Features about housing in London.
Government to cover cladding costs to avoid Grenfell style disasters The Housing Secretary James Brokenshire has confirmed that the government will spend £200m on replacing Grenfell style cladding on approximately 150 private […]
London locals face council tax hikes from April According to an investigation conducted by the Evening Standard, Londoners will face average council tax increases of up to £100 from April onwards. The […]
Man stabbed to death in Ilford A murder investigation is underway after a man was stabbed to death in east London last night. Police were called to Cranbrook Road in Ilford just […]
A new report, ordered in response to the Grenfell Tower fire last June, speaks of the ‘utter inadequacy’ of fire safety tests used to assess building materials. The report was commissioned by […]
Smoke alarms in Blackheath enabled a woman and child to escape to safety after fire broke out in a storage heater and set clothing alight. By the time London firefighters arrived they […]
New research by MoneySupermarket.com has revealed that London is the worst UK city in which to raise children. High house prices, intense competition for school places, and a high number of burglaries are […]
Brexit Secretary David Davis says that the UK will not pay the claimed €100 billion bill that the Financial Times has reported the EU will be demanding. While no figure has been […]
NHS Staff are being promised higher pay from the Labour Party, with the 1% pay cap to be lifted should Labour takes the reins of government after the General Election. Labour also […]
House prices in London have grown at their slowest rate for five years, according to the latest figures from the Land Registry. In the year to February 2017, the average cost of […]
The past two days have seen the latest action in the student rent strike. Students and lecturers have drawn a picket line in front of Goldsmiths College library and UCL. This has […]
Exit Forest Hill station. Cross the road (safely). Don’t stare at your feet- you’ll miss it. Look to your right. Welcome to Havelock Walk! A uniquely creative community lives right in the […]
London has always been geographically carved in two by the river Thames. But does a North/South divide in London mean more than simple geography? There are plenty of pervasive ideas surrounding the differences between […]
Ahead of the London Coffee Festival next week- the UK’s biggest coffee and artisan food event- British charity Crisis have organised their own six day celebration of the humble coffee bean. Twelve […]
It’s tough to believe that in 2016, there are people in this country without a home – living on the streets. The largest population of homeless people outside London is Brighton, many […]
London’s students are increasingly find it difficult to find affordable accommodation in the capital. The city has a student population of more than 400,000, and almost 100,000 of them are international students […]
George Galloway has entered the race to become London’s next mayor by pledging an end to the capital’s ‘social housing crisis.’ The Respect Party leader, who lost his parliamentary seat Bradford West […]
Lindsey Garrett has announced that she’s running for Mayor of London. She’s one of the women who successfully campaigned against rent rises in Hackney’s New Era housing estate. Writing in The Guardian, Lindsey says […]
The housing charity Generation Rent has released a report demanding that the new Conservative government should call for a Queen’s speech on the current housing problem in London. They also called for […]
A landlady has been fined £160,000 and ordered to pay £40,000 prosecution costs for breaking fire safety laws following a fatal fire in one of the Hounslow properties she rented out. Surinder […]
A small number of protestors involved in the ‘Reclaim Brixton’ rally smashed the shop front of Foxton estate agents on Brixton High Street. Graffiti was daubed on another window saying ‘Yuppies out’. […]
Police officers in Kingston have disclosed the extent of ‘their going beyond the call of duty’ in a posting on their Facebook page. PC Andrew Stone and PC Jemma Lyons responded to […]
The Green Party candidate for West Ham, Rachel Collinson, says she has been horrified and shocked by the eviction of single mother from her council home by Newham Council and the subsequent […]
Scottish National Party leader Nicola Sturgeon denies stating her preference for David Cameron over Ed Miliband for prime minister. The Conservatives promise to enforce age limits on pornography websites. Labour announces plan […]
The London housing crisis has led to an increase in deaths and injuries from fires in ‘beds in sheds’ accommodation. Deputy Assistant Commissioner Wayne Brown has warned of the potential fire traps […]
A huge army bomb disposal operation has taken place over two days to make safe and remove a 450 kilogram bomb from the Second World War blitz that was uncovered during building […]
The London branch of the Green Party have been focusing their campaigning efforts this weekend in promoting the party to potential voters within the Hackney area. The Hackney Action Day took place […]
The Met Police say an anti-burglary campaign in Dagenham is reversing its reputation for being the worst place for break-ins. It became a black-spot when the RM8 postcode including Dagenham, Becontree and […]
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