New Civic Year Thursday, 25 April, 2024 Today the new civic year started with the first full council meeting for the City of London. As ever much was covered from questions on procedure, and IT solutions for the police as well as refreshing the policing plan including updates to our work tackling fraud, to what we can do about the problems on the Central Line run by TfL. It’s a fascinating corner of our country and I think we are lucky... Local News
TFL increasing charges - beware 16th June 2020 I’m sorry to report that as recovery begins TfL has decided to punish car use with these charges - o The daily charge will increase from £11.50 to £15 per day (... Local News
Transport update 8th June 2020 City Streets Update: Transportation response to support COVID-19 Recovery Temporary changes to enable social distancing and safe walking and cycling are being... Local News
Planning permission sought for our new market 5th June 2020 I'm pleased to announce that we have submitted our plans to move our historic markets to Dagenham Dock. We are initially focused on the 42 acre site we acquired... Local News
Covid 19 updates 11th May 2020 2020 has not been the year I suspect anyone predicted thanks to Covid-19. Here I offer some updates and information that I hope will be of use. Travel News The... Local News
Covid 19 response update 2nd May 2020 I share here some response Developments Government have now released funding allocations for the second round of funding for local authorities. Of the £1.6... Local News
Wonderful Spitalfields supporting London and the NHS 3rd April 2020 New Spitalfields Market traders donates produce for those affected by COVID-19 Traders at London's historic New Spitalfields Market have donated more than 40... Local News
Covid-19 Information 30th March 2020 In this challenging and worrying time I wanted to make information know to our residents of how the City Corporation is trying to help - If you live in the... Local News
Stay safe in this crisis 21st March 2020 The current pandemic is an awful event. I hope you are all staying safe and well, and that our business community bounces back quickly. In the meantime here is... Local News
Wholesale Markets Celebrated at our Annual Dinner 12th March 2020 It was a delight to host over 100 people in celebration of our wholesale food markets: Billingsgate, Smithfield and Spitalfields. It causes reflection, and I’m... Local News