Close to St Mark’s Square!

It is a year since @london.gov.uk & @londoncouncils.bsky.social launched their London Growth Plan. How are things going so far? @charleswright57.bsky.social reports on scrutiny proceedings at City Hall @londonassembly.bsky.social www.onlondon.co.uk/london-growt... #london @howarddawber.bsky.social

"London’s streets are not 'paved with gold', and the government 'needs to recognise this complex reality'." Our Research Director, @robanderson17.bsky.social, quoted in @charleswright57.bsky.social's recent piece with OnLondon ⬇️

Time for a bit of optimism. London has renewed itself many times, despite the doomster voices, and its next revival may already be underway. My latest for On London

London has serious problems, but the city has renewed itself many times, notably in the late 1980s after decades of decline. Is its next revival already underway? @london.gov.uk @howarddawber.bsky.social @centreforlondon.bsky.social @davehillonlondon.bsky.social www.onlondon.co.uk/charles-wrig...

My latest, slightly delayed, London Calling post - Holocaust Memorial scheme creeps forward, and how planning and council funding reforms could threaten Labour majorities in London; feat. @russellcurtis.com @benderbyshire.bsky.social @davehillonlondon.bsky.social wrightc.substack.com/p/planning-p...

The @bettertransport.bsky.social is right. Trams can get Britain moving again bsky.app/profile/bett...

Spot on

My latest for On London, on the long-running story of the proposed Holocaust Memorial near parliament. Some recent progress, but still a long way to go www.onlondon.co.uk/holocaust-me...

Duncan likes Canary Wharf. FWIW, so do I.

A quick review of some of my planning, housing and transport stories for On London @davehillonlondon.bsky.social in 2025, plus some thoughts on 2026. An election year when new planning rules will begin to alter the city's landscape significantly.. open.substack.com/pub/wrightc/...

A quick review of some of my planning, housing and transport stories for On London @davehillonlondon.bsky.social in 2025, plus some thoughts on 2026. An election year when new planning rules will begin to alter the city's landscape significantly.. open.substack.com/pub/wrightc/...

I know, yeah, it's AI, but it just utterly wild to me, speaking as someone who grew up *in London in the time period being depicted here* that people are doing nostalgia for *London in the 90s*!

May London's best qualities prevail in 2026: www.onlondon.co.uk/dave-hill-ma... #london #newyear @lewisbaston.bsky.social @charleswright57.bsky.social @richardbrown.bsky.social @richardderecki.bsky.social @richardwatts01.bsky.social @leannetritton.bsky.social

The doom and gloom about London is ridiculous and harmful. Team FT is Team London - as.ft.com/r/19d3d36d-e...

On London 2025 Review. The ups, the downs, the dramas, the avalanche of untruths: www.onlondon.co.uk/on-london-20... #london #truelondon #nigelfarage #donaldtrump @richardbrown.bsky.social @charleswright57.bsky.social @lewisbaston.bsky.social @mrjamesob.bsky.social @pickardje.bsky.social

London looking spectacular from above 🚁

On London Extra brings you the very best of the World's Greatest London Quiz! davehillonlondon.substack.com/p/on-london-.... #london #truelondon @londonactor.bsky.social @lewisbaston.bsky.social @charleswright57.bsky.social @richardbrown.bsky.social @jollyjourno.bsky.social

TfL chiefs sound positive about the network's financial position, but declining bus ridership remains a significant risk. My latest for On London @sebdance.bsky.social www.onlondon.co.uk/transport-fo...

London is looking spectacular in its Christmas decorations. I've honestly never seen it look so wonderful. Makes those "they've cancelled Christmas" people look like absolute clowns. Here's Covent Garden's tree.

Nigel Farage on GB News the other day said: “We have a Mayor of London who is happy to celebrate every other religious festival around the world, but just not Christmas.” One of his more brazen lies. What would he have made of Sadiq's 2025 Christmas Carol Service? www.onlondon.co.uk/sadiq-khans-...

High streets are barometers of social and economic health. A new report identifies why those in suburban #london are holding up quite well: www.onlondon.co.uk/londons-subu... #truelondon @centreforcities.bsky.social @nickplumb.bsky.social @charleswright57.bsky.social @annebclarke.bsky.social

Interesting piece by Charles - not just because he says nice things about something I wrote, but also because the City and Canary Wharf seem to be racing to build office space fast enough to keep up with demand. A long way from the 'new normal' that was being doomcast five years ago.

New substack - The DLR decision, 'tube wars' and new town battles, the Square Mile v Canary Wharf, and New Year question: Do planning policies give too much weight to conservation? @richardbrown.bsky.social @centreforcities.bsky.social @businessldn.bsky.social wrightc.substack.com/p/happy-chri...

The death of the high street? Not in the capital, according to new research into London's 545 high streets (excluding the West End) from @centreforcities.bsky.social. My On London report www.onlondon.co.uk/londons-subu...

