On London is run by Dave Hill, formerly the Guardian's award-winning London commentator, and written by him and an array of fellow Londoncentrics. It aims to improve the quality of coverage of London politics, development and culture.

5 days ago · This website was launched by me in a more rudimentary form on 1 February 2017 as a place where I could continue to write about the politics, places and people of London in the way I wanted to, having previously been the Guardian’s self-publishing London commentator since 2008. Today, eight years on, OnLondon.co.uk is an […]

1 day ago · Last week’s Holocaust Memorial Day saw Kier Starmer reiterate government support for the UK national Holocaust memorial, planned for Victoria Tower Gardens next to the Houses of Parliament and first proposed by David Cameron in 2013. It was in 2015 that the government accepted the recommendation ...

3 days ago · Someone, somewhere in the bowels of Whitehall might already have drawn a red line round a lump of farmland in some other part of England. But if the government wants to move fast on getting its promised New Towns programme going, it could do worse than pick a site or two in London. A New Town inside ...

Dec 31, 2024 · London as a place, a society and the big engine of the national economy entered 2024 still recovering from the pandemic and changed by it in ways that weren’t yet clear. Its people’s fortunes were mixed and its governance bodies were hoping for a better deal from a new national government later in the year. […]

Jan 27, 2025 · The unusual type of law that must be passed if Billingsgate and Smithfield are to be shut down has begun its potentially long journey into law Last year, the City of London Corporation announced that its plans to relocate the capital’s trio of wholesale food markets to a new, consolidated site ...

Jan 15, 2025 · On London is run by Dave Hill, formerly the Guardian's award-winning London commentator, and written by him and an array of fellow Londoncentrics. It aims to improve the quality of coverage of London politics, development and culture ...

Jan 27, 2025 · In an unexpected City Hall statement at last week’s opening of the public inquiry stage of Enfield’s Local Plan, Sir Sadiq Khan formally accepted for the first time that releasing protected Green Belt land to help meet housing need in the capital has become “unavoidable”. The Enfield plan ...

This website was launched on 1 February 2017 by me, award-winning former Guardian London commentator Dave Hill. I run and edit the site. Its goal is to provide the best possible news, analysis and commentary about the UK capital’s politics, development and culture. OnLondon carries articles by a wide range of contributors who disagree about […]

Apr 10, 2024 · A new opinion poll has revealed Londoners’ views on a range of key issues in the unfolding contest to be elected the city’s Mayor on 2 May. Findings for On London by Redfield & Wilton include: A large majority (70 per cent) support Sadiq Khan’s free school meals policy. Increased general backing for the existence of the Ultra-Low Emission Zone (up by six per cent to 50 compared with ...