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Dave Hill @davehillonlondon.bsky.social · 3d

In collaboration with @shortsarky88.bsky.social I put on a special screening of a special #London movie at a special London venue last night: www.onlondon.co.uk/my-beautiful... #truelondon

My Beautiful Laundrette at the Cinema Museum

A famous and groundbreaking London film received a special screening at a very special south London venue

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Charles Wright @charleswright57.bsky.social · 10d

Given the regular attempts to portray London as a crime-ridden hell hole, interesting to see latest City Hall data showing demand for visitor accommodation in the capital now exceeding pre-pandemic levels - with domestic demand significantly up. www.london.gov.uk/sites/defaul...

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Dave Hill @davehillonlondon.bsky.social · 10d

Audio versions of all my True London podcasts are now available: shows.acast.com/true-london Guests so far: @ellybakeram.bsky.social @lewisbaston.bsky.social @hinabokharild.bsky.social and Jenevieve Treadwell and Tony Travers of the LSE @lsepress.bsky.social #london #truelondon

True London

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Charles Wright @charleswright57.bsky.social · 10d

Spot on from @richardderecki.bsky.social for On London on what needs to be done to tackle the capital's worsening levels of youth unemployment www.onlondon.co.uk/richard-dere...

Richard Derecki: London must act to reduce youth unemployment

The advent of AI is destroying entry level jobs for even well-qualified young people in the capital

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Dave Hill @davehillonlondon.bsky.social · 10d

Lots of work still to be done to renew Britain, not least tackling youth unemployment in the age of AI. Read this excellent piece for OnLondon by @richardderecki.bsky.social - www.onlondon.co.uk/richard-dere.... #london

Richard Derecki: London must act to reduce youth unemployment

The advent of AI is destroying entry level jobs for even well-qualified young people in the capital

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Dave Hill @davehillonlondon.bsky.social · 10d

Another of those things so obvious it shouldn't really need saying. And yet it really did: news.sky.com/story/top-co...

Top cop warns of 'distraction' from threat facing women

Helen Millichap told Sky News that the "real threat" of violence against women and girls comes from a "multitude" of places, not just asylum seekers.

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Charles Wright @charleswright57.bsky.social · 11d

Trying out substack, with some musings on whether @london.gov.uk will go for a fourth term, and the 'will they won't they' debate around City Hall's 35% affordable homes threshold open.substack.com/pub/wrightc/...

London calling

So I’m finally getting started on substack, with the intention of producing regular posts featuring some of my work for Dave Hill’s website On London, plus a comment or two on recent London news.

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Murky Depths @murkydepths.bsky.social · 11d

Good news!

New DLR train enters service today. It's been a date targeted internally by TfL for a few weeks now.

See it on the Woolwich Arsenal line.

Note: Image taken last week on test

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New DLR train enters service - Murky Depths

The first new DLR train carrying members of the public entered service this morning after over a year's delay

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Charles Wright @charleswright57.bsky.social · 12d

Thanks @landmarkch.bsky.social for insightful, well-organised london planning conference last week. My #OnLondon report below, focusing on housing (tho much more was covered too), feat. KCs Rupert Warren, Russell Harris, Zack Simons, Tom Dobson & James Brierley www.onlondon.co.uk/sadiq-khan-d...

Sadiq deputy hints at major policy shift to increase homebuilding

Deputy Mayor for Planning Jules Pipe has told a high-level conference to expect "immediate measures"

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John Simpson @johnsimpsonnews.bsky.social · 12d

Data from the Office of National Statistics shows Londoners are less likely to be violent crime victims (26.4 offences per 1,000 pop) than the rest of England & Wales (31.9 offences). Violent crime has fallen in every London borough in the past year.

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Dave Hill @davehillonlondon.bsky.social · 13d

Good morning. There are overnight Big Media reports that the Crews Hill area of #Enfield is at the top of the government's list for getting a New Town development going. May I modestly point out that you read it here first: www.onlondon.co.uk/where-in-lon.... #london #newtowns

Where in London will government New Towns go?

Expectations in the capital's planning circles are that one site will be chosen in the city's south-east and another at its northern border

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Dave Hill @davehillonlondon.bsky.social · 13d

For the sake of completeness: www.onlondon.co.uk/government-c... #labour #london #housing #enfield #newtowns

Government confirms Crews Hill in Enfield and Thamesmead riverside picked as New Town locations - OnLondon

Two locations in London have been officially recommended for the building of New Towns, with the potential to provide more than 35,000 new homes between them. The newly-released findings of the govern...

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Dave Hill @davehillonlondon.bsky.social · 14d

New for OnLondon by @charleswright57.bsky.social: Sadiq Khan's deputy for planning hints at imminent major policy shift to help increase homebuilding: www.onlondon.co.uk/sadiq-khan-d... @simonicity.bsky.social @tomcopley.bsky.social @london.gov.uk @zoegarbett.bsky.social @hinabokharild.bsky.social

Sadiq deputy hints at major policy shift to increase homebuilding

Deputy Mayor for Planning Jules Pipe has told a high-level conference to expect "immediate measures"

www.onlondon.co.uk

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Dave Hill @davehillonlondon.bsky.social · 13d

OnLondon's coverage of housing on Enfield's Green Belt and the local debate about that includes this piece by @charleswright57.bsky.social on the recent event I chaired in Enfield Town, organised by The London Society and @enfielddispatch.bsky.social - www.onlondon.co.uk/enfield-loca....

