On London: Independent news, comment and analysis
WEBOn 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.
London affordable homes programmes struggling to hit targets
WEB3 days ago · In 2022/23 more than 25,000 homes were started, as Khan rushed to meet his target of 116,000 “starts” under the 2016 programme. Last year, only 2,358 homes were started under City Hall-funded schemes, including just 1,777 under the new 2021 deal. Overall that leaves some 75,000 homes to be completed by 2030.
Call for Mayor and government to boost central London job quality
WEB1 day ago · Report calls for Mayor and government to boost central London job quality. 20th September 2024. The Central London Forward group of local authorities has found widely varying levels of job satisfaction and security and made recommendations for improvements. Dave Hill. Sadiq Khan should make improving the quality of …
London's population growth is recovering, up to a point
WEBJul 19, 2024 · London’s population reached a historic high of 8,945,300 in the middle of last year, according to new estimates released by the Office for National Statistics.After slower growth at the end of the 2010s and a slight decline between 2019 and 2021, the number of people living in the city rose by 0.9 per cent – around 75,000 – between 2022 and 2023, the fastest growth rate since 2015-16.
Alexander Jan: Oxford Street pedestrianisation has to be done right
WEB3 days ago · Alexander Jan. Sadiq Khan’s surprise decision to breathe new life into his plan to largely pedestrianise Oxford Street is aimed at delivering improvements for its 200 million or so visitors a year. Despite generating annual sales of £3 billion, the street has suffered from London’s economic shift to the east and struggled more than nearby ...
Government backs Khan plan to pedestrianise Oxford Street
WEB4 days ago · Dave Hill. Sadiq Khan has secured government backing to implement plans for the transformation of Oxford Street, including turning the road into what City Hall describes as a “traffic-free pedestrianised avenue”. In the first major shared initiative between the Labour Mayor and the newly-elected Labour national administration, Khan will be ...
London's health problems - current and ongoing - OnLondon
WEBJan 2, 2023 · London’s health problems – current and ongoing. The NHS in the capital is struggling with renewed pressures against a backdrop of long-term underfunding and particular susceptibilities among its least well-off. One year ago Londoners were still assailed by the Covid-19 pandemic, with the emergence …
Dave Hill: The new London Society documentary podcast
WEB4 days ago · 17th September 2024. The latest listen from the illustrious charity explores continuity and change in Clerkenwell, Farringdon, Holborn, Bloomsbury and St Giles. Dave Hill. Approaching the fourth and latest documentary podcast I’ve researched, written and presented for The London Society, of which I am a …
London's poverty is deepening yet solutions to it are no mystery
WEBOct 26, 2023 · The new London Living Wage wage rate has been set at £13.15 an hour, a rise of 10 per cent.The voluntary pay scale, which is higher than the government’s nationwide statutory minimum and, unlike it, applies to all over-18s, will benefit 130,000 adult workers in the capital.The Living Wage Foundation, which calculates the rate, says a full-time worker with one of the 3,500 London employers ...
What if London became an independent city state? The big …
WEBJan 15, 2023 · The big discussion as it happened. 15th January 2023. In December 2022 On London and The London Society joined forces to hold a discussion event exploring what would happen if the capital broke free from the rest of the UK. Dave Hill. It will probably never happen and it probably never should but…