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blogPosted: 02.05.24
Race for City Hall: It’s all over bar the voting (and the counting)
At time of publication, exhausted party activists and candidates are drawing on their reserves of adrenaline in final attempts to get out the vote. And with only hours left now until the polls close, ballot boxes are emptied and the votes are counted (with a result due some time Saturday), it’s an opportune moment to reflect back on the campaign....
At time of publication, exhausted party activists and candidates are drawing on their reserves of adrenaline in final attempts to get out the vote. An...
Posted: 30.04.24
Race for City Hall: London’s built environment in the manifestos
With just a few days to go until polls open, we’ve now seen all the main candidates manifestos, giving us a good sense of their priorities. For the built environment in particular, the Mayoral contest matters – City Hall sets the planning framework for London, mayors have a role in strategically important planning decisions, and the Greater London Authority’s responsibility for transport, policing, environment, skills and business support all contribute to the London’s attractiveness to do business....
With just a few days to go until polls open, we’ve now seen all the main candidates manifestos, giving us a good sense of their priorities. For...
Posted: 30.04.24
Race for City Hall: The future Mayor must galvanise good development
As Susan Hall and Sadiq Khan wrestle into the final days – and hours – of their respective election campaigns, it is being fought against the backdrop of the very thing they seek to win over: our ever-changing, fluid, dynamic capital city....
As Susan Hall and Sadiq Khan wrestle into the final days – and hours – of their respective election campaigns, it is being fought against...
Posted: 29.04.24
London's arts & culture in the race for city hall
In March this year, London was voted as the best city for culture in the world. Quieting the cynic in me that questions the legitimacy of a travel agency-led 'report', the commentary around it from leading London media titles is reflective of how London sees itself and its culture. We’re damn proud of our arts & culture offering here - and so we should be....
In March this year, London was voted as the best city for culture in the world. Quieting the cynic in me that questions the legitimacy of a travel age...
Posted: 19.04.24
Race for City Hall: London’s air quality on the ballot
As a health-conscious woman in her early thirties, the state of London’s air quality strikes a personal chord with me. Every commute on the London Underground and as I walk around the streets in the city centre inevitably make me wonder about the air we breathe. But this isn’t just a personal matter; it affects the health and wellbeing of every Londoner....
As a health-conscious woman in her early thirties, the state of London’s air quality strikes a personal chord with me. Every commute on the Lond...
Posted: 28.03.24
Race for City Hall: The Mayor’s role in delivering new homes
It feels as though housing delivery, or a lack of it, is rarely out of the headlines. It was recently reported in the Financial Times that Michael Gove’s decision to scrap Whitehall-imposed housing targets last December was already reducing the amount of housing being developed, particularly in Green Belt or rural areas....
It feels as though housing delivery, or a lack of it, is rarely out of the headlines. It was recently reported in the Financial Times that Micha...
Posted: 28.03.24
Race for City Hall: The view from the City
I’ll start with a question; one I’d argue is perhaps not asked enough as we get to closer to London mayoral elections: what does the City of London actually mean to the Mayor of London?...
I’ll start with a question; one I’d argue is perhaps not asked enough as we get to closer to London mayoral elections: what does the City...
Posted: 26.03.24
Race for City Hall: London’s housing challenge
I’ve been a Londoner since 2008. In that time, I have lived in halls of residence, eight fairly grotty flat shares, spent a year living with a family member, and eventually moved out to Zone 4 when I managed to scrape together the deposit for a small flat in an old 1930s apartment block which is, quite literally, sinking into the ground (I have learnt the hard way what a ‘sinking fund’ is)....
I’ve been a Londoner since 2008. In that time, I have lived in halls of residence, eight fairly grotty flat shares, spent a year living with a f...
Posted: 22.03.24
Race for City Hall: Can the regeneration of our City be a vote winner (or loser)?
Regeneration. Transformation. Placemaking. For those of you unfamiliar with our industry’s lingo, all these words (at least in my mind) mean essentially the same thing: delivering lots of homes, jobs and new green/public spaces....
Regeneration. Transformation. Placemaking. For those of you unfamiliar with our industry’s lingo, all these words (at least in my mind) mean es...
Posted: 20.03.24
Race for City Hall: The role of transport and infrastructure in London’s politics
In the run up to the creation of the GLA in 1999 and in the first two mayoral elections, the capital’s transport and infrastructure was often the primary area for debate and policy making....
In the run up to the creation of the GLA in 1999 and in the first two mayoral elections, the capital’s transport and infrastructure was often th...
Posted: 19.03.24
MIPIM remains a strange beast – David Taylor
Part jamboree, part exposition, and in effect an excuse to jump-start the Spring and instil a sense of optimism in us Brits. But it is also, of course, an effective way to demonstrate the investible characteristics of a place, seemingly anywhere in the world, to some 20,000 delegates – even if some of the copywriting and stands design varies wildly in its, well, ‘vibrancy’....
Part jamboree, part exposition, and in effect an excuse to jump-start the Spring and instil a sense of optimism in us Brits. But it is also, of cours...
Posted: 15.03.24
Race for City Hall: And so it begins
Robert Gordon Clark sets the scene for the impending election of the Mayor of London and 25 Assembly members on 2 May 2024...
Robert Gordon Clark sets the scene for the impending election of the Mayor of London and 25 Assembly members on 2 May 2024...
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