News & Insight

10 August 2016

To many, multiculturalism, not just as demography or social description of a town or city but as a political idea, suffered a body blow in 2001. In the shock of 9/11 and the analysis following riots in Leeds, Oldham and...

8 August 2016

Immigration anxiety is the feeling of heightened discomfort and uncertainty when thinking about people who have moved to your country. This often also includes people native to your country, but who are assumed to be foreign due to a difference...

5 August 2016

Across the UK’s local innovation landscape, the result of June’s referendum has given rise to a full-throated chorus of voices asking ‘so, what’s next?’ It’s a pertinent question, and any attempt to provide an ‘easy’ answer would invariably be trite and...

5 August 2016

If we’re to see the true realisation of the devolution agenda, then London must be granted tax raising powers. That much is obvious. Greater financial autonomy for our capital is vital in securing London’s growth and that can only be...

4 August 2016

The environmental challenges facing the new London mayor and Assembly probably need no rehearsal and top of the agenda is the issue of London’s toxic air, which the mayor has memorably described as making you ill and being illegal. But...

3 August 2016

On the walk from London Bridge to City Hall, I have a dozen choices of where to buy a coffee. However, the only place I can guarantee buying a morning coffee served by someone paid the London living wage is in...