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The Old Post Office site in Harrow in the heart of my constituency will not be well known to many LabourList readers, yet the debate about its future encapsulates the challenge about how to secure more affordable housing in our city. This…
The latest YouGov survey for the Evening Standard is out and Labour are still ahead of the Tories in London by a significant amount: they've got a 12 point lead. This is down by one point since the YouGov last did this poll in March…
John Biggs, the Labour candidate for Tower Hamlets mayor in the invalid election last May, has confirmed he would like to stand again when it is re-run. Earlier today, a court found the victor Lutfur Rahman guilty of bribery, corruption…
Labour's impressive lead with voters in the capital shows no sign of dwindling, with a new poll showing the party receiving the support of almost half of Londoners. It is the second poll, by different polling companies, to show them leading…
London has a crisis. Londoners know it, we live with it every day. Quite simply, there aren’t enough decent homes to go round, and we’re not building enough new ones. Hundreds of thousands of families are stuck in temporary accommodation or…
It is easy to characterise, as the right-wing press was quick to do, Labour’s two tax changes, on the Mansion Tax and on non-doms, as being “anti-London”. Yes of course, it will be London that is most affected by the changes. But that is…
Tessa Jowell has moved further ahead in the latest poll tracking the Labour race for London Mayor candidacy. Among Labour support, YouGov now puts Jowell on 40% - 22 points clear of her closest rival. The poll, in today's Evening Standard…
Yesterday, the Liverpool Echo launched its manifesto for the general election. It’s a compilation of the key issues that the tens of thousands of readers think are most important. Top of the list? “More money for local councils”. “You told…
Last week I launched my transport vision for London – ‘The Lifeblood of London’. I believe transport offers some of the biggest opportunities for radical changes towards making London a more affordable, liveable and sustainable city…
After last week's "Battle For Number 10" on Channel 4 and Sky (which we covered with a liveblog and post-interview analysis), this coming Thursday sees a proper debate between the leaders of seven political parties. Last week's was close…
On Friday we reported that in the latest Guardian/ICM poll, Labour had surged to a 10 point lead in London. Now a poll done by ComRes for ITV News has put Labour even further ahead in London, on 46% to the Tories' 32%. This 14 point lead is…
Labour hold a 10 point lead over the Conservatives in London, according to a new poll. They are on course to increase the two point lead they had in the capital in 2010, despite losing a mid-term Mayoral election, and make around eight…
