Rough sleeping drops by nearly a quarter compared to year before, according to City Hall
The number of people sleeping rough in London has fallen by 24 per cent compared to last year, new figures have shown.
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Author: James Twomey
Mick Lynch joins striking hospital cleaners as bins overflow on wing
Members of the GMB union who work for outsourcing giant Mitie at St George’s Hospital in Tooting walked out from June 20 to 26 in a dispute over pay.
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Southwark underground station to have 17-storey block built on top
City Hall has rubber stamped Transport for London’s proposals to construct offices above the 23-year-old transport hub.
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‘No way to treat Londoners’: mayor of London blasts Government over TfL funding deal
A letter from Grant Shapps, transport secretary, sent to the mayor last Friday said that negotiations between the government and TfL needed a “reset of the relationship”.
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Blind woman left without food and forced to sleep on floor of council home
The Hammersmith and Fulham resident was given a blow-up mattress to sleep on when she moved home as her bed had not arrived in time, according to an Ombudsman report.
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Croydon council reveals £10m hole in parking budget
The hole in the budget was revealed at the first cabinet meeting of the new administration on Wednesday.
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Goldsmiths University to keep statues connected to slavery
The four figures either have links to Britain’s role in slavery or the colonial system that supported slavery.
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Croydon council ordered to pay mum with cancer and four kids “cooped up” in studio flat
A mum with cancer and her four children were “cooped up” in a single room, a watchdog has found.
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London Wildlife Trust awarded £245K to create volunteering opportunities for young people
London Wildlife Trust has been awarded £244,996 by Arts Council England to create volunteering opportunities for young people.
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Man jailed for 26 years after historic child sex abuse
Anthony King, 54, of Bennetts Close, Mitcham was sentenced at Kingston Crown Court for sexual abuse offences against two children between 2003 and 2007.
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Three builders hospitalised in Wimbledon flat fire
Three builders were hospitalised after a block of flats with scaffolding around it caught on fire.
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Southwark wine bar approved despite local complaints that ‘people urinate on the walls of homes’
Southwark Council has given permission for Southwark Tap & Wine Bar to sell booze seven days a week from a railway arch in Bankside.
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Greenwich council motion to offer residents £50 rebate for cost of living help
If voted through, it would see the £50 rebate come on top of the £150 from government, and would affect band A-D households as well as all households eligible for Council Tax Support.
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Southwark warns 16 schools are in financial crisis and could close
Plummeting student numbers mean more schools in Southwark are spending more than they receive in funding.
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London has worst unemployment gap for disabled people
The significant unemployment gap for people with learning difficulties is being driven by social exclusion, segregated educational settings and a lack of support.
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Teachers go on strike during exam season at school with ‘culture of fear and favouritism’
Holland Park School was forced to shut its doors to all pupils except those sitting exams on Wednesday and further strike action could take place on June 28, 29 and 30.
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‘I’m fighting for my job’: Railway workers head to the picket line for second day of industrial action
Railway workers have set up picket lines across the south of the capital for a second day of national railway worker strike action.
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‘There was this noise and it just opened up’: Bexley sinkhole swallows up width of road
Bexleyheath residents said they were “shocked” after a huge sinkhole opened up in their quiet road on Tuesday evening at around 9pm.
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Family of Oladeji Omashore, targeted with stun gun by police before death, ‘deeply distressed’ at Met actions
The initial Met Police media report claimed Oladeji “Deji” Omishore, 41, was in possession of a screwdriver, but on June 21 the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) confirmed Mr Omishore was instead holding a cigarette lighter.
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