Beyond the Leisure Centre: How to make the case for active wellbeing investment
This special report from LocalGov and Alliance Leisure makes the case for repositioning council leisure provision as prevention infrastructure.
£7m mayoral campaign seeks to dispel false narratives about London
16/06/2026 A £7m campaign has been launched by the Mayor of London to help combat ‘harmful disinformation against the capital’. |
London Mayor launches £12m AI fund for small businesses
08/06/2026 Mayor Sadiq Khan has unveiled a £12m programme to help London's small businesses adopt artificial intelligence (AI), announced today at London Tech Week. |
Reform’s Havering leader rules out 'Hexit'
29/05/2026 Leader of Havering Council has ruled out the idea of the borough to leave the Greater London Authority, saying residents would be ‘worse off’ if it did. |
London faces loss of 42,000 homes from development pipeline
21/04/2026 At least 42,000 homes are set to be lost from London's residential development pipeline, according to new research from property consultancy Savills. |
Doubt expressed about London’s housebuilding goals
15/04/2026 The Mayor of London’s housebuilding targets have been questioned by market analysts. |
Renters rights backed by £400m mayoral funding
27/03/2026 A £400,000 investment has been confirmed by the Mayor of London to support tenants in the capital before the Renters' Rights Act comes into effect. |
London social housing system ‘opaque’, committee warns
27/03/2026 London’s social housing system has been criticised as ‘opaque, confusing and unfair’, in a new report by the London Assembly Housing Committee. |
Call for London to embrace mid-rise housing
16/03/2026 London is missing out on thousands of potential new homes by failing to embrace mid-rise housing, according to a new report. |
TfL allocates nearly £95m to London boroughs for safer streets
12/03/2026 Transport for London (TfL) is set to invest £94.8m in the 32 London boroughs and the City of London in 2026/27 to make streets safer and more accessible. |
Mayor announces £9m boost for abuse survivor support
06/03/2026 Sadiq Khan has announced an additional £9m to expand support for survivors of domestic abuse and sexual violence across London. |
London mayor warned over ‘growing disconnect’ in housing design
02/03/2026 A committee has written to Sadiq Khan warning of a widening gap between what residents want built and the developments being delivered across London. |
Report calls for slashing of London boroughs
03/02/2026 London boroughs should merge so the number of local authorities in the capital is reduced by about two-thirds, a report claimed today. |
London’s affordable housing failing to keep pace with need
27/01/2026 The capital’s affordable housing system is failing to keep pace with need despite public investment, according to the London Assembly Housing Committee. |
TfL unveils plan to modernise London’s street network
26/01/2026 Transport for London (TfL) has announced a new five-year pan-city roadworks strategy designed to improve how the capital’s streets function. |
Mayor hikes council tax to fight phone thefts
19/01/2026 The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has announced he plans to increase council tax to help the police crackdown on phone thefts. |
London boroughs could see major financial boost from tourist levy
15/01/2026 The overnight visitor levy could generate more than £350m for the capital, research has found. |
Need for SEND support in London hits record levels
07/01/2026 The number of children in London requiring special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) support has reached record levels, new analysis reveals. |
London’s ULEZ cuts pollution, but challenges remain
23/10/2025 A new study shows that London’s Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) has delivered a significant drop in roadside nitrogen dioxide (NO2). |
Why now is not the time to disincentivise EVs
06/10/2025 London leads the UK in EV adoption, but scrapping the full Cleaner Vehicle Discount threatens this progress, says Matt Croucher of Believ. |
Councils face challenge as primary school enrolment declines
24/09/2025 The Education Policy Institute (EPI) has published new analysis showing a sustained decline in primary school enrolments across London. |
Khan: Trump is ‘racist, sexist, misogynistic and Islamophobic’
24/09/2025 Mayor of London, Sir Sadiq Khan, has condemned Donald Trump as ‘racist, sexist, misogynistic and Islamophobic’ after the president attacked him at the UN. |
Mayor of London triggers air pollution alert
12/08/2025 Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has issued an air pollution alert as temperatures threaten to rise above 30C, creating dangerously high ozone levels. |
Mayor of London announces £600k high street boost
14/07/2025 The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has announced a £600,000 investment to revitalise local high streets in the capital. |
Third of Londoners want the Assembly to have more power
09/07/2025 A third of Londoners believe the London Assembly should be granted more powers if the Mayor of London is given more devolved powers. |
Call for new task group to tackle arson
30/06/2025 London Assembly members have called on the capital’s mayor to establish a taskforce to tackle an increase in arson incidents. |
Chinese embassy plans supported by Planning Inspectorate
23/06/2025 Plans for a new Chinese embassy development at the Royal Mint Court have been backed by the Planning Inspectorate. |
Mayor calls for ‘urgent action’ to transform Oxford Street
17/06/2025 Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has confirmed plans to pedestrianise Oxford Street following the results of a formal consultation. |
What does the Spending Review mean for London?
