Jenna Goldberg provides a pre-Christmas assessment Sadiq Khan has a problem. He is the first Mayor of London who is not made of Teflon. He is a consummate campaigner, with an acute sense of political expediency, and this is his greatest strength and...

“All good things must come to an end” – that well known proverb is traced back to the founder of modern English, one Geoffrey Chaucer in 1374. And this is the last LDN – London in short. At least in its current form. What? I hear you ask. Well...

  A blog on the new draft housing strategy, by Jenna Goldberg   The Mayor’s new, draft housing strategy, published last week sets out a grim and stark context; there is a housing crisis and the situation as it stands is unacceptable and is...

  Subscribe to LDN - London in short here.   It has been an extremely challenging time for London and for obvious reasons this edition of LDN – London in short comes to you a little later in the month than usual. It is with heavy hearts...

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Tim Farron has resigned as leader of the Lib Dems. Before the party moves forward, LCA's Wyatt Getty thinks they should look to the past for direction.   For those too young to remember (like myself), the Liberal Democrat Party first formed in 1988,...

General Election Results Briefing - 12 June 2017   We were supposed to have a year off elections! But as we all know, that wasn't the case after the Conservatives called a snap General election on 8 June 2017. With the results in, the nation is...

We love elections at LCA – even ones we weren’t supposed to be having! Although the end result does seem a foregone conclusion, there are lots of fascinating questions to be posed, the answers to which will also help point towards the outcome of...

This month, LCA Director Jenna Goldberg writes the foreword of our April issue of LDN, London in short. You can subscribe to receive this and future issues here.   Westminster has been attacked, Article 50 has been triggered, George Osborne has...

A packed LDN – London in Short this month includes another guest contribution, focusing on estate regeneration, from Pat Hayes, Executive Director of Regeneration and Housing, at Ealing Council. We also report on news of Cllr Sarah Hayward’s imminent...

05 April, 2017 “No longer a relic of another time but a testament to our own.”   Main construction works begin on the £26m restoration of the East Wing at Alexandra Palace. The Victorian Theatre, hidden for more than 80 years, will be brought...

  By Emma Crowe   The NLA’s fourth annual London tall building survey has been released and the pipeline of tall buildings has increased once again to 455 towers – despite 2016 being a year of uncertainty. You can read the full results...