On London: Independent news, comment and analysis
On London is run by Dave Hill, formerly the Guardian's award-winning London commentator, and written by him and an array of fellow Londoncentrics.It aims to improve the quality of coverage of London politics, development and culture.
About - OnLondon
This website was launched on 1 February 2017 by me, award-winning former Guardian London commentator Dave Hill. I run and edit the site. Its goal is to provide the best possible news, analysis and commentary about the UK capital’s politics, development and culture. OnLondon carries articles by a wide range of contributors who disagree about […]
On London 2024: The year reviewed - OnLondon
Dec 31, 2024 · London as a place, a society and the big engine of the national economy entered 2024 still recovering from the pandemic and changed by it in ways that weren’t yet clear. Its people’s fortunes were mixed and its governance bodies were hoping for a better deal from a new national government later in the year. […]
Sadiq Khan announces review of London Green Belt as he restates ...
Jan 16, 2025 · Sir Sadiq Khan has announced a full-scale review of the capital’s Green Belt in response to what he said were concerns about “an impression being given that it’s a ‘wild west’ when it comes to green belt land” and its availability for building on. The surprise announcement came during Thursday’s Mayor’s Question Time session at […]
London’s transport chiefs strike positive note about year ahead
Dec 19, 2024 · Transport for London bosses were in celebratory mood at the London Assembly this week, welcoming a forecast operating surplus of some £70 million for this financial year along with the early Christmas present from the government of £485 million of capital funding for next year, while batting away suggestions that Sadiq Khan had been forced by Whitehall to abandon his fares freeze policy in ...
Aims - OnLondon
I take the romantic view that I cannot be alone in wanting broader and deeper coverage of London – its politics, its development, its culture and the debate about how to make it a better place. There many good journalists and others writing and broadcasting about the capital, but a fully-dedicated London website that seeks to understand […]
Dave Hill: Reversing the decline of London's streets should be a …
Dec 11, 2024 · It’s not enough to keep election promises, the latest thinking goes. People have to feel better too. “Change isn’t a few extra lines on a graph moving in the right direction,” said Keir Starmer the other month, perhaps informed by US research with influence in top rank Labour circles into why Joe Biden’s successful policies weren’t generating voter gratitude.
Devolution debate with On London and the Institute for Government
May 3, 2024 · The second On London pre-elections event took place before a full-house audience on Tuesday evening in partnership with the Institute for Government at its handsome Carlton Gardens home near The Mall. The question was Does London Need A New Devolution Deal? The straight answer of the outstanding quartet of panelists was, it’s fair to say, “yes”.
Blog - OnLondon
Jan 16, 2025 · The government’s overall housing target for London was, let us recall, set last September at a heroic 81,000 new dwellings a year for the next five years, a figure described by Angela Rayner in her letter to Sadiq Khan as “ambitious but deliverable” and by others as very little less absurd than the 100,000 it was reduced from.. As Rayner herself observed to the Mayor, the London average ...
Review of London 2022: Underground, Overground, Elizabeth Line …
Dec 27, 2022 · As with all aspects of transport in London in 2022, the backdrop to rail travel under Transport for London’s control was problematic in several ways. Pandemic restrictions continued to apply until February. Boris Johnson and lieutenants hostile to Sadiq Khan continued to micromanage TfL from Whitehall-on-High until, following two years of what now-departed Commissioner Andy […]