16/06/2025 Following last week's 2025 Spending Review, Antonia Jennings, CEO at Centre for London, looks at what it means for the capital. |
London mayor launches new plan to end rough sleeping
20/05/2025 Mayor Sadiq Khan has promised to end rough sleeping in the capital by 2030 by ensuring people who are facing homelessness are ‘helped early’. |
Mayor of London unveils ‘ambitious’ green belt plans
09/05/2025 Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has announced plans to build tens of thousands of new homes on green belt land despite his previous opposition to green belt developments |
Mayor urged to take over vacant shops to revitalise high streets
23/04/2025 The Mayor of London has been urged to provide more ‘financial and practical’ support to help drive high street regeneration across the capital. |
Homelessness 'fastest growing financial risk' for London boroughs
28/03/2025 MPs have called for action to help local authorities in London tackle the rising costs of providing homelessness support. |
‘High’ air pollution alert in London
19/03/2025 City Hall has issued a ‘high’ air pollution alert in London on Thursday due to an increase in air pollution from mainland Europe. |
Consultation launched on Oxford Street pedestrianisation
03/03/2025 Mayor Sadiq Khan has launched a public consultation on what is billed as the ‘biggest transformation of Oxford Street in history’. |
London’s high streets get £21m regeneration boost
28/02/2025 London’s high streets are to benefit from £21m additional funding this year aimed at regenerating the capital’s high streets. |
Bike space rules could undermine development, Khan told
18/02/2025 The Mayor of London has been warned that current cycle storage requirements for offices could undermine the viability of new developments. |
London leaders seek new deal with Khan
07/02/2025 London borough leaders have demanded more formal influence over powers devolved to the capital. |
Three boroughs seek more than £120m financial support
28/01/2025 Three London boroughs have announced in the past week they are seeking exceptional financial support from the Government. |
London drivers receiving invalid fines, AA finds
22/01/2025 Research by the AA has revealed that authorities in London have been issuing drivers with invalid penalty charge notices (PCNs). |
Mayor of London urged to tackle ‘mounting sewage crisis’
22/01/2025 Campaigners have urged the Mayor of London to take action to tackle the ‘mounting sewage crisis’ in the capital. |
Age UK London calls for immediate action on toilet provision
16/01/2025 London boroughs, the Mayor’s Office, Transport for London and the Government have been urged to improve public toilet provision in the capital. |
GLA developer stuggles with £300m debt
23/12/2024 Auditors have warned a developer owned by the Greater London Authority (GLA) may require a rescue package. |
M&S triumphant after three-year demolition bid
06/12/2024 Oxford Street’s M&S store can be demolished, the Government has ruled, more than three years after the retailer submitted plans to rebuild the flagship shop. |
Historic London markets set to close
27/11/2024 Two of the capital’s oldest food markets are set to close after the City of London Corporation agreed to pull out of running them. |
Rayner may intervene over plans for tower block near synagogue
26/11/2024 The Government could step in amid a dispute over plans to build a 43-storey office block near Britain’s oldest synagogue in London. |
Affordable housing starts drop due to ‘tough’ conditions
25/11/2024 The number of housing starts for affordable homes in Greater London fell sharply last year, official figures reveal. |
London boroughs raise concerns about looming PFI expiry
25/11/2024 Many London boroughs are not prepared for the expiry of their private finance initiative (PFI) contracts, report finds. |
CCTV trial launches at London bus stops
25/11/2024 Transport for London (TfL) has launched a trial of CCTV at 20 bus shelters across the capital in a bid to improve safety, particularly for women and girls. |
London mayor calls for Right to Buy devolution
18/11/2024 Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has called on the Government to devolve control over Right to Buy to the capital. |
Roman road discovered directly under Old Kent Road
13/11/2024 A 2,000-year-old section of Roman road has been uncovered directly beneath Old Kent Road. |
Violence reduction schemes found to benefit parents’ mental health
07/11/2024 Support services for parents in communities affected by violence have been found to positively impact their mental health and improve communication with their children. |
Just 5% of London private rentals affordable to low-income households
17/10/2024 Only 5% of private rental listings in London are affordable to households who use Local Housing Allowance (LHA) to pay their rent, new research has found. |
