UK news
At least £64bn of property in England and Wales is hidden behind opaque trusts
May 19, 2025The owners of nearly a quarter of a million properties in England and Wales worth a combined £64bn are hidden behind opaque trusts, according to research that prompts concern that such structures are the “go-to vehicle for kleptocrats” stashing money in Britain. The government introduced a register of property held through offshore vehicles in August […]
Read More
Evidence shows that LTNs improve people’s lives | Letters
May 18, 2025We were dismayed to read Joseph Harker’s article (Opposing LTNs doesn’t make you a ‘culture war’ petrol-head. Just look at what happened in Lambeth, 14 May). We are a group of Lambeth residents campaigning for safer, healthier streets for everyone in our borough. Harker’s arguments simply don’t fit with either the benefits of low-traffic neighbourhoods that we see every […]
Read More
Campaigner wins court case over festivals in south London park
May 16, 2025A campaigner who argued that music festivals held in a south London park unfairly cut off large sections of the space and made it a “mud bath” has won a court case that could result in events being banned there this summer. The Protect Brockwell Park (PBP) group, which includes the actor Mark Rylance, complained […]
Read More
Low emission zones are successful in cutting air pollution, study finds
May 16, 2025Low emission zones are successful at reducing air pollution and its effects on health, researchers have found. The team, working for the Belgian mutual health insurer Mutualités Libres, were looking at the best ways to cut air pollution and its impact on health. Christian Horemans, part of the research team, said: “The chronic use of […]
Read More
London dominates England’s social mobility league with top 20 places
May 14, 2025The top 20 constituencies with the best social mobility in England are all in London, according to research from a leading education charity that underscores the stark regional divide in children’s life chances. In a report published on Thursday, the Sutton Trust has put together an “opportunity index” by analysing six measures of mobility. These […]
Read More
Planning bill is bad for developers and nature | Letters
May 14, 2025The mayor of London is right to redouble his efforts to tackle the capital’s housing crisis, but there is no reason this should come at the expense of protecting nature (Sadiq Khan to announce plans to build houses on London green belt, 9 May). We must create good-quality and affordable homes, alongside green spaces that […]
Read More
London is the place for me! The capital’s best image makers – in pictures
May 13, 2025Alys Tomlinson – Samuel, Lost Summer To mark the 10th edition of Photo London, London Lives brings together over 30 of the capital’s most celebrated and innovative image-makers. Alys Tomlinson works mostly in black and white, exploring themes of faith, ritual and identity. The Lost Summer portraits were taken in summer 2020. With school proms […]
Read More
Counter-terrorism police investigate fires at properties and car linked to Keir Starmer
May 12, 2025Counter-terrorism police are investigating three separate fires after a blaze broke out at a home owned by Keir Starmer in the early hours of Monday morning. London fire brigade attended the property in Kentish Town after the fire was reported shortly after 1.30am. The door was damaged but nobody was hurt. The prime minister, who […]
Read More
Why did 30 Met officers kick the door down at a teenage tea and biscuits meeting in a Quaker house?
May 10, 2025When six young women gathered in central London to discuss the climate crisis and the war in Gaza, the setting could not have been more appropriate. The building in which they sat was a Quaker meeting house, the home of a movement whose centuries-long history is rooted in protest and a commitment to social justice. […]
Read More
Thousands of civil servants to be moved out of London under fresh reform plan
May 10, 2025Whitehall departments will be required to set out plans to move thousands of staff out of London as part of their bids to secure funding from the Treasury at the spending review. The proposal to relocate civil service jobs to a dozen towns and cities across the UK is aimed at bringing the development of […]
Read More