Dave Hill on London
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Labour NEC asked to inquire into Newham mayoral 'trigger ballot'Nearly 50 party members in the east London borough want their national governing body to inquire into their claims that the process for reselecting Sir Robin Wales was flawed
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High-density London: past, present and futureLarge numbers of people living on small amounts of land is neither wholly alien to the capital’s traditions nor a sure sign of social deprivation
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Garden Bridge: don't bank on it not being builtThe mayor’s stance on the controversial Thames crossing project and the optimism of those behind it show that predictions of its demise may prove premature
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The long war of mini-Holland in EnfieldDisputes about the installation of cycle lanes on main roads through a north London suburb continue to rage
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Transforming Tottenham: a short film about change in LondonA part of the capital best known for football and riots is undergoing a major metamorphosis, driven by its local authority. What are its aims and how do local people feel about it?
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Transport for London explains plans to get buses back on right roadLeaders of the mayor’s transport team say they can liberate a key public transport service from costly road traffic congestion
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The cave of wonders that is Travel in London report number nineTransport for London’s latest annual orgy of statistical delights tells of ongoing successes and growing challenges with keeping the capital moving
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London must stand together in 2017 if its golden age is not to endThe capital’s politicians and other influential groups need unanimity of purpose if the city is to keep prospering in the year of uncertainties ahead
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Brexit Britain will depend on 'foreign' London and its Muslim mayor in 2017The country needs a successful capital more than ever and it will help if Sadiq Khan is able to build on his solid start
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The future of Denmark Street: rebirth opportunity or dystopian hell?There are two very different views about the redevelopment of one of London’s most famous creative clusters
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West Ham fans on film on their new stadium: a range of viewsHalfway through the season, some supporters of the East London club love their new home, some loathe it and others are just getting used to it
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London gentrification: cliches and conundrums (and hipsters)Reducing a complex outcome of the capital’s successes to all bad or all good doesn’t help us deal with it effectively
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Is the government truly on London's side?A commitment to greater devolution to the capital is being honoured slowly, unevenly and in one case not at all
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Sadiq Khan pledges to put residents at the heart of estate regenerationsThe London mayor’s draft guidance discourages demolitions and any loss of social housing and seeks to maximise resident involvement
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Sadiq Khan takes Transport for London into new business territoryThe London mayor insists he can honour his election pledges by making his transport agency operate more efficiently
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Barking and Dagenham: Darren Rodwell's 'aspirational working class'The leader of a remarkable yet much-derided east London borough has his own, distinctive ideas about social progress and change
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Cycling on Vauxhall Bridge: a return visit and some new statisticsOne year since its opening more cyclists seem to be using one of London’s “superhighway” routes, although not all its goals have yet been met
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Richmond Park byelection sends message from London to the UKThe Liberal Democrats’ byelection triumph is a local reassertion of the capital’s values in all their difference from much of the rest of Britain
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London's homelessness count continues to riseHowever you cut the numbers, the capital’s struggle to house its vulnerable people is getting harder
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Sadiq Khan sets out key plans for more "genuinely affordable" London homesTwo new housing policy documents bring the mayor’s approach and its contrasts with his predecessor’s into sharper focus
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London cycling and the “by chance” success of AmsterdamA new book about the cycling cultures of Dutch and other European cities offers some valuable guidance for London
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Richmond Park byelection: what exactly is it for?Only the Lib Dems scoring a big Brexit point can save Zac Goldsmith’s Heathrow expansion byelection from pointlessness
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London and the chancellor's 2016 autumn statementDespite saying that the UK is too dependent on the capital, Philip Hammond has given it at least some of what its politicians have been asking for
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Has Pembury Circus done the London housing trick?A recently completed development in Hackney shows some ways forward through the capital’s increasingly difficult housing landscape
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Haringey to welcome Syrian refugees as London struggles to take its shareThe north London borough’s decision underlines problems the capital faces helping those fleeing conflicts elsewhere
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London health and care reforms finally emerge to face local scrutinyComplaints of secrecy and by-passing professionals and patients have a particular resonance in the capital
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Remembrance in London: poppies, their wearers and what they meanSmall observations of the capital’s streets underline that the symbols and ceremonies of remembrance must not be used as a patriotism test
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London boroughs prepare for impacts of lowered benefit capThe cap is not being lowered as much in London as in the rest of the country, but even so the numbers left worse off will more than double
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Good news on low pay in London - up to a pointNew research finds that the number of jobs in the capital paying less than the London Living Wage has fallen a little, though not compared with ten years ago
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Sadiq Khan to draft new London police and crime plan by ChristmasThe capital’s mayor is seeking Londoners’ views on their priorities for the Met and its performance as he develops his policing policy
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How Sadiq Khan has been tackling London's housing crisis so farIn the six months since his election, the capital’s Labour mayor has been pulling together the strands of a crucial policy programme
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London housing: Sadiq Khan research brief recognises need for overseas investorsThe mayor’s search for better evidence on an emotive issue shows that he knows foreign buyers have been made an easy scapegoat
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Marshalsea Mansions of MiseryHistorian Jerry White has produced a penetrating micro-history of a time when ordinary Londoners’ lives were ruled by debt and fear of imprisonment
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