Insightful analysis from @centreforcities.bsky.social. London’s high streets, 545 of them, are doing okay.

"Preferred site" for Smithfield and Billingsgate markets relocation confirmed: www.onlondon.co.uk/preferred-si... #london

Latest Talk About London podcast with me, Leanne Tritton of The London Society& the brilliant Professor Greg Clark on how #London is perceived from abroad. Foreigners seem keener on the city than UK national governments, something they find rather puzzling: www.onlondon.co.uk/what-does-th....

Coul we be entering a new era of "innovative" financing arrangements to get infrastructure underway in London? Welcome hints in the Budget, as DLR extension gets the nod but other major schemes stay on the shelf. @businessldn.bsky.social @londoncouncils.bsky.social My OnLondon report in replies. 1/2

Budget docs leave door open to innovative financing of London infrastructure projects, even if details remain murky, says @charleswright57.bsky.social. www.onlondon.co.uk/charles-wrig...

Continuing On London's budget coverage, here's @richardbrown.bsky.social on the "mansion tax". He is both fair and unimpressed: www.onlondon.co.uk/richard-brow... @danneidle.bsky.social @stephenkb.bsky.social @samfr.bsky.social @pollytoynbee.bsky.social @sarahdonaldson.bsky.social #london #budget

My multi-contributor website OnLondon now funded in full by proceeds from my twice-weekly newsletter, OnLondon Extra. News, comment, deep analysis and challenges to all forms of populism. If you don't already subscribe, try the free trial: davehillonlondon.substack.com/p/on-london-... #london

Reform UK's policy chief claimed that "the majority" of soical housing in #London "goes to foreign nationals". Not true. Now read on: www.onlondon.co.uk/reforms-zia-... #housing #truelondon

The irony is that the Right used to cast the 1970s as the nadir of Britain's postwar decline, from which it had been "rescued" by Mrs Thatcher. Labour was invariably said to want to "take us back to the 1970s". But the 80s is less attractive to Reform's new voters, so the 70s are being repurposed.

I love the "Prosecutions for fare evasion on the Tube are at their highest level for six years" bit. I wonder what could have happened 5-6 years ago that would have caused fare evasion to decline so steeply?!?

City Hall sticking to @london.gov.uk net zero by 2030 target and govt 'doubling down' on climate commitment, @howarddawber.bsky.social, @michaelshanksmp.co.uk told @centreforlondon.bsky.social conference. But should adaptation be the priority? My OnLondon story www.onlondon.co.uk/sadiq-khan-s...

@london.gov.uk will stick to net zero by 2030 target, business deputy @howarddawber.bsky.social tells @centreforlondon.bsky.social conference. My OnLondon story www.onlondon.co.uk/sadiq-khan-s...

New York is encouraging more residents in its commercial districts, while the Square Mile continues to bet on the office. Is that the right call? Not everyone thinks so. My On London story www.onlondon.co.uk/city-of-lond...

New York is encouraging more residents in its commercial districts, while the Square Mile continues to bet on the office. Is that the right call? Not everyone thinks so. My On London story www.onlondon.co.uk/city-of-lond...

Who is happy with the proposals for giving homebuilding in #London a kickstart? And who isn't? Report by @charleswright57.bsky.social - www.onlondon.co.uk/charles-wrig... #housing

Hands up, I wrote this partly as a wind-up. But, you know, London does need a moderate, positive centre-Right party in its democratic mix. And at the moment the city's Tories are down in the sewer with Musk, Farage and Jenrick: www.onlondon.co.uk/dave-hill-lo.... #london #conservatives

Will London's boroughs get on board with new government and @london.gov.uk plans to boost housebuilding in the capital? The success of the measures may depend on that buy-in. My latest for On London. 1/3 www.onlondon.co.uk/charles-wrig...

Here's @charleswright57.bsky.social reporting on Saturday's London Society event about housing in the Square Mile: www.onlondon.co.uk/city-of-lond.... #housing #london @tomcopley.bsky.social @homesnickw.bsky.social @matthewpennycookmp.bsky.social

Latest edition of On London Extra is out, complete with hidden side of deprivation, instant reaction to Barnet by-election result, doorstep intel from Redbridge and more, latest from On London, etc, etc. Free trial available: davehillonlondon.substack.com/p/on-london-.... #london #truelondon

If you haven't yet read @lewisbaston.bsky.social on a north #London council by-election of some significance that took place last week, find five minutes to do it now. Strong signs of one of the various ways in which the capital's political winds are blowing: www.onlondon.co.uk/lewis-baston...

Insightful from @centreforcities.bsky.social. policymakers can no longer take London’s economic contribution for granted.

While New York is converting surplus office space to residential, the City continues to bet on more office development. But does the.Square Mile need more homes? My On London report