Hundreds of affordable London homes in pipeline as part of £276m scheme Vistry A housing developer, owned by FTSE 250 firm Vistry, has bagged a £276m scheme to build 739 new homes in Colindale, North West London. Countryside Partnership was named as the preferred developer by the Greater London Authority (GLA) and the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC), who are bringing the scheme forward. Some 60 [...]
Go ahead given for new nine-storey hotel in London’s Square Mile Hospitality Plans to build a new hotel between the Museum of London and the Barbican have been given the green light.
Gove says London being ‘let down’ as probe launched into Khan’s housing strategy Property Housing secretary Michael Gove said Londoners are being “let down” by the Mayor’s “chronic under delivery” of new homes, as he launches a probe into Sadiq Khan's housing strategy.
Thousands of new homes on Bromley-By-Bow gasworks given green light June 20, 2024 It has developed the design plans with RHSP Architects, which is also working on a similar gasworks concept, Broadway East in Bethnal Green.
Here’s what the City of London skyline will look like in 2030 November 1, 2023 The City of London corporation has released visualisations of what the City's transformation by 2030, with the Walkie Talkie building dwarfed by an array of new skyscrapers.
Revealed: Sadiq Khan’s bumper New Year’s Eve firework budget hit £4m February 1, 2024 It said the authority "does not hold the final costs for the 2023 event - these are still being reconciled" and it was also unable to say what the most expensive individual firework was during the display.
Would London benefit from a tourism tax? April 16, 2023 What sets London apart from its neighbouring European cities? The City’s bustling financial centre? A super connected underground rail system? Its diverse population of inhabitants? The answer could well be London’s hesitancy to tax its tourists for overnight stays. Even the country’s de facto second city Manchester has followed in the footsteps of Paris and [...]
Sadiq Khan pledges to eliminate rough sleeping by 2030, if re-elected April 15, 2024 Sadiq Khan has pledged to eliminate rough sleeping in London by 2030, if re-elected as mayor of London.
Sadiq Khan: London faces ‘full blown recruitment crisis’ over migration salary rules December 13, 2023 London is facing a “full blown recruitment crisis” over the government’s new policies on migration, Sadiq Khan has warned.
Sadiq Khan under fire for breaking his pledge to ban Transport for London gambling ads March 15, 2024 London Mayor Sadiq Khan has come under fire for breaking a pledge to ban gambling adverts on the London tube.