A heated discussion about the future of a homeless encampment near downtown London caused politicians to evacuate chambers and a woman to be barred from city hall.
There’s an increasingly common housing trend in London: infill development. Much of the city’s new development is rising on existing lots, not undeveloped land. LFP’s Jack Moulton looks at why infill has taken off recently, and if may be here to stay. WHAT’S HAPPENING? Infill has become a focus of most meetings of council’s planning […]
London politicians have rejected a proposed 10-storey apartment building in northwest London as too tall, echoing resident pushback.
Businesses in London's downtown could soon get a decent cash infusion if they open up in one of many vacant commercial spaces.
In a tight 8-7 vote, London city council has decided to pull its share of funding from a recruitment drive to bring desperately needed family doctors to the city. LFP’s Jack Moulton looks at the program: what it does, why funding was yanked, and what it will mean going forward. WHAT IS THE PROGRAM? The […]
Funding for homeless drop-in services at Ark Aid Street Mission will continue to flow, despite the ward councillor putting up an intense fight to halt it. In a 9-5 vote at a city council meeting Tuesday, councillors resurrected a motion quashed at a committee meeting in March to give $611,000 to the agency so it […]
A Thames Valley trustee who championed a bus pass pilot project is hopeful it will go forward despite hitting a series of speedbumps.
LFP's Jack Moulton digs into what led to city council taking direct control over the London's bus service.
In a drastic step after months of tension, city politicians voted late Tuesday to abruptly dissolve the London Transit Commission and appoint a temporary team of five council members to oversee the public transit service. City council members voted 9-6 to take control of London Transit effective April 1, citing an increasingly fraught relationship between […]
London city councillors voted Tuesday to fire the city’s integrity commissioner, citing concerns with some of the work the firm has done and the positions it has staked out. Meeting as the strategic priorities and policy committee, councillors voted 9-6 to can the civic watchdog by providing a 30-day notice to terminate its contract. “Having […]
Four city council members want to dissolve London's transit authority, citing a breakdown in the relationship between the long-standing municipally funded agency and city hall.