Lambeth warns of ‘drastic savings’ without help
18/09/2024 Lambeth Council has called for urgent help in the Government’s Budget next month, at a time it said ‘could not be more critical’ for local authorities. |
Ministers back Khan to pedestrianise Oxford Street
17/09/2024 The mayor of London has unveiled government-backed plans to pedestrianise the capital's most famous shopping street. |
Several London councils ‘edging closer towards effective bankruptcy’
12/09/2024 Boroughs in the capital are set to overspend by more than £600m this year as housing and homelessness pressures ‘wreak havoc’ on their finances, according to London Councils. |
Vehicle scrappage scheme to close as demand drops
07/08/2024 The first scheme launched by a London borough to help residents switch to less polluting vehicles will close next month. |
Call for clarity on decarbonising buildings
25/07/2024 The Government’s net zero and economic growth ambitions could be ‘derailed by a lack of clarity’ on decarbonising older buildings, a report has argued. |
How to tackle London’s housing crisis
18/07/2024 Piali Das Gupta, London Councils’ Strategy Director – London’s Future, looks at what the new government should do to solve the capital’s housing shortage. |
Barking and Dagenham leader to step down
16/07/2024 The leader of Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council has announced he is standing down from the role after 10 years. |
Pro-growth planning could deliver 407,000 jobs
10/07/2024 A pro-growth planning environment could deliver 407,000 jobs and 55.7 million square feet of commercial floorspace in central London by 2045, study says. |
Councillor quits Labour over Starmer’s Bangladesh comment
28/06/2024 A Tower Hamlets councillor has left the Labour Party over a reference Keir Starmer made to Bangladesh in relation to illegal immigration. |
Rough sleeping in London hits new record high
27/06/2024 The final year of a Conservative government that pledged to end rough sleeping saw a record number of people sleeping on the streets of London. |
TfL lets the wildflowers bloom
25/06/2024 Transport for London (TfL) says it has delivered its pledge of doubling wildflower verges in roadside areas to encourage biodiversity. |
Wandsworth to ban riders ‘abandoning’ e-bikes in busy areas
24/06/2024 A London borough council has announced plans to ban riders leaving e-bikes on pavements in busy town centres. |
Planning London under Labour
17/06/2024 Grant Leggett, Executive Director and Head of Boyer’s London planning team, looks at the impact of a future Labour government on planning in London. |
Council has ‘no plans’ to cancel fines despite error
17/06/2024 Fines issued to drivers for using bus lanes will not be revoked despite containing a mistake, Southwark Council has said. |
Diplomats owe £143.5m in congestion charges
21/05/2024 Embassies in London have amassed debt worth more than £143.5m in unpaid congestion charges since the scheme was introduced in 2003. |
Short-term lets plans could ‘worsen’ housing shortage
20/05/2024 London boroughs have warned that government plans for regulating the short-term lets sector could worsen the capital’s housing crisis. |
Siân Berry quits London Assembly three days after re-election
08/05/2024 Green Party politician Siân Berry has stood down from the London Assembly just three days after she was re-elected. |
Demolition of Only Fools and Horses tower set for 2027
07/05/2024 The iconic London tower block whose exterior served as Nelson Mandela House in the opening credits of Only Fools and Horses is set to be demolished in 2027. |
Night-time economy leaders frustrated at lack of support
24/04/2024 Business leaders working in London's night-time economy have expressed their ‘frustration and anger’ at the lack of governmental support the sector receives. |
Khan pledges to build 6,000 ‘rent control’ homes
05/04/2024 London mayor Sadiq Khan will today commit to building homes with capped rents as part of his bid for re-election next month. |
Young homeless people feel ‘ignored’ by councils
27/03/2024 Young people experiencing homelessness feel ‘dismissed and ignored’ when they approach local authorities for help, research has found. |
Council homes acquisition plan could save boroughs £1.5bn
12/03/2024 Plans to boost London’s council housing supply by buying from the private market could save boroughs and the Government billions over the next 20 years, a report has found. |
City Hall hails ‘dramatic’ air quality improvements
12/03/2024 Air quality in the capital has improved ‘much faster’ than in the rest of the UK because of policies introduced by the London mayor, according to a report. |
High Court overrules Gove on M&S demolition
04/03/2024 The Government’s decision to block Marks & Spencer’s plans to demolish and redevelop its flagship central London store was unlawful, the High Court has ruled. |
