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LDN Weekly – Issue 58 – 19 December 2018
BAH HUMBUG TO BREXIT
All EU secession pains and worries aside – and just a week shy of Christmas – politics and business in London are still rattling on as briskly as ever.
LDN Weekly – Issue 57 – 12 December 2018
IT'S ALL HAPPENING THIS WEEK
While everything is overshadowed by the delayed Brexit deal vote and a vote of no confidence of Theresa May this evening, much is also afoot in London.
LDN Weekly – Issue 56 – 5 December 2018
THE MAYOR'S SHILLING
It’s crunch-time for Sadiq, as the finances of the Greater London Authority (GLA) and Transport for London (TfL) – Crossrail in particular – come under ever-increasing scrutiny.
LDN Weekly – Issue 55 – 28 November 2018
BUDGET BLUES?
The Mayor has been facing a rough ride of late – with more to come – as Assembly Members go through his proposed budget for 2018/19 with a fine comb and the National Audit Office prepares to investigate Crossrail Ltd.
LDN Weekly – Issue 54 – 21 November 2018
SADIQ IS ALL OVER THE PLACE
In this edition of LDN, almost half our stories cover news from City Hall, spanning everything from planning to crime, transport, air quality and sport.
LDN Weekly – Issue 53 – 14 November 2018
LONDON'S INS AND OUTS
In the shadow of ongoing political churn in Whitehall and Westminster over the draft EU withdrawal agreement, this week’s edition features some high-profile resignations and appointments in the spheres of politics and development.
LDN Weekly – Issue 52 – 7 November 2018
WHERE TO START?
This edition is jam-packed with stories covering planning, development, transport, by-elections, people moves and an exciting week for the LCA team.
LDN Weekly – Issue 51 – 31 October 2018
A RATHER ‘MEH’ BUDGET
This year’s Autumn Budget Statement was a somewhat muted affair – not least because, as the Chancellor himself admitted, the vast majority of big tax and spending decisions had been announced or leaked in recent months.
LDN Weekly – Issue 50 – 24 October 2018
TALE OF TWO KHANS
Two very different narratives about the Mayor of London have been making the rounds this week. One is the story of a Mayor struggling to meet his pledges to build new homes, tackle crime and deliver major transport projects. The other speaks of an enterprising Mayor flying to Brussels for talks with the EU and dishing out £1bn for new council homes.
LDN Weekly – Issue 49 – 17 October 2018
LONDON BOROUGH BINGO
We’re well on our way to a full house in this issue, which covers news from Barnet, the City of London, Ealing, Newham, Tower Hamlets and Westminster.
LDN Weekly – Issue 48 – 10 October 2018
IT’S BUSINESS TIME
This week’s edition of LDN verifies that at the halfway point between the Summer and Christmas holidays – and with the Party Conference season now behind us – London is definitely back in business.
LDN Weekly – Issue 47 – 3 October 2018
NOBODY PUTS BAILEY IN THE CORNER
London Assembly Member Shaun Bailey has been selected as the Conservatives’ Mayoral candidate for the 2022 elections and has issued an all-out assault on Sadiq this week at the Conservative Party Conference – to which we dedicate a section of this issue.