Children’s services in London amongst best »

Children’s services in London amongst best

Eight of the 10 best performing local authority children’s services in the country are in London, according to new figures issued today (Wednesday) by Ofsted.
Camden, City of London, Kensington and Chelsea, Kingston-upon-Thames, Lewisham, Richmond-upon-Thames, Tower Hamlets, and Wandsworth have all been judged as performing excellently under the new annual ratings of the services and support [...]

Investing for Recovery – Mayor and London Councils seek new deal for London »

Investing for Recovery – Mayor and London Councils seek new deal for London

The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, and the leader of London Councils, Merrick Cockell, today made an urgent call to government not to disadvantage London in next week’s Pre-Budget Report.
Published today, Investing for Recovery – a new deal for London, is a joint report by the GLA Group and London Councils, working in the interests [...]

Check before you travel – works to improve the Tube, London Overground, London Tramlink and DLR for Saturday 5 and Sunday 6 December 2009 »

Check before you travel – works to improve the Tube, London Overground, London Tramlink and DLR for Saturday 5 and Sunday 6 December 2009

London Underground (LU) is undertaking a major programme of renewal as part of Transport for London’s Investment Programme. The work will be undertaken by London Underground and Tube Lines. This bulletin also includes information about the London Overground network, London Tramlink and Docklands Light Railway improvement works. TfL’s Improvement Works media bulletin is [...]

Mayor remains on track to end rough sleeping by 2012 »

Mayor remains on track to end rough sleeping by 2012

Two-thirds of the capital’s most entrenched rough sleepers are now off the streets, the Mayor of London Boris Johnson announced today.
The Mayor is committed to ending rough sleeping in London by 2012 and in February this year, set up his London Delivery Board, whose first action was to work with 205 of the most entrenched [...]

Fourth plinth gets a new temporary resident »

Fourth plinth gets a new temporary resident

A statue of Air Chief Marshal Sir Keith Park, who led the Royal Air Force (RAF) forces over London and the South East of England throughout the Battle of Britain, has been unveiled on the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square.
The statue, presented by the Sir Keith Park Memorial Campaign and supported by London Mayor Boris [...]

What does the future hold for London's struggling high streets? »

What does the future hold for London's struggling high streets?

Representatives from businesses big and small will tomorrow appear before the London Assembly to discuss the issues facing retailers on local high streets in the capital.
With shop closures on already troubled high streets on the rise due to the recession, the Assembly’s Planning and Housing Committee is investigating what progress has been made on implementing [...]

Mayor frees up land for London’s housing revolution »

Mayor frees up land for London’s housing revolution

More than 30,000 new homes could be created in the capital by freeing up under-used land owned by the Greater London Authority (GLA). The announcement was made by the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson today (November 3rd) as he challenged London’s developers and investors to help rethink the future delivery of affordable housing.
Speaking at his [...]

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