Local authorities across England will receive a share of £56.5 million to help support their preparations for Brexit, ministers announced today (28 January 2019). The Treasury announced in December that MHCLG would receive £35 million to prepare for Brexit. MHCLG has now added an extra
With just over a month to go until 2019’s London Power 100 list is released, we have taken an inside look into what we can expect from the annual list of the most influential individuals in London. UK Power 100 chiefs have confirmed that celebrated
The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has today launched a new £38m fund for community-led housing, enabling Londoners to play a leading role in building new social rented and other genuinely affordable homes for local people. These homes being built will help those who are
What can Theresa May do next? “Theresa May has one card she still might be able to play against the hardline Brexiteers in her party and that would be to threaten to legislate in favour of a second referendum. She now has until Monday to
Lambeth leader Cllr Lib Peck has been appointed as director of the London’s new Violence Reduction Unit (VRU), it was announced this week. The VRU was established in September 2018 to bring together specialists to work together to reduce violence in the capital by taking a public
The NHS long term plan was announced last week, which explains how the healthcare service will develop over the next ten years. Cancer is mentioned as one of the focus areas of the long-term plan. However, there is a lack of focus on cancers like
Pupils with additional and often complex needs are set to benefit from more than 120 new school places, as two special free schools have been given the green light to open. Children and Families Minister Nadhim Zahawi has announced (9 January) that the two new
The capital’s skills shortages and productivity challenges may continue unless the present Apprenticeship Levy is reformed, London government and employers have warned. In 2017 the government introduced the Apprenticeship Levy to give employers a greater role in addressing skills shortages and help achieve the government’s
With three months to go until the launch of the world’s first Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) in the central London Congestion Charge Zone, the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has urged London’s drivers and business owners who drive in the zone to check whether
The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has today launched a new guide for employers to increase the number of women in leadership roles and address the gender pay gap. On the day Sadiq publishes City Hall’s third gender pay gap report, he has also released