West Ham accused of dodging its policing costs November 30, 2016 West Ham has managed to dodge over £43,000 in policing costs for their recent home game against Stoke. The information was revealed to Labour London Assembly Member Andrew Dismore by Sadiq Khan as part of Mayor’s Questions. Dismore criticised former mayor Boris Johnson for a deal between West Ham and the London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC) [...]
Mayor Sadiq Khan unveils London’s first hydrogen double-decker bus November 30, 2016 London mayor Sadiq Khan has unveiled the capital's first double-decker hydrogen bus as part of a commitment to phase out diesel buses. They will be trialled on London's roads next year and the mayor wants other cities to follow suit. No more pure diesel double-decker buses will be added to the capital's fleet from 2018 [...]
Commuter chaos during morning rush hour as Northern Line disrupted by faulty train and Piccadilly Line woes continue November 30, 2016 Commuters using the Northern Line this morning are facing severe delays due to a faulty train. There is no service between Camden Town and Edgware and severe delays between Camden Town and Kennington, with minor delays on the rest of the line. https://twitter.com/northernline/status/803873580408852480 https://twitter.com/northernline/status/803878116003348480 There is also no service from Finchley Central to Mill Hill [...]
London accounted for nearly a quarter of the 700,000 new jobs in 2014-15 November 30, 2016 UK firms created over 700,000 jobs in 2014-15 – with almost a quarter of them located in London. Research from the Enterprise Research Centre has found that of the 709,174 net new jobs created in the period, 23 per cent of them came from London firms. Read more: "Posturing" Euro chief Dijsselbloem issues London warning [...]
TSSA union members vote in favour of more industrial action November 29, 2016 London Underground workers in the TSSA union have voted in favour of striking, the union announced today. In a ballot of 237 members, with 235 valid papers returned, 159, or 67.7 per cent, voted in favour of a strike, with 76 – 32.3 per cent – voting against. When asked whether they would be prepared [...]
Holborn station reopens after being closed due to fire alert November 29, 2016 Holborn station has reopened after being evacuated and closed due to a fire alert earlier this afternoon. The London Fire Brigade was called to the central London station this afternoon after reports of smoke, but a spokesperson said the fire crew sent to the scene had not found any sign of a fire. https://twitter.com/piccadillyline/status/803608156433694720 Witnesses said the [...]
Traffic congestion costs London businesses £237m each year November 29, 2016 Congestion in the capital has long been a bugbear for drivers, passengers and residents alike. And TomTom's Traffic Index, which measures congestion on the roads in 295 cities, has found it's also proving costly for London's businesses. Research it conducted noted that traffic in the capital increases the time each vehicle spends on the road [...]
Richmond, Islington and Bromley residents are among the least generous with charitable donations November 29, 2016 As the season of giving approaches, what better time to explore which of the capital's residents are set to be promoted to the top of Father Christmas' nice list? A study of over 18,000 London donations by The Big Give found that some of London's most deprived boroughs demonstrated some of the highest levels of generosity. The boroughs which [...]
London will reinvent itself again post-Brexit if it remains flexible and open to the world November 29, 2016 "We don't plan London very much. Nobody planned to have the euro-dollar market, for example. It rose because clever people were very quick at responding to market signals.” Speaking at a debate at the Museum of London on the future of the capital, hosted by Eversheds, The Independent’s Hamish McRae set out the optimistic case for the [...]
London needs a new deal with its nation to secure a good Brexit for its leading industries November 29, 2016 We cannot assume that London will always succeed. No city is too big to fail. London must constantly reassert its global status because if a city isn’t rising, it’s falling. London has long been a world-leading financial centre and is now a magnet for the international technology sector and its startups. But, in an environment being [...]
