Britain’s second empire: how London became an oligarchs’ playground
The UK has been cultivating a reputation as a gateway to the offshore world since the end of its territorial…
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Should we replace well-paid Tube drivers with driverless Tubes?
The fact that Tube drivers are very highly paid and the fact that they can bring the capital to a…
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Could the government really seize oligarchs’ houses?
Wealthy people with links to the Kremlin own swathes of luxurious London property, and Michael Gove is considering how to…
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What took us so long?
It should not have taken the biggest land invasion since the Second World War to end decades of amorality over…
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The Met’s toxic subcultures are no accident
Unless policing is publicly accountable, it will remain as racist and misogynistic as it was with the officers in Charing…
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There’s a reason why pandemic escapees are moving back to London
Maybe the capital is actually a great place to live.
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The long shadow of the Chinese Communist Party
Even in London, supporters of Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement don’t feel safe.
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What’s the point of Sadiq Khan?
The London mayor is hiking TfL fares and council tax across the capital, while making it cheaper to drive into…
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Why Labour does not need London to win back power
Outer Britain – the party’s core territory for most of its history – is the key to its future.
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How Covid pushed a generation out of the cities
Thirteen thousand people from the UK’s 1,000 most deprived urban local authorities migrated to the countryside over the course of…
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Sadiq Khan: “I am the first green Mayor of London”
At Cop26, Khan discusses his climate record as Mayor, the C40 Cities project and air pollution.
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The London kidnapping that changed China
Sun Yat-sen arrived an obscure revolutionary figure, but by the time he left London in 1897, the ideas that helped…
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Golf’s stranglehold on land in London should be broken
The capital’s golf courses cover an area larger than Brent and could provide homes for over 300,000 people.
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Who really owns Transport for London?
The success of London's combination of private franchises and tight public management may soon be imitated nationwide.
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Why the London Bridge attack is a challenge for Jeremy Corbyn and Boris Johnson
Jeremy Corbyn delivered a speech on two subjects that have a ready audience among a British public that is still…
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How Qatar bought London
The Shard, Harrods, Barclays, Sainsbury's – the Gulf state owns them all.
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