hashighlighted
LEWIS BASTON: WHAT DO THE PARLIAMENTARY BOUNDARY REVIEW The Boundary Commission for England (BCE) has published its proposals for new parliamentary constituencies. If adopted, the new seats would come into existence at the next general election, provided it takes place after autumn 2023. This is the third attempt to produce new boundaries since 2010 but, unlike the previous two, it will go ahead NICK LESTER-DAVIS: HOW MUCH SHOULD LONDONERS PAY TO PARK Every driver hates having to pay to park their car. And if you look at the media the price of parking is a major bone of contention, not only for motorists. Retailers think parking charges drive away trade, an argument made by Mary Portas in her report on saving the high street.She thought free
PUBLIC TRANSPORT SERVICES COULD BE CUT TO MEET GOVERNMENT Sadiq Khan has warned that the government’s new “conditions-based” financial support package for Transport for London could result in the capital’s public transport services being reduced. Speaking at the re-opening of the Waterloo & City line yesterday morning, the Mayor told BBC London’s Tom Edwards that he and TfL will consider vacating office space, merging PIMLICO, 1970: IAN NAIRN ON COUNCIL HOUSING, HUMAN SCALE Ian Nairn was an architecture critic, writer and broadcaster with a passionate interest in urban environments who wrote a celebrated book about London. His ideal of a city in which a “village” ethos was a defence against “subtopian” suburbs and the degradation of city centre areas brought about by destructive planning policies has sincesustained
GENERAL ELECTION 2019 IN LONDON: THE RESULTS There are 73 parliamentary constituencies in London and at the last general election, in 2017, Labour won 49 of them, the Conservatives 21 and the Liberal Democrats 3.As voting began for this year’s national poll, there looked to be a chance of around a dozen of those changing hands, though it seemed more likely to be just a handful.Or maybe evennone.
INDEPENDENT NEWS, ANALYSIS AND COMMENT FROM THE CAPITAL OnLondon - Independent, anti-populist news, analysis and comment covering the UK capital’s politics, development and culture PAUL WHEELER: LAST RITES FOR THE COVID LTNS Paul Wheeler: Last rites for the Covid LTNs. 2nd June 2021. London politicians, especially in Labour-run boroughs, need to pursue policies on streets and pollution that are rooted in democracy and social justice. Paul Wheeler. The first action of the newly LEWIS BASTON: LONDON VOTING PATTERNS 2021. NOT SO MUCH A Not so much a doughnut as a swirl. 29th May 2021. Analysis of how Londoners voted at ward level for Mayor and Assembly on 6 May produces a revealing picture of their concerns and political preferences. Lewis Baston. London elections are, in one way at least, like big Hollywood film productions. There is a lengthy publicity campaign, an all-star LONDON ASSEMBLY ELECTION RESULTS 2021 The line-up of the new 25-member London Assembly is: Labour 11 seats, Conservatives 9, Green Party 3 and the Liberal Democrats 2. In 2016, the balance was Labour 12, Conservatives 8, Green 2, UKIP 2 and Lib Dems 1. What happened? There was no change in any of the 14 Assembly constituency seats, each of WHAT'S THE LATEST ON LONDON'S NEW LOW TRAFFIC While the creation of Low Traffic Neighbourhoods is a matter for individual councils, they are among issues that have most exercised Londoners during this mayoral election period. Here is an update on recent developments. *** Harrow Council’s Cabinet has scrapped the borough’s LTN trials in Greenhill, North Harrow, West Harrow and Southfield Park, plus three HARINGEY: NEW COUNCIL LEADER AND NEW CABINET BUT WILL THE Haringey Council’s ruling cabinet will have a very new look after Thursday’s annual meeting of the authority, following the recent one-vote ousting of Labour group leader Joseph Ejiofor by Peray Ahmet. Born and raised in the borough, Ahmet, who will be the council’s first Muslim leader, will replace eight of the nine-person cabinet, including high-profile LONDON MAYOR ELECTION 2021: WHAT HAS SADIQ KHAN BEEN DOING “My promise if I am re-elected is to focus on jobs, jobs, jobs” – a pledge which has become a mantra as Sadiq Khan has set out his stall ahead of tomorrow’s election for Mayor.. It is a critical issue for the capital, which under Covid has seen both greater job losses than elsewhere – some 300,000 since March 2020 – and a slower recovery, with young people most affected. LONDON MAYOR 2021: WHAT'S REALLY BEEN HAPPENING WITH If there’s one environmental policy area which Sadiq Khan can chalk up as a success story, it’s tackling air pollution, with expert evaluation reporting “dramatic improvements” in the capital’s air quality since the Mayor took office in 2016. Findings from King’s College London, published last October, showed just 14 schools in areas with Nitrogen Dioxide THE NUMBER OF HOMICIDES IN LONDON FELL IN 2020. WHAT The headline figure is, in its grim way, good news, at least relatively so. During the calendar year 2020, the Metropolitan Police investigated 126 homicides in London, compared with 150 in 2019 and 133 in 2018. On the other hand, the 126 total is an increase comparedwith
IS A GREATER LONDON BOUNDARY CHARGE FOR ENTERING THE As negotiations continue between government officials and Transport for London about a long-term financial settlement for the capital’s transport body, there’s been a lot of media excitement about one idea within a package of suggestions TfL submitted to the Department for Transport for discussion last month. It’s called the Greater London Boundary Charge. Were it INDEPENDENT NEWS, ANALYSIS AND COMMENT FROM THE CAPITAL OnLondon - Independent, anti-populist news, analysis and comment covering the UK capital’s politics, development and culture PAUL WHEELER: LAST RITES FOR THE COVID LTNS Paul Wheeler: Last rites for the Covid LTNs. 2nd June 2021. London politicians, especially in Labour-run boroughs, need to pursue policies on streets and pollution that are rooted in democracy and social justice. Paul Wheeler. The first action of the newly LEWIS BASTON: LONDON VOTING PATTERNS 2021. NOT SO MUCH A Not so much a doughnut as a swirl. 29th May 2021. Analysis of how Londoners voted at ward level for Mayor and Assembly on 6 May produces a revealing picture of their concerns and political preferences. Lewis Baston. London elections are, in one way at least, like big Hollywood film productions. There is a lengthy publicity campaign, an all-star LONDON ASSEMBLY ELECTION RESULTS 2021 The line-up of the new 25-member London Assembly is: Labour 11 seats, Conservatives 9, Green Party 3 and the Liberal Democrats 2. In 2016, the balance was Labour 12, Conservatives 8, Green 2, UKIP 2 and Lib Dems 1. What happened? There was no change in any of the 14 Assembly constituency seats, each of WHAT'S THE LATEST ON LONDON'S NEW LOW TRAFFIC While the creation of Low Traffic Neighbourhoods is a matter for individual councils, they are among issues that have most exercised Londoners during this mayoral election period. Here is an update on recent developments. *** Harrow Council’s Cabinet has scrapped the borough’s LTN trials in Greenhill, North Harrow, West Harrow and Southfield Park, plus three HARINGEY: NEW COUNCIL LEADER AND NEW CABINET BUT WILL THE Haringey Council’s ruling cabinet will have a very new look after Thursday’s annual meeting of the authority, following the recent one-vote ousting of Labour group leader Joseph Ejiofor by Peray Ahmet. Born and raised in the borough, Ahmet, who will be the council’s first Muslim leader, will replace eight of the nine-person cabinet, including high-profile LONDON MAYOR ELECTION 2021: WHAT HAS SADIQ KHAN BEEN DOING “My promise if I am re-elected is to focus on jobs, jobs, jobs” – a pledge which has become a mantra as Sadiq Khan has set out his stall ahead of tomorrow’s election for Mayor.. It is a critical issue for the capital, which under Covid has seen both greater job losses than elsewhere – some 300,000 since March 2020 – and a slower recovery, with young people most affected. LONDON MAYOR 2021: WHAT'S REALLY BEEN HAPPENING WITH If there’s one environmental policy area which Sadiq Khan can chalk up as a success story, it’s tackling air pollution, with expert evaluation reporting “dramatic improvements” in the capital’s air quality since the Mayor took office in 2016. Findings from King’s College London, published last October, showed just 14 schools in areas with Nitrogen Dioxide THE NUMBER OF HOMICIDES IN LONDON FELL IN 2020. WHAT The headline figure is, in its grim way, good news, at least relatively so. During the calendar year 2020, the Metropolitan Police investigated 126 homicides in London, compared with 150 in 2019 and 133 in 2018. On the other hand, the 126 total is an increase comparedwith
IS A GREATER LONDON BOUNDARY CHARGE FOR ENTERING THE As negotiations continue between government officials and Transport for London about a long-term financial settlement for the capital’s transport body, there’s been a lot of media excitement about one idea within a package of suggestions TfL submitted to the Department for Transport for discussion last month. It’s called the Greater London Boundary Charge. Were it WESTMINSTER: GROSVENOR'S CUNDY STREET QUARTER SCHEME 2 hours ago · On Tuesday evening, the major planning applications sub-committee of Westminster City Council gave consent for the redevelopment of south Belgravia’s Cundy Street flats and adjoining Walden House social housing block into a brand new mixed-use place called Cundy Street Quarter.. It was a very large step on a very long journey towards the realisation of a scheme whose progress hashighlighted
ENFIELD: COUNCIL'S LOCAL PLAN PROPOSALS FOR GREEN BELT 1 day ago · The capital’s Green Belt battle looks set to ignite again – this time in Enfield, with the council’s draft Local Plan identifying sites for some 6,000 new homes in the protected zone.. Councillors will vote this evening on proposals to begin consultation on the draft Plan, which designates Crews Hill and Chase Park in the Green Belt as “growth areas” for new development in a bid to LONDON UNDERGROUND WATERLOO & CITY LINE RE-OPENS London Underground’s Waterloo & City line, a key public transport daily commuter link between Waterloo main line station and Bank Tube station in the City of London, reopens for service today having been completely shut due to the pandemic since last March. Services will run every five minutes during the morning and afternoon peak travel LEWIS BASTON: WHAT DO THE PARLIAMENTARY BOUNDARY REVIEW 23 hours ago · The Boundary Commission for England (BCE) has published its proposals for new parliamentary constituencies. If adopted, the new seats would come into existence at the next general election, provided it takes place after autumn 2023. This is the third attempt to produce new boundaries since 2010 but, unlike the previous two, it will go ahead NICK LESTER-DAVIS, AUTHOR AT ONLONDON 8 hours ago · On London is run by Dave Hill, formerly the Guardian's award-winning London commentator, and written by him and an array of fellow Londoncentrics. It aims to improve the quality of coverage of London politics, development and culture NICK LESTER-DAVIS: HOW MUCH SHOULD LONDONERS PAY TO PARK 8 hours ago · Every driver hates having to pay to park their car. And if you look at the media the price of parking is a major bone of contention, not only for motorists. Retailers think parking charges drive away trade, an argument made by Mary Portas in her report on saving the high street. She thought free DAVE HILL: GOVERNMENT CONTEMPT FOR LONDON'S DEVOLUTION It began with a rude note from Robert Jenrick. Last March, the communities secretary informed Sadiq Khan that his proposed new London Plan, was rubbish. “I am left with no choice but to use my powers to direct changes,” Jenrick wrote. He added that, in his view, Khan’s record on housing delivery during his four SOUTH KENSINGTON STATION: HERITAGE, UPGRADES AND The planning committee of Kensington & Chelsea Council (RBKC) was due to meet last night to consider proposals from Transport for London and Native Land for developing TfL property around and within South Kensington London Underground station, that famed arrival point for millions of visitors to the great museums of Exhibition Road. Butyesterday morning
PIMLICO, 1970: IAN NAIRN ON COUNCIL HOUSING, HUMAN SCALE Ian Nairn was an architecture critic, writer and broadcaster with a passionate interest in urban environments who wrote a celebrated book about London. His ideal of a city in which a “village” ethos was a defence against “subtopian” suburbs and the degradation of city centre areas brought about by destructive planning policies has sincesustained
WHAT ARE LONDON 'AFFORDABLE' HOMES AND WHO CAN AFFORD THEM The term “affordable homes” triggers confusion and cynicism, especially in the London context. This is unsurprising. For one thing, the range of housing types to which the word “affordable” is applied has become so wide as to seem close to meaningless. For another, some “affordable” types are not affordable to all. On topof that,
INDEPENDENT NEWS, ANALYSIS AND COMMENT FROM THE CAPITAL OnLondon - Independent, anti-populist news, analysis and comment covering the UK capital’s politics, development and culture PAUL WHEELER: LAST RITES FOR THE COVID LTNS The first action of the newly-elected Labour leader of Ealing last month was significant. Peter Mason announced the immediate ending of the West Ealing LTN (Low Traffic Neighbourhood) and a guarantee that any future LTN would be subject to popular consultation and support. Part of the reason was the imminent closure of the adjacent roads WHAT'S THE LATEST ON LONDON'S NEW LOW TRAFFIC While the creation of Low Traffic Neighbourhoods is a matter for individual councils, they are among issues that have most exercised Londoners during this mayoral election period. Here is an update on recent developments. *** Harrow Council’s Cabinet has scrapped the borough’s LTN trials in Greenhill, North Harrow, West Harrow and Southfield Park, plus three HARINGEY: NEW COUNCIL LEADER AND NEW CABINET BUT WILL THE Haringey Council’s ruling cabinet will have a very new look after Thursday’s annual meeting of the authority, following the recent one-vote ousting of Labour group leader Joseph Ejiofor by Peray Ahmet. Born and raised in the borough, Ahmet, who will be the council’s first Muslim leader, will replace eight of the nine-person cabinet, including high-profile LONDON ASSEMBLY ELECTION RESULTS 2021 The line-up of the new 25-member London Assembly is: Labour 11 seats, Conservatives 9, Green Party 3 and the Liberal Democrats 2. In 2016, the balance was Labour 12, Conservatives 8, Green 2, UKIP 2 and Lib Dems 1. What happened? There was no change in any of the 14 Assembly constituency seats, each of BORIS JOHNSON REPEATS PARTY POLITICAL FALSE CLAIM ABOUT Boris Johnson has used today’s Downing Street coronavirus briefing to again suggest that Transport for London’s perilous financial position is primarily due to the fares policy of the capital’s Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan rather than the effects of the pandemic lockdown, which has caused a calamitous collapse in fares revenue, thesource of 72 per
CORONAVIRUS LONDON: GREENWICH COUNCIL AND VOLUNTARY SECTOR All across the capital vast networks of borough workers, volunteers and charities are co-operating, reshaping and upscaling in extraordinary ways to help Londoners in the greatest need cope with the Covid-19 crisis. Claire Pritchard had eight minutes to spare for On London before the start of a more important conversation, but inthat time she
IS A GREATER LONDON BOUNDARY CHARGE FOR ENTERING THE As negotiations continue between government officials and Transport for London about a long-term financial settlement for the capital’s transport body, there’s been a lot of media excitement about one idea within a package of suggestions TfL submitted to the Department for Transport for discussion last month. It’s called the Greater London Boundary Charge. Were it CHATSWORTH ROAD: PHOTOS OF A FADING, CHANGING HACKNEY Omar Jan lived for several years in the vicinity of Chatsworth Road, E5, a largely retail street in Lower Clapton which has, like the wider neighbourhood, gone through a lot of changes in recent years as London has grown. (I know this because I’ve lived in RICHARD PINDER: LONDON FIRE BRIGADE PLANS FOR ALBERT Dany Cotton’s praise for the London Fire Brigade’s plans for redeveloping its property at 8 Albert Embankment paints a very different picture from that envisaged by the Lambeth residents who would live in its shadows. The LFB’s proposals, which have been submitted to Lambeth Council, include a 24 and a 26-storey tower, which would deprive adjacent council homes and a public park of sun INDEPENDENT NEWS, ANALYSIS AND COMMENT FROM THE CAPITAL OnLondon - Independent, anti-populist news, analysis and comment covering the UK capital’s politics, development and culture PAUL WHEELER: LAST RITES FOR THE COVID LTNS The first action of the newly-elected Labour leader of Ealing last month was significant. Peter Mason announced the immediate ending of the West Ealing LTN (Low Traffic Neighbourhood) and a guarantee that any future LTN would be subject to popular consultation and support. Part of the reason was the imminent closure of the adjacent roads WHAT'S THE LATEST ON LONDON'S NEW LOW TRAFFIC While the creation of Low Traffic Neighbourhoods is a matter for individual councils, they are among issues that have most exercised Londoners during this mayoral election period. Here is an update on recent developments. *** Harrow Council’s Cabinet has scrapped the borough’s LTN trials in Greenhill, North Harrow, West Harrow and Southfield Park, plus three HARINGEY: NEW COUNCIL LEADER AND NEW CABINET BUT WILL THE Haringey Council’s ruling cabinet will have a very new look after Thursday’s annual meeting of the authority, following the recent one-vote ousting of Labour group leader Joseph Ejiofor by Peray Ahmet. Born and raised in the borough, Ahmet, who will be the council’s first Muslim leader, will replace eight of the nine-person cabinet, including high-profile LONDON ASSEMBLY ELECTION RESULTS 2021 The line-up of the new 25-member London Assembly is: Labour 11 seats, Conservatives 9, Green Party 3 and the Liberal Democrats 2. In 2016, the balance was Labour 12, Conservatives 8, Green 2, UKIP 2 and Lib Dems 1. What happened? There was no change in any of the 14 Assembly constituency seats, each of BORIS JOHNSON REPEATS PARTY POLITICAL FALSE CLAIM ABOUT Boris Johnson has used today’s Downing Street coronavirus briefing to again suggest that Transport for London’s perilous financial position is primarily due to the fares policy of the capital’s Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan rather than the effects of the pandemic lockdown, which has caused a calamitous collapse in fares revenue, thesource of 72 per
CORONAVIRUS LONDON: GREENWICH COUNCIL AND VOLUNTARY SECTOR All across the capital vast networks of borough workers, volunteers and charities are co-operating, reshaping and upscaling in extraordinary ways to help Londoners in the greatest need cope with the Covid-19 crisis. Claire Pritchard had eight minutes to spare for On London before the start of a more important conversation, but inthat time she
IS A GREATER LONDON BOUNDARY CHARGE FOR ENTERING THE As negotiations continue between government officials and Transport for London about a long-term financial settlement for the capital’s transport body, there’s been a lot of media excitement about one idea within a package of suggestions TfL submitted to the Department for Transport for discussion last month. It’s called the Greater London Boundary Charge. Were it CHATSWORTH ROAD: PHOTOS OF A FADING, CHANGING HACKNEY Omar Jan lived for several years in the vicinity of Chatsworth Road, E5, a largely retail street in Lower Clapton which has, like the wider neighbourhood, gone through a lot of changes in recent years as London has grown. (I know this because I’ve lived in RICHARD PINDER: LONDON FIRE BRIGADE PLANS FOR ALBERT Dany Cotton’s praise for the London Fire Brigade’s plans for redeveloping its property at 8 Albert Embankment paints a very different picture from that envisaged by the Lambeth residents who would live in its shadows. The LFB’s proposals, which have been submitted to Lambeth Council, include a 24 and a 26-storey tower, which would deprive adjacent council homes and a public park of sun LONDON UNDERGROUND WATERLOO & CITY LINE RE-OPENS London Underground’s Waterloo & City line, a key public transport daily commuter link between Waterloo main line station and Bank Tube station in the City of London, reopens for service today having been completely shut due to the pandemic since last March. Services will run every five minutes during the morning and afternoon peak travel ENFIELD: COUNCIL'S NEW LOCAL PLAN PROPOSALS COULD BE IN A 3 hours ago · The capital’s Green Belt battle looks set to ignite again – this time in Enfield, with the council’s draft Local Plan identifying sites for some 6,000 new homes in the protected zone.. Councillors will vote this evening on proposals to begin consultation on the draft Plan, which designates Crews Hill and Chase Park in the Green Belt as “growth areas” for new development in a bid to DAVE HILL: GOVERNMENT CONTEMPT FOR LONDON'S DEVOLUTION 18 hours ago · It began with a rude note from Robert Jenrick. Last March, the communities secretary informed Sadiq Khan that his proposed new London Plan, was rubbish. “I am left with no choice but to use my powers to direct changes,” Jenrick wrote. He added that, in his view, Khan’s record on housing delivery during his four PUBLIC TRANSPORT SERVICES COULD BE CUT TO MEET GOVERNMENT 20 hours ago · Sadiq Khan has warned that the government’s new “conditions-based” financial support package for Transport for London could result in the capital’s public transport services being reduced. Speaking at the re-opening of the Waterloo & City line yesterday morning, the Mayor told BBC London’s Tom Edwards that he and TfL will consider vacating office space, merging SOUTH KENSINGTON STATION: HERITAGE, UPGRADES AND The planning committee of Kensington & Chelsea Council (RBKC) was due to meet last night to consider proposals from Transport for London and Native Land for developing TfL property around and within South Kensington London Underground station, that famed arrival point for millions of visitors to the great museums of Exhibition Road. Butyesterday morning
ALEXANDER JAN: THE GOVERNMENT'S ATTITUDE TO FUNDING TFL IS Its "levelling down" agenda will cost the capital and the country dear In financial terms, the agreement brings Covid-related government support for TfL to some £4.9 billion, which sounds like (and is) a big number. It also recognises that more support may well be needed until at least 2023. But in PIMLICO, 1970: IAN NAIRN ON COUNCIL HOUSING, HUMAN SCALE Ian Nairn was an architecture critic, writer and broadcaster with a passionate interest in urban environments who wrote a celebrated book about London. His ideal of a city in which a “village” ethos was a defence against “subtopian” suburbs and the degradation of city centre areas brought about by destructive planning policies has sincesustained
RMT UNION THREATENS INDUSTRIAL ACTION OVER SHAPPS DEMAND A leading transport union has threatened London-wide industrial action over the government’s “disgraceful” new funding package for Transport for London. The £1.08 billion deal will secure TfL financially until December but comes with several conditions attached. TfL has been told it must “review” its pension scheme and freeze workers’ pay in line with the public CORONAVIRUS LONDON: GREENWICH COUNCIL AND VOLUNTARY SECTOR All across the capital vast networks of borough workers, volunteers and charities are co-operating, reshaping and upscaling in extraordinary ways to help Londoners in the greatest need cope with the Covid-19 crisis. Claire Pritchard had eight minutes to spare for On London before the start of a more important conversation, but inthat time she
LONDON UNEMPLOYED INCREASE BY A THIRD AS COVID HITS EAST The number of Londoners actively seeking work had soared by 36 per cent two weeks into the lockdown compared with the figure for mid-February, official figures show. Office for National Statistics data show that as of 9 April 300,000 people in the capital were recorded as benefit claimants actively seeking work, a rise of 110,000 INDEPENDENT NEWS, ANALYSIS AND COMMENT FROM THE CAPITAL OnLondon - Independent, anti-populist news, analysis and comment covering the UK capital’s politics, development and culture PAUL WHEELER: LAST RITES FOR THE COVID LTNS Paul Wheeler: Last rites for the Covid LTNs. 2nd June 2021. London politicians, especially in Labour-run boroughs, need to pursue policies on streets and pollution that are rooted in democracy and social justice. Paul Wheeler. The first action of the newly WHAT'S THE LATEST ON LONDON'S NEW LOW TRAFFIC While the creation of Low Traffic Neighbourhoods is a matter for individual councils, they are among issues that have most exercised Londoners during this mayoral election period. Here is an update on recent developments. *** Harrow Council’s Cabinet has scrapped the borough’s LTN trials in Greenhill, North Harrow, West Harrow and Southfield Park, plus three LONDON ASSEMBLY ELECTION RESULTS 2021 The line-up of the new 25-member London Assembly is: Labour 11 seats, Conservatives 9, Green Party 3 and the Liberal Democrats 2. In 2016, the balance was Labour 12, Conservatives 8, Green 2, UKIP 2 and Lib Dems 1. What happened? There was, however, significant change CORONAVIRUS LONDON: GREENWICH COUNCIL AND VOLUNTARY SECTOR All across the capital vast networks of borough workers, volunteers and charities are co-operating, reshaping and upscaling in extraordinary ways to help Londoners in the greatest need cope with the Covid-19 crisis. Claire Pritchard had eight minutes to spare for On London before the start of a more important conversation, but inthat time she
NO LINK SEEN BETWEEN ASTRAZENECA VACCINE AND BLOOD CLOTS Health services in London have seen no cases of blood clots associated with the AstraZeneca vaccine, according to the capital’s joint Chief Nurse Martin Machray, speaking at today’s meeting of the London Assembly Health Committee. “There have been 2.75 million doses of the vaccine given with no reports of blood clots,” he told AMs, with the AstraZeneca jab making up the bulk of the WHAT ARE LONDON 'AFFORDABLE' HOMES AND WHO CAN AFFORD THEMLONDON LIVING ROOMGETTING LIVING LONDONLONDON PROPERTY FOR RENTCHEAP HOUSING LONDONCITY OF LONDON AFFORDABLE HOUSINGLONDON HOUSING PRICES The term “affordable homes” triggers confusion and cynicism, especially in the London context. This is unsurprising. For one thing, the range of housing types to which the word “affordable” is applied has become so wide as to seem close to meaningless. For another, some “affordable” types are not affordable to all. On topof that,
CHATSWORTH ROAD: PHOTOS OF A FADING, CHANGING HACKNEY Omar Jan lived for several years in the vicinity of Chatsworth Road, E5, a largely retail street in Lower Clapton which has, like the wider neighbourhood, gone through a lot of changes in recent years as London has grown. (I know this because I’ve lived in RICHARD PINDER: LONDON FIRE BRIGADE PLANS FOR ALBERT Dany Cotton’s praise for the London Fire Brigade’s plans for redeveloping its property at 8 Albert Embankment paints a very different picture from that envisaged by the Lambeth residents who would live in its shadows. The LFB’s proposals, which have been submitted to Lambeth Council, include a 24 and a 26-storey tower, which would deprive adjacent council homes and a public park of sun HARINGEY LABOUR: MOMENTUM-BACKED COUNCIL CANDIDATES MAKE Haringey Council cabinet member Alan Strickland, one of the main advocates of the Labour administration’s extensive redevelopment programme, could be replaced as a candidate for next May’s borough elections after he lost a re-selection ballot last night. Three other sitting councillors supportive of the plans failed to secure the support of a majority of ward branch members INDEPENDENT NEWS, ANALYSIS AND COMMENT FROM THE CAPITAL OnLondon - Independent, anti-populist news, analysis and comment covering the UK capital’s politics, development and culture PAUL WHEELER: LAST RITES FOR THE COVID LTNS Paul Wheeler: Last rites for the Covid LTNs. 2nd June 2021. London politicians, especially in Labour-run boroughs, need to pursue policies on streets and pollution that are rooted in democracy and social justice. Paul Wheeler. The first action of the newly WHAT'S THE LATEST ON LONDON'S NEW LOW TRAFFIC While the creation of Low Traffic Neighbourhoods is a matter for individual councils, they are among issues that have most exercised Londoners during this mayoral election period. Here is an update on recent developments. *** Harrow Council’s Cabinet has scrapped the borough’s LTN trials in Greenhill, North Harrow, West Harrow and Southfield Park, plus three LONDON ASSEMBLY ELECTION RESULTS 2021 The line-up of the new 25-member London Assembly is: Labour 11 seats, Conservatives 9, Green Party 3 and the Liberal Democrats 2. In 2016, the balance was Labour 12, Conservatives 8, Green 2, UKIP 2 and Lib Dems 1. What happened? There was, however, significant change CORONAVIRUS LONDON: GREENWICH COUNCIL AND VOLUNTARY SECTOR All across the capital vast networks of borough workers, volunteers and charities are co-operating, reshaping and upscaling in extraordinary ways to help Londoners in the greatest need cope with the Covid-19 crisis. Claire Pritchard had eight minutes to spare for On London before the start of a more important conversation, but inthat time she
NO LINK SEEN BETWEEN ASTRAZENECA VACCINE AND BLOOD CLOTS Health services in London have seen no cases of blood clots associated with the AstraZeneca vaccine, according to the capital’s joint Chief Nurse Martin Machray, speaking at today’s meeting of the London Assembly Health Committee. “There have been 2.75 million doses of the vaccine given with no reports of blood clots,” he told AMs, with the AstraZeneca jab making up the bulk of the WHAT ARE LONDON 'AFFORDABLE' HOMES AND WHO CAN AFFORD THEMLONDON LIVING ROOMGETTING LIVING LONDONLONDON PROPERTY FOR RENTCHEAP HOUSING LONDONCITY OF LONDON AFFORDABLE HOUSINGLONDON HOUSING PRICES The term “affordable homes” triggers confusion and cynicism, especially in the London context. This is unsurprising. For one thing, the range of housing types to which the word “affordable” is applied has become so wide as to seem close to meaningless. For another, some “affordable” types are not affordable to all. On topof that,
CHATSWORTH ROAD: PHOTOS OF A FADING, CHANGING HACKNEY Omar Jan lived for several years in the vicinity of Chatsworth Road, E5, a largely retail street in Lower Clapton which has, like the wider neighbourhood, gone through a lot of changes in recent years as London has grown. (I know this because I’ve lived in RICHARD PINDER: LONDON FIRE BRIGADE PLANS FOR ALBERT Dany Cotton’s praise for the London Fire Brigade’s plans for redeveloping its property at 8 Albert Embankment paints a very different picture from that envisaged by the Lambeth residents who would live in its shadows. The LFB’s proposals, which have been submitted to Lambeth Council, include a 24 and a 26-storey tower, which would deprive adjacent council homes and a public park of sun HARINGEY LABOUR: MOMENTUM-BACKED COUNCIL CANDIDATES MAKE Haringey Council cabinet member Alan Strickland, one of the main advocates of the Labour administration’s extensive redevelopment programme, could be replaced as a candidate for next May’s borough elections after he lost a re-selection ballot last night. Three other sitting councillors supportive of the plans failed to secure the support of a majority of ward branch members LONDON UNDERGROUND WATERLOO & CITY LINE RE-OPENS 1 day ago · London Underground’s Waterloo & City line, a key public transport daily commuter link between Waterloo main line station and Bank Tube station in the City of London, reopens for service today having been completely shut due to the pandemic since last March. Services will run every five minutes during the morning and afternoon peak travel PUBLIC TRANSPORT SERVICES COULD BE CUT TO MEET GOVERNMENT 13 hours ago · Sadiq Khan has warned that the government’s new “conditions-based” financial support package for Transport for London could result in the capital’s public transport services being reduced. Speaking at the re-opening of the Waterloo & City line yesterday morning, the Mayor told BBC London’s Tom Edwards that he and TfL will consider vacating office space, merging DAVE HILL: GOVERNMENT CONTEMPT FOR LONDON'S DEVOLUTION 11 hours ago · It began with a rude note from Robert Jenrick. Last March, the communities secretary informed Sadiq Khan that his proposed new London Plan, was rubbish. “I am left with no choice but to use my powers to direct changes,” Jenrick wrote. He added that, in his view, Khan’s record on housing delivery during his four SOUTH KENSINGTON STATION: HERITAGE, UPGRADES AND The planning committee of Kensington & Chelsea Council (RBKC) was due to meet last night to consider proposals from Transport for London and Native Land for developing TfL property around and within South Kensington London Underground station, that famed arrival point for millions of visitors to the great museums of Exhibition Road. Butyesterday morning
VIC KEEGAN'S LOST LONDON 198: THE SUPREME COURT'S CRIMINAL The Supreme Court building in Parliament Square is on the exact spot where long stood Westminster’s medieval Bell Tower, whose bells rang for over 300 years until about 1750. The tower was the main building of the Abbey’s sanctuary, an area roughly where Parliament Square is today, where criminals and others could legally evade the ALEXANDER JAN: THE GOVERNMENT'S ATTITUDE TO FUNDING TFL IS Its "levelling down" agenda will cost the capital and the country dear In financial terms, the agreement brings Covid-related government support for TfL to some £4.9 billion, which sounds like (and is) a big number. It also recognises that more support may well be needed until at least 2023. But in PIMLICO, 1970: IAN NAIRN ON COUNCIL HOUSING, HUMAN SCALE The late Ian Nairn was an architecture critic, writer and broadcaster with a passionate interest in urban environments who wrote a celebrated book about London.His ideal of a city in which a “village” ethos could serve as a defence against “subtopian” suburbs and the degradation of city centre areas brought about by destructive planning policies has since sustained a few bruising RMT UNION THREATENS INDUSTRIAL ACTION OVER SHAPPS DEMAND A leading transport union has threatened London-wide industrial action over the government’s “disgraceful” new funding package for Transport for London. The £1.08 billion deal will secure TfL financially until December but comes with several conditions attached. TfL has been told it must “review” its pension scheme and freeze workers’ pay in line with the public LONDON UNEMPLOYED INCREASE BY A THIRD AS COVID HITS EAST The number of Londoners actively seeking work had soared by 36 per cent two weeks into the lockdown compared with the figure for mid-February, official figures show. Office for National Statistics data show that as of 9 April 300,000 people in the capital were recorded as benefit claimants actively seeking work, a rise of 110,000 WHAT ARE LONDON 'AFFORDABLE' HOMES AND WHO CAN AFFORD THEM The term “affordable homes” triggers confusion and cynicism, especially in the London context. This is unsurprising. For one thing, the range of housing types to which the word “affordable” is applied has become so wide as to seem close to meaningless. For another, some “affordable” types are not affordable to all. On topof that,
INDEPENDENT NEWS, ANALYSIS AND COMMENT FROM THE CAPITAL OnLondon - Independent, anti-populist news, analysis and comment covering the UK capital’s politics, development and culture PAUL WHEELER: LAST RITES FOR THE COVID LTNS Paul Wheeler: Last rites for the Covid LTNs. 2nd June 2021. London politicians, especially in Labour-run boroughs, need to pursue policies on streets and pollution that are rooted in democracy and social justice. Paul Wheeler. The first action of the newly WHAT'S THE LATEST ON LONDON'S NEW LOW TRAFFIC While the creation of Low Traffic Neighbourhoods is a matter for individual councils, they are among issues that have most exercised Londoners during this mayoral election period. Here is an update on recent developments. *** Harrow Council’s Cabinet has scrapped the borough’s LTN trials in Greenhill, North Harrow, West Harrow and Southfield Park, plus three LONDON ASSEMBLY ELECTION RESULTS 2021 The line-up of the new 25-member London Assembly is: Labour 11 seats, Conservatives 9, Green Party 3 and the Liberal Democrats 2. In 2016, the balance was Labour 12, Conservatives 8, Green 2, UKIP 2 and Lib Dems 1. What happened? There was, however, significant change CORONAVIRUS LONDON: GREENWICH COUNCIL AND VOLUNTARY SECTOR All across the capital vast networks of borough workers, volunteers and charities are co-operating, reshaping and upscaling in extraordinary ways to help Londoners in the greatest need cope with the Covid-19 crisis. Claire Pritchard had eight minutes to spare for On London before the start of a more important conversation, but inthat time she
NO LINK SEEN BETWEEN ASTRAZENECA VACCINE AND BLOOD CLOTS Health services in London have seen no cases of blood clots associated with the AstraZeneca vaccine, according to the capital’s joint Chief Nurse Martin Machray, speaking at today’s meeting of the London Assembly Health Committee. “There have been 2.75 million doses of the vaccine given with no reports of blood clots,” he told AMs, with the AstraZeneca jab making up the bulk of the WHAT ARE LONDON 'AFFORDABLE' HOMES AND WHO CAN AFFORD THEMLONDON LIVING ROOMGETTING LIVING LONDONLONDON PROPERTY FOR RENTCHEAP HOUSING LONDONCITY OF LONDON AFFORDABLE HOUSINGLONDON HOUSING PRICES The term “affordable homes” triggers confusion and cynicism, especially in the London context. This is unsurprising. For one thing, the range of housing types to which the word “affordable” is applied has become so wide as to seem close to meaningless. For another, some “affordable” types are not affordable to all. On topof that,
CHATSWORTH ROAD: PHOTOS OF A FADING, CHANGING HACKNEY Omar Jan lived for several years in the vicinity of Chatsworth Road, E5, a largely retail street in Lower Clapton which has, like the wider neighbourhood, gone through a lot of changes in recent years as London has grown. (I know this because I’ve lived in RICHARD PINDER: LONDON FIRE BRIGADE PLANS FOR ALBERT Dany Cotton’s praise for the London Fire Brigade’s plans for redeveloping its property at 8 Albert Embankment paints a very different picture from that envisaged by the Lambeth residents who would live in its shadows. The LFB’s proposals, which have been submitted to Lambeth Council, include a 24 and a 26-storey tower, which would deprive adjacent council homes and a public park of sun HARINGEY LABOUR: MOMENTUM-BACKED COUNCIL CANDIDATES MAKE Haringey Council cabinet member Alan Strickland, one of the main advocates of the Labour administration’s extensive redevelopment programme, could be replaced as a candidate for next May’s borough elections after he lost a re-selection ballot last night. Three other sitting councillors supportive of the plans failed to secure the support of a majority of ward branch members INDEPENDENT NEWS, ANALYSIS AND COMMENT FROM THE CAPITAL OnLondon - Independent, anti-populist news, analysis and comment covering the UK capital’s politics, development and culture PAUL WHEELER: LAST RITES FOR THE COVID LTNS Paul Wheeler: Last rites for the Covid LTNs. 2nd June 2021. London politicians, especially in Labour-run boroughs, need to pursue policies on streets and pollution that are rooted in democracy and social justice. Paul Wheeler. The first action of the newly WHAT'S THE LATEST ON LONDON'S NEW LOW TRAFFIC While the creation of Low Traffic Neighbourhoods is a matter for individual councils, they are among issues that have most exercised Londoners during this mayoral election period. Here is an update on recent developments. *** Harrow Council’s Cabinet has scrapped the borough’s LTN trials in Greenhill, North Harrow, West Harrow and Southfield Park, plus three LONDON ASSEMBLY ELECTION RESULTS 2021 The line-up of the new 25-member London Assembly is: Labour 11 seats, Conservatives 9, Green Party 3 and the Liberal Democrats 2. In 2016, the balance was Labour 12, Conservatives 8, Green 2, UKIP 2 and Lib Dems 1. What happened? There was, however, significant change CORONAVIRUS LONDON: GREENWICH COUNCIL AND VOLUNTARY SECTOR All across the capital vast networks of borough workers, volunteers and charities are co-operating, reshaping and upscaling in extraordinary ways to help Londoners in the greatest need cope with the Covid-19 crisis. Claire Pritchard had eight minutes to spare for On London before the start of a more important conversation, but inthat time she
NO LINK SEEN BETWEEN ASTRAZENECA VACCINE AND BLOOD CLOTS Health services in London have seen no cases of blood clots associated with the AstraZeneca vaccine, according to the capital’s joint Chief Nurse Martin Machray, speaking at today’s meeting of the London Assembly Health Committee. “There have been 2.75 million doses of the vaccine given with no reports of blood clots,” he told AMs, with the AstraZeneca jab making up the bulk of the WHAT ARE LONDON 'AFFORDABLE' HOMES AND WHO CAN AFFORD THEMLONDON LIVING ROOMGETTING LIVING LONDONLONDON PROPERTY FOR RENTCHEAP HOUSING LONDONCITY OF LONDON AFFORDABLE HOUSINGLONDON HOUSING PRICES The term “affordable homes” triggers confusion and cynicism, especially in the London context. This is unsurprising. For one thing, the range of housing types to which the word “affordable” is applied has become so wide as to seem close to meaningless. For another, some “affordable” types are not affordable to all. On topof that,
CHATSWORTH ROAD: PHOTOS OF A FADING, CHANGING HACKNEY Omar Jan lived for several years in the vicinity of Chatsworth Road, E5, a largely retail street in Lower Clapton which has, like the wider neighbourhood, gone through a lot of changes in recent years as London has grown. (I know this because I’ve lived in RICHARD PINDER: LONDON FIRE BRIGADE PLANS FOR ALBERT Dany Cotton’s praise for the London Fire Brigade’s plans for redeveloping its property at 8 Albert Embankment paints a very different picture from that envisaged by the Lambeth residents who would live in its shadows. The LFB’s proposals, which have been submitted to Lambeth Council, include a 24 and a 26-storey tower, which would deprive adjacent council homes and a public park of sun HARINGEY LABOUR: MOMENTUM-BACKED COUNCIL CANDIDATES MAKE Haringey Council cabinet member Alan Strickland, one of the main advocates of the Labour administration’s extensive redevelopment programme, could be replaced as a candidate for next May’s borough elections after he lost a re-selection ballot last night. Three other sitting councillors supportive of the plans failed to secure the support of a majority of ward branch members LONDON UNDERGROUND WATERLOO & CITY LINE RE-OPENS 1 day ago · London Underground’s Waterloo & City line, a key public transport daily commuter link between Waterloo main line station and Bank Tube station in the City of London, reopens for service today having been completely shut due to the pandemic since last March. Services will run every five minutes during the morning and afternoon peak travel PUBLIC TRANSPORT SERVICES COULD BE CUT TO MEET GOVERNMENT 7 hours ago · Sadiq Khan has warned that the government’s new “conditions-based” financial support package for Transport for London could result in the capital’s public transport services being reduced. Speaking at the re-opening of the Waterloo & City line yesterday morning, the Mayor told BBC London’s Tom Edwards that he and TfL will consider vacating office space, merging DAVE HILL: GOVERNMENT CONTEMPT FOR LONDON'S DEVOLUTION 5 hours ago · It began with a rude note from Robert Jenrick. Last March, the communities secretary informed Sadiq Khan that his proposed new London Plan, was rubbish. “I am left with no choice but to use my powers to direct changes,” Jenrick wrote. He added that, in his view, Khan’s record on housing delivery during his four SOUTH KENSINGTON STATION: HERITAGE, UPGRADES AND The planning committee of Kensington & Chelsea Council (RBKC) was due to meet last night to consider proposals from Transport for London and Native Land for developing TfL property around and within South Kensington London Underground station, that famed arrival point for millions of visitors to the great museums of Exhibition Road. Butyesterday morning
VIC KEEGAN'S LOST LONDON 198: THE SUPREME COURT'S CRIMINAL The Supreme Court building in Parliament Square is on the exact spot where long stood Westminster’s medieval Bell Tower, whose bells rang for over 300 years until about 1750. The tower was the main building of the Abbey’s sanctuary, an area roughly where Parliament Square is today, where criminals and others could legally evade the ALEXANDER JAN: THE GOVERNMENT'S ATTITUDE TO FUNDING TFL IS Its "levelling down" agenda will cost the capital and the country dear In financial terms, the agreement brings Covid-related government support for TfL to some £4.9 billion, which sounds like (and is) a big number. It also recognises that more support may well be needed until at least 2023. But in PIMLICO, 1970: IAN NAIRN ON COUNCIL HOUSING, HUMAN SCALE The late Ian Nairn was an architecture critic, writer and broadcaster with a passionate interest in urban environments who wrote a celebrated book about London.His ideal of a city in which a “village” ethos could serve as a defence against “subtopian” suburbs and the degradation of city centre areas brought about by destructive planning policies has since sustained a few bruising RMT UNION THREATENS INDUSTRIAL ACTION OVER SHAPPS DEMAND A leading transport union has threatened London-wide industrial action over the government’s “disgraceful” new funding package for Transport for London. The £1.08 billion deal will secure TfL financially until December but comes with several conditions attached. TfL has been told it must “review” its pension scheme and freeze workers’ pay in line with the public LONDON UNEMPLOYED INCREASE BY A THIRD AS COVID HITS EAST The number of Londoners actively seeking work had soared by 36 per cent two weeks into the lockdown compared with the figure for mid-February, official figures show. Office for National Statistics data show that as of 9 April 300,000 people in the capital were recorded as benefit claimants actively seeking work, a rise of 110,000 WHAT ARE LONDON 'AFFORDABLE' HOMES AND WHO CAN AFFORD THEM The term “affordable homes” triggers confusion and cynicism, especially in the London context. This is unsurprising. For one thing, the range of housing types to which the word “affordable” is applied has become so wide as to seem close to meaningless. For another, some “affordable” types are not affordable to all. On topof that,
INDEPENDENT NEWS, ANALYSIS AND COMMENT FROM THE CAPITAL OnLondon - Independent, anti-populist news, analysis and comment covering the UK capital’s politics, development and culture PAUL WHEELER: LAST RITES FOR THE COVID LTNS Paul Wheeler: Last rites for the Covid LTNs. 2nd June 2021. London politicians, especially in Labour-run boroughs, need to pursue policies on streets and pollution that are rooted in democracy and social justice. Paul Wheeler. The first action of the newly WHAT'S THE LATEST ON LONDON'S NEW LOW TRAFFIC While the creation of Low Traffic Neighbourhoods is a matter for individual councils, they are among issues that have most exercised Londoners during this mayoral election period. Here is an update on recent developments. *** Harrow Council’s Cabinet has scrapped the borough’s LTN trials in Greenhill, North Harrow, West Harrow and Southfield Park, plus three LONDON ASSEMBLY ELECTION RESULTS 2021 The line-up of the new 25-member London Assembly is: Labour 11 seats, Conservatives 9, Green Party 3 and the Liberal Democrats 2. In 2016, the balance was Labour 12, Conservatives 8, Green 2, UKIP 2 and Lib Dems 1. What happened? There was, however, significant change CORONAVIRUS LONDON: GREENWICH COUNCIL AND VOLUNTARY SECTOR All across the capital vast networks of borough workers, volunteers and charities are co-operating, reshaping and upscaling in extraordinary ways to help Londoners in the greatest need cope with the Covid-19 crisis. Claire Pritchard had eight minutes to spare for On London before the start of a more important conversation, but inthat time she
NO LINK SEEN BETWEEN ASTRAZENECA VACCINE AND BLOOD CLOTS Health services in London have seen no cases of blood clots associated with the AstraZeneca vaccine, according to the capital’s joint Chief Nurse Martin Machray, speaking at today’s meeting of the London Assembly Health Committee. “There have been 2.75 million doses of the vaccine given with no reports of blood clots,” he told AMs, with the AstraZeneca jab making up the bulk of the WHAT ARE LONDON 'AFFORDABLE' HOMES AND WHO CAN AFFORD THEMLONDON LIVING ROOMGETTING LIVING LONDONLONDON PROPERTY FOR RENTCHEAP HOUSING LONDONCITY OF LONDON AFFORDABLE HOUSINGLONDON HOUSING PRICES The term “affordable homes” triggers confusion and cynicism, especially in the London context. This is unsurprising. For one thing, the range of housing types to which the word “affordable” is applied has become so wide as to seem close to meaningless. For another, some “affordable” types are not affordable to all. On topof that,
CHATSWORTH ROAD: PHOTOS OF A FADING, CHANGING HACKNEY Omar Jan lived for several years in the vicinity of Chatsworth Road, E5, a largely retail street in Lower Clapton which has, like the wider neighbourhood, gone through a lot of changes in recent years as London has grown. (I know this because I’ve lived in RICHARD PINDER: LONDON FIRE BRIGADE PLANS FOR ALBERT Dany Cotton’s praise for the London Fire Brigade’s plans for redeveloping its property at 8 Albert Embankment paints a very different picture from that envisaged by the Lambeth residents who would live in its shadows. The LFB’s proposals, which have been submitted to Lambeth Council, include a 24 and a 26-storey tower, which would deprive adjacent council homes and a public park of sun HARINGEY LABOUR: MOMENTUM-BACKED COUNCIL CANDIDATES MAKE Haringey Council cabinet member Alan Strickland, one of the main advocates of the Labour administration’s extensive redevelopment programme, could be replaced as a candidate for next May’s borough elections after he lost a re-selection ballot last night. Three other sitting councillors supportive of the plans failed to secure the support of a majority of ward branch members INDEPENDENT NEWS, ANALYSIS AND COMMENT FROM THE CAPITAL OnLondon - Independent, anti-populist news, analysis and comment covering the UK capital’s politics, development and culture PAUL WHEELER: LAST RITES FOR THE COVID LTNS Paul Wheeler: Last rites for the Covid LTNs. 2nd June 2021. London politicians, especially in Labour-run boroughs, need to pursue policies on streets and pollution that are rooted in democracy and social justice. Paul Wheeler. The first action of the newly WHAT'S THE LATEST ON LONDON'S NEW LOW TRAFFIC While the creation of Low Traffic Neighbourhoods is a matter for individual councils, they are among issues that have most exercised Londoners during this mayoral election period. Here is an update on recent developments. *** Harrow Council’s Cabinet has scrapped the borough’s LTN trials in Greenhill, North Harrow, West Harrow and Southfield Park, plus three LONDON ASSEMBLY ELECTION RESULTS 2021 The line-up of the new 25-member London Assembly is: Labour 11 seats, Conservatives 9, Green Party 3 and the Liberal Democrats 2. In 2016, the balance was Labour 12, Conservatives 8, Green 2, UKIP 2 and Lib Dems 1. What happened? There was, however, significant change CORONAVIRUS LONDON: GREENWICH COUNCIL AND VOLUNTARY SECTOR All across the capital vast networks of borough workers, volunteers and charities are co-operating, reshaping and upscaling in extraordinary ways to help Londoners in the greatest need cope with the Covid-19 crisis. Claire Pritchard had eight minutes to spare for On London before the start of a more important conversation, but inthat time she
NO LINK SEEN BETWEEN ASTRAZENECA VACCINE AND BLOOD CLOTS Health services in London have seen no cases of blood clots associated with the AstraZeneca vaccine, according to the capital’s joint Chief Nurse Martin Machray, speaking at today’s meeting of the London Assembly Health Committee. “There have been 2.75 million doses of the vaccine given with no reports of blood clots,” he told AMs, with the AstraZeneca jab making up the bulk of the WHAT ARE LONDON 'AFFORDABLE' HOMES AND WHO CAN AFFORD THEMLONDON LIVING ROOMGETTING LIVING LONDONLONDON PROPERTY FOR RENTCHEAP HOUSING LONDONCITY OF LONDON AFFORDABLE HOUSINGLONDON HOUSING PRICES The term “affordable homes” triggers confusion and cynicism, especially in the London context. This is unsurprising. For one thing, the range of housing types to which the word “affordable” is applied has become so wide as to seem close to meaningless. For another, some “affordable” types are not affordable to all. On topof that,
CHATSWORTH ROAD: PHOTOS OF A FADING, CHANGING HACKNEY Omar Jan lived for several years in the vicinity of Chatsworth Road, E5, a largely retail street in Lower Clapton which has, like the wider neighbourhood, gone through a lot of changes in recent years as London has grown. (I know this because I’ve lived in RICHARD PINDER: LONDON FIRE BRIGADE PLANS FOR ALBERT Dany Cotton’s praise for the London Fire Brigade’s plans for redeveloping its property at 8 Albert Embankment paints a very different picture from that envisaged by the Lambeth residents who would live in its shadows. The LFB’s proposals, which have been submitted to Lambeth Council, include a 24 and a 26-storey tower, which would deprive adjacent council homes and a public park of sun HARINGEY LABOUR: MOMENTUM-BACKED COUNCIL CANDIDATES MAKE Haringey Council cabinet member Alan Strickland, one of the main advocates of the Labour administration’s extensive redevelopment programme, could be replaced as a candidate for next May’s borough elections after he lost a re-selection ballot last night. Three other sitting councillors supportive of the plans failed to secure the support of a majority of ward branch members LONDON UNDERGROUND WATERLOO & CITY LINE RE-OPENS 1 day ago · London Underground’s Waterloo & City line, a key public transport daily commuter link between Waterloo main line station and Bank Tube station in the City of London, reopens for service today having been completely shut due to the pandemic since last March. Services will run every five minutes during the morning and afternoon peak travel PUBLIC TRANSPORT SERVICES COULD BE CUT TO MEET GOVERNMENT 6 hours ago · Sadiq Khan has warned that the government’s new “conditions-based” financial support package for Transport for London could result in the capital’s public transport services being reduced. Speaking at the re-opening of the Waterloo & City line yesterday morning, the Mayor told BBC London’s Tom Edwards that he and TfL will consider vacating office space, merging DAVE HILL: GOVERNMENT CONTEMPT FOR LONDON'S DEVOLUTION 4 hours ago · It began with a rude note from Robert Jenrick. Last March, the communities secretary informed Sadiq Khan that his proposed new London Plan, was rubbish. “I am left with no choice but to use my powers to direct changes,” Jenrick wrote. He added that, in his view, Khan’s record on housing delivery during his four SOUTH KENSINGTON STATION: HERITAGE, UPGRADES AND The planning committee of Kensington & Chelsea Council (RBKC) was due to meet last night to consider proposals from Transport for London and Native Land for developing TfL property around and within South Kensington London Underground station, that famed arrival point for millions of visitors to the great museums of Exhibition Road. Butyesterday morning
VIC KEEGAN'S LOST LONDON 198: THE SUPREME COURT'S CRIMINAL The Supreme Court building in Parliament Square is on the exact spot where long stood Westminster’s medieval Bell Tower, whose bells rang for over 300 years until about 1750. The tower was the main building of the Abbey’s sanctuary, an area roughly where Parliament Square is today, where criminals and others could legally evade the ALEXANDER JAN: THE GOVERNMENT'S ATTITUDE TO FUNDING TFL IS Its "levelling down" agenda will cost the capital and the country dear In financial terms, the agreement brings Covid-related government support for TfL to some £4.9 billion, which sounds like (and is) a big number. It also recognises that more support may well be needed until at least 2023. But in PIMLICO, 1970: IAN NAIRN ON COUNCIL HOUSING, HUMAN SCALE The late Ian Nairn was an architecture critic, writer and broadcaster with a passionate interest in urban environments who wrote a celebrated book about London.His ideal of a city in which a “village” ethos could serve as a defence against “subtopian” suburbs and the degradation of city centre areas brought about by destructive planning policies has since sustained a few bruising RMT UNION THREATENS INDUSTRIAL ACTION OVER SHAPPS DEMAND A leading transport union has threatened London-wide industrial action over the government’s “disgraceful” new funding package for Transport for London. The £1.08 billion deal will secure TfL financially until December but comes with several conditions attached. TfL has been told it must “review” its pension scheme and freeze workers’ pay in line with the public LONDON UNEMPLOYED INCREASE BY A THIRD AS COVID HITS EAST The number of Londoners actively seeking work had soared by 36 per cent two weeks into the lockdown compared with the figure for mid-February, official figures show. Office for National Statistics data show that as of 9 April 300,000 people in the capital were recorded as benefit claimants actively seeking work, a rise of 110,000 WHAT ARE LONDON 'AFFORDABLE' HOMES AND WHO CAN AFFORD THEM The term “affordable homes” triggers confusion and cynicism, especially in the London context. This is unsurprising. For one thing, the range of housing types to which the word “affordable” is applied has become so wide as to seem close to meaningless. For another, some “affordable” types are not affordable to all. On topof that,
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