Enfield: Green Belt housing event hears politely opposed views

The north London borough is at the heart of arguments about developing protected land

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Charles Wright @charleswright57.bsky.social · 17d

When you unleash the nativist populist beast, you discover it needs constant feeding

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Charles Wright @charleswright57.bsky.social · 19d

’Fair funding’ plans for councils not so fair for London. Great explainer from @davehillonlondon.bsky.social

Dave Hill @davehillonlondon.bsky.social · 21d

Saying so does not make you popular with some, but Britain cannot prosper if poverty deepens in its capital city, where so much of its prosperity begins. The government must rethink its local gov funding formula: www.onlondon.co.uk/how-is-the-l... #london #truelondon @sadiqkhanlondon.bsky.social

How is the government's Fair Funding formula unfair to London?

The capital's number crunchers have been working overtime to prevent Londoners losing out from a new formula that seems far from flawless

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Charles Wright @charleswright57.bsky.social · 19d

Next OnLondon event coming up, 7 October. A classic London film #MyBeautifulLaundrette

Dave Hill @davehillonlondon.bsky.social · 20d

There are still some tickets available for this very special screening of a very special mid-1980s #London movie. There might also be one or two left for the @shortsarky88.bsky.social guided walk beforehand. Buy for either or both parts of the event here: www.cinemamuseum.org.uk/2025/on-lond...

On London and Denean Rowe present My Beautiful Laundrette (1985) on 16mm » The Cinema Museum, London

It is 40 years since the original release of this classic London movie, set and shot in Vauxhall and Nine Elms, which broke new ground and explored social conflicts and change in the capital in the mi...

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Dave Hill @davehillonlondon.bsky.social · 23d

On Monday (11:30am) I will be taking part in a @londoncouncils.bsky.social event at the #LibDems conference in Bournemouth, talking about how to get national politicians to love #london. In theory, shouldn't be hard: massive growth engine, admired across the globe etc, etc. But in practice...?

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Dave Hill @davehillonlondon.bsky.social · 23d

The debate about #housing on London's #GreenBelt features strong views on all sides. @charleswright57.bsky.social reports on the London Society & @enfielddispatch.bsky.social event in #Enfield exploring the issues (which I chaired): www.onlondon.co.uk/enfield-loca.... #london

Enfield: Green Belt housing event hears politely opposed views

The north London borough is at the heart of arguments about developing protected land

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Dave Hill @davehillonlondon.bsky.social · Sep 3

If you haven't already watched this highly enlightening 20 minutes with @lewisbaston.bsky.social on Labour's recent poor results in #london, please do. Background thought: if the capital's voters desert the party in large numbers next May, will the DLR link to Thamesmead finally get funded?

Dave Hill @davehillonlondon.bsky.social · Sep 2

What do the results of the last two borough by-elections tell us about the capital's shifting political landscape? I asked @lewisbaston.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryBi... #london #truelondon #londonpolitics @andrewrawnsley.bsky.social @robfordmancs.bsky.social @stephenkb.bsky.social

True London: Lewis Baston on the latest by-elections

YouTube video by Dave Hill

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Dave Hill @davehillonlondon.bsky.social · Sep 2

What do the results of the last two borough by-elections tell us about the capital's shifting political landscape? I asked @lewisbaston.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryBi... #london #truelondon #londonpolitics @andrewrawnsley.bsky.social @robfordmancs.bsky.social @stephenkb.bsky.social

True London: Lewis Baston on the latest by-elections

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Dave Hill @davehillonlondon.bsky.social · Aug 29

New from @lewisbaston.bsky.social - Lib Dems bury Labour in West Hampstead landslide: www.onlondon.co.uk/lewis-baston... How very liberal #London. @richardlander.bsky.social @robfordmancs.bsky.social @markpackuk.bsky.social @carolinepidgeon.bsky.social

Lewis Baston: Lib Dems bury Labour in West Hampstead landslide

A big gain with a big swing in Labour-dominated Camden highlighted the party of government's many vulnerabilities

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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · Aug 29

No it bloody doesn’t, and no they bloody don’t.

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Dave Hill @davehillonlondon.bsky.social · Aug 29

Nick Cuff has long experience in #london local government, planning & housing supply. I'm pleased to republish his recent diagnosis of why so few homes are being built in the capital: www.onlondon.co.uk/nick-cuff-wh... #housing @simonicity.bsky.social @julesbirch.bsky.social @tomcopley.bsky.social

Nick Cuff: Why London stopped building

Housing supply has become chronically slow and the development sector will only change that if there's a big rethink of tax and regulation

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Charles Wright @charleswright57.bsky.social · Aug 28

The @londonassembly.bsky.social is back in action next week, scrutinising @london.gov.uk Now 25 years old, it remains low profile in the capital. So how is it doing? My OnLondon report www.onlondon.co.uk/charles-wrig...

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