London boroughs spend £3m a day on temporary accommodation
28/02/2024 The cost of temporary accommodation in the capital ‘threatens to bankrupt boroughs’, London Councils has warned. |
UK’s first healthcare air quality alert launched
28/02/2024 Healthcare professionals in London will be notified directly about high pollution episodes, London mayor Sadiq Khan has announced. |
Harry Kane statue in storage for years
22/02/2024 Waltham Forest Council is struggling to find a suitable location for a statue of local hero Harry Kane. |
Finance chiefs join Household Support Fund plea
14/02/2024 Senior finance officers across London have urged the Government to extend the Household Support Fund (HSF) into the 2024-25 financial year. |
Ealing agrees £150m package to buy up housing
14/02/2024 Councillors in Ealing have approved a £150m plan to acquire housing in the face of soaring temporary accommodation costs. |
Khan pledges £15m for domestic abuse services
14/02/2024 Projects that support survivors of domestic abuse in the capital will receive an extra £15m, the major of London has announced. |
Rough sleeping in London reaches record high
01/02/2024 More people were sleeping rough in the capital at the end of 2023 than at any period in the past decade. |
TfL hands boroughs another £80m for streets
31/01/2024 Transport for London (TfL) has announced up to £80.4m for boroughs to improve public transport, make walking and cycling safer and create new school streets. |
Schools face ‘impossible choices’ as demand drops
29/01/2024 Falling demand for school places across London will have major implications for the future of education provision in the capital, a new report says. |
Thames Water sewage spills more than quadruple
25/01/2024 The mayor of London has called out the ‘scandalous’ increase in instances of sewage flowing into the capital’s rivers, urging Thames Water to ‘get a grip of the situation’. |
City Hall to decide on Wimbledon expansion plans
23/01/2024 The Mayor of London’s office has called in a controversial planning application to expand Wimbledon’s tennis grounds. |
Report warns of 'lethal' climate change risks
17/01/2024 With London and the UK ‘underprepared’ for extreme weather and an absence of national leadership on climate, regional government must adapt at pace, a new report argues. |
First-of-kind tool links road casualties and deprivation
12/01/2024 Transport for London has launched a dashboard which shows how deprivation is linked to higher levels of death and injury on the capital’s roads. |
London boroughs’ share of HS2 pothole fund confirmed
20/12/2023 Allocations for a £235m funding pot aimed at fixing London’s pothole-strewn roads have been confirmed by the Government. |
Gove intervenes over Khan’s housebuilding plans
19/12/2023 Housing secretary Michael Gove has said he is taking urgent action because London is ‘failing’ to provide affordable homes. |
Gov’s migration plans threaten ‘recruitment crisis’
13/12/2023 Hundreds of thousands of non-UK nationals working in London’s health and social care sector are likely to be hit by the Government’s new migration policies, Mayor Sadiq Khan has warned. |
Mayor of London criticised for Saudi ads
13/12/2023 Mayor Khan has been criticised after Saudi adverts appeared on the TfL Network despite advertising restrictions on countries with poor human rights records. |
Think tank calls for housebuilding on ‘grey belt’
08/12/2023 London should address its ongoing housing crisis by building on low-quality parts of the green belt, a think tank focused on the capital has argued. |
New scheme to help London councils buy homes
20/11/2023 London mayor Sadiq Khan has announced a programme that will fund councils to purchase homes from the private market. |
Council admits hand in disposing of tents
15/11/2023 Camden Council has admitted that it was involved in the disposal of homeless people’s tents in central London last week. |
Call for 'urgent action on deepening housing crisis'
10/11/2023 The council that increased new homes supply the most last year has urged the Government to take ‘urgent action’ on the ‘deepening housing crisis’. |
Homelessness warning over LHA freeze
09/11/2023 A maintained freeze on local housing allowance (LHA) rates could push 60,000 Londoners into homelessness over the next six years, according to new analysis. |
‘Stark inconsistency’ across London on Build to Rent
08/11/2023 Planning policy across London boroughs ‘could do far more’ to provide a comprehensive basis for the delivery of Built to Rent (BtR) schemes, a report has argued. |
DCN writes to Hunt over temporary accommodation pressures
01/11/2023 Following a summit attended by 158 councils, the District Councils’ Network (DCN) has warned chancellor Jeremy Hunt about ‘unprecedented’ numbers of people turning to councils in the face of homelessness. |
