London mayoral election 2016: New YouGov poll shows Sadiq Khan leads Zac Goldsmith by seven points March 14, 2016 Labour candidate for mayor of London Sadiq Khan has a seven-point lead over Conservative rival Zac Goldsmith, according to a new YouGov poll out this afternoon. Khan has the support of 32 per cent of voters, according to YouGov, while Goldsmith trails with 25 per cent of the vote. Both front-runners increased their share of the [...]
Police should be located in London Underground ticket offices, says think tank March 14, 2016 Police should be located in London Underground ticket offices to boost visibility and make it easier for the public to report crimes, a think tank has said. A report, titled Boosting London’s Frontline Policing, by the Capital City Foundation, the London focused unit of leading think tank Policy Exchange, has argued "underground police points" would also [...]
London office rents may be high – but there’s still plenty of fuel in the tank for growth as businesses look outside the centre March 14, 2016 Central London’s property market has been booming now for half a decade. Values and rents for the capital’s offices have risen steadily, by 88 per cent and 44 per cent respectively between April 2010 and January 2016, and those investing in the market have enjoyed total returns of 140 per cent over the same period. As ever, many [...]
EU referendum: Mayor of London Boris Johnson calls US President Barack Obama’s anticipated EU intervention “hypocrisy” March 14, 2016 Mayor of London Boris Johnson is taking no prisoners in the EU debate, labelling President Barack Obama's plan to tell the British people they should vote to stay in the EU a "piece of outrageous and exorbitant hypocrisy". Johnson's comments come before Obama plans to land in the UK next month to urge voters to stay in [...]
Budget 2016: Labour’s London mayoral candidate Sadiq Khan urges chancellor George Osborne to take “emergency action” on housing March 14, 2016 Ahead of George Osborne's Budget this week Labour's London mayoral candidate Sadiq Khan has called on the chancellor to take "emergency action" to help fix London's housing crisis. Khan is pushing Osborne to help double the number of homes built in the capital fo more than 50,000 a year. He warned that the capital's housing [...]
London Stock Exchange and Deutsche Boerse set to tell shareholders how proposed £20bn merger will save hundreds of millions March 13, 2016 The London Stock Exchange and Deutsche Boerse are this week set to tell shareholders how their proposed £20bn merger would save hundreds of millions of pounds. They are also expected to announce that LSE chairman Donald Brydon would stand down from the same position of the merged group after three years. City A.M. understands savings, as a [...]
Budget 2016: Top Gear’s Matt Le Blanc filming across London is distracting George Osborne from his Budget March 13, 2016 George Osborne is prepping for a busy week ahead of him, but there's nothing worse than a distraction popping up right at the exact moment you need to concentrate. Kids? Other half? Football? No, it's something a little more unusual to blame for taking the chancellor's mind off the maths – a beloved TV celebrity speeding around London gets the rap. [...]
EU referendum: Vote Leave confirms Labour MP Gisela Stuart as chair, with other top jobs for justice secretary Michael Gove, mayor of London Boris Johnson and former BCC boss John Longworth March 13, 2016 Vote Leave has confirmed that justice secretary Michael Gove will co-chair its campaign committee with Labour MP Gisela Stuart, with mayor of London Boris Johnson, former British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) boss John Longworth and Ukip spokesperson Suzanne Evans also getting top jobs at the eurosceptic campaign. It was first reported last week that Gove was being [...]
Network Rail considering selling 18 major stations including London Waterloo, Paddington and Birmingham New Street March 11, 2016 The chief executive of Network Rail, Mark Carne, has revealed he is considering selling off 18 major stations including London Waterloo, Birmingham New Street and Paddington in order to cut debt and break up what he described in the interview as a "Kremlin-type model". Carne said there would potentially be a £1.8bn sale of 7,500 other properties, including [...]
The best off the beaten track art shows in London March 10, 2016 Harmony Korine: Fazors Gagosian Davies St Harmony Korine may be best known for his lurid, colour-drenched films such as Spring Breakers and Gummo, but he’s also an established artist. This exhibition, “Fazor”, refers to “a musical swirl of oscillating sound that summons the hypno-psychedelic effects”. The result is a collection of jarring, hypnotic pieces based [...]