Upon the death of famed trade unionist Bob Crow, former London Mayor Ken Livingstone noted that the ‘only working-class people who still have well-paid jobs in London are [RMT] members’, a sentiment probably truer now than it was on Crow’s…

In December 2020, the National Infrastructure Commission advised the government to delay plans for the proposed stretch of the High Speed 2 rail line which would run from Birmingham to Leeds. The spiritual successor to the dead-on-its-feet Conservative policy of…

In south London, residents call on Sadiq Khan to challenge Texan billionaire’s plans to build a 20-storey tower block over the famous Electric Avenue. A group of residents in Brixton, south London, are in the midst of a fierce battle…

“I’d rather invest in future Daves and Stormzys, than future victims of crime.” The words above were cynically muttered by a smug Sadiq Khan earlier this year whilst he took questions from the London Assembly. I’m sure any respect for…

In February, for the first time ever, London’s murder rate overtook New York’s. Violent crime in the capital has surged in recent months after 15 people died following fatal stabbings or shootings in February, compared to 14 in New York. …