Our response to #Tube_chat says something important about Londoners September 30, 2016 It appalled Londoners and baffled outsiders, it broke the internet and sent the capital’s commuters into paroxysms of fear – yes, yesterday, someone tried, very gently, to persuade Tube users to speak to one another. The effort did not go down well. Reports of badges bearing the legend “Tube chat?” being handed out at Old [...]
Sadiq Khan launches inquiry into foreign home ownership in London September 29, 2016 London mayor Sadiq Khan is launching an inquiry into the impact of foreign investment on the London housing market. Khan has said foreign investment is causing real concerns for London property and that he plans to look into the issue for the first time. “It’s clear we need to better understand the different roles that overseas [...]
Has Labour under Jeremy Corbyn become completely irrelevant? September 28, 2016 Alex Deane, managing director at FTI Consulting and common councilman in the City of London Corporation, says Yes. While I’m a Tory, there’s no schadenfreude for me in answering “yes” to this. Our country needs a strong opposition; while Jeremy Corbyn continues to lead Labour, we do not have it. Legislation which should be challenged goes [...]
Sadiq Khan is pushing for an Autumn Statement announcement on London devolution September 28, 2016 London mayor Sadiq Khan is pushing the Treasury to announce fresh devolution of powers to London within weeks. Speaking exclusively to City A.M., Khan said he had recently met with Philip Hammond, and was optimistic the chancellor would make an announcement in the Autumn Statement. Khan also expressed fears that any reform to migration might [...]
Apple is moving to Battersea Power Station in 2021 September 28, 2016 Apple has said today that it will be leasing space at the Battersea Power Station. The tech giant will be taking around 500,000 square feet across six floors inside the converted riverside power station. When Apple moves in in 2021, it will account for 40 per cent of the development's total office space. Apple will be moving [...]
City Hall is making plans for a bespoke London visa system post-Brexit, Sadiq Khan has said September 27, 2016 London Mayor Sadiq Khan has said City Hall is putting together proposals for a separate system of work permits for the capital. A group of business representatives is working on a model that will ensure London “can carry on recruiting and attracting talent”, Khan told Sky News today. He added that he has already held [...]
Tom Watson tells Labour to move on from Miliband’s predators business analogy September 27, 2016 Five years after then Labour leader Ed Miliband labelled some businesses as "predators" Tom Watson has called on the party to change its attitude to big business. Speaking at the Labour party conference centre in Liverpool, Watson, who serves as Jeremy Corbyn's deputy, said Labour had failed to move on from former leader Ed Miliband's infamous comparison of [...]
Sadiq Khan has issued a coded warning to his Labour colleagues, demanding the party seeks power September 27, 2016 London mayor Sadiq Khan has told the Labour party conference that while the leadership contest is over, the party must now seek power. Speaking in Liverpool, Khan listed achievements of Labour administrations, including his own in London, and argued the party's failure to achieve better results was allowing numbers of affordable homes built to to fall, and [...]
Mums could boost London economy by £16bn with more flexible working September 27, 2016 A lack of flexible work for stay-at-home mums is costing the capital up to £16bn in lost economic activity every year, a new report has found. Over three quarters of stay-at-home mums in London would go back to work if there were more flexible options, according a survey by Digital Mums and the Centre for Economics and [...]
EU funds for 600 startups have been unfrozen after Brexit pause September 25, 2016 Millions of pounds in funding for startups from the European Union that were put on hold after the vote to leave Europe have been unfrozen. Cash from the EU Regional Development Fund was paused by the Treasury almost immediately following the vote for Brexit putting at risk a shot in the arm for the country's tech [...]