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Getting rid of this scourge is nothing to be sneezed at.
London’s super rich are building thousands of subterranean palaces.
New research has rubbished perceptions of Roman Britain as a region inhabited solely by white Europeans.
When big data is used for police profiling and surveillance, it puts human rights on the line.
TfL’s money troubles worsen, as passenger numbers fall for the first time in two decades.
From Dundee to Dublin, horror spectaculars are springing up like zombies from the dead.
Voting is all over the place in 2018. But Labour is the party with most to think about after this result.
While Islamophobic acts in Paris mainly take place in public institutions, in London they’re mainly on the street or on public transport.
The British government is not facing up to the serious challenges it faces.
There have been more than 50 murders in London already in 2018, and more in February and March than in New York.
Closing the loophole: why the UK government must clip Hezbollah’s ‘wings’.
By expanding our understanding of streets and enhancing their design, every street corner could become a space to socialise, to exercise, to play, or to trade.
The EU has ruled out any cherry picking from the UK for things like single market access for financial services.
The congestion charge has helped to ease traffic and raise funds. But the rise of Uber and other private hire vehicles have raised unforeseen challenges.
This is how the working-class traders of Chrisp Street Market stood up to property developers – and won.
New York soon may charge a fee to drive into central Manhattan as a way of reducing traffic and raising funds for public transit. An urban scholar says this step is overdue in the United States.
An expert in criminology explains why you shouldn’t believe everything you see on TV – organised crime is still a very British problem.
The future of Sydney is under constant scrutiny. But before we consider creating a ‘third city’ in Sydney’s west, we should ensure we get the current infrastructure up to international standards.
Does 21st century corporate logic contain the seeