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True London Podcast: 40 years of Walterton & Elgin Community Homes

Westminster Council, led from 1983 by firm Thatcherite Shirley Porter – Hackney-born daughter of Jack Cohen, the man who ...
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Hayes, Hillingdon: High Street heroics against the odds

Shopkeepers in a town in the west of outer London are showing remarkable resilience in the face of many difficulties ...
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‘Preferred site’ for Smithfield and Billingsgate markets relocation confirmed

An area in the Royal Docks enterprise zone is being looked as a potential new home for two of London's historic food wholesalers ...
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What does the rest of the world think of London?

“They want to talk about London,” he said. “It is a city that almost everyone has an opinion on.” He also described London as being possibly the best-known city in the world, and one that has “some ...
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Is the Metropolitan Police Service improving?

Sir Mark Rowley was appointed Metropolitan Police commissioner in July 2022, right at the end of Boris Johnson’s time as ...
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Scrapping two-child limit must be just the start, London campaigners say

Rachel Reeves's decision has been welcomed, but there are warnings that in the capital further benefit reforms are required ...
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Richard Brown: The ‘mansion tax’ is a clunky half measure

The local Council Tax produces much unfairness but this new central government surcharge is problematic and won't make much ...
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Dave Hill: How will the ‘tourist tax’ work in London?

The capital's local authorities and the businesses affected will want the Mayor to design the scheme with their needs in mind ...
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Julie Hamill: Where are you going, strange little girl?

The Prius whirred off down the road. I turned the key in the front door, and went back to thinking about The Stranglers. I ...
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True London Podcast: BusinessLDN’s Muniya Barua on skills for a good growth city

Deputy chief exec of influential business group talks about closing the gap between what employers need and what Londoners can offer ...
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Michael Stanworth: If e-bikes are the future, London must plan to make it work

Politicians, developers, transport planners and, of course, users must ensure that Lime and the like are an asset to the city, not a problem It is often said that death and taxes are the only two ...
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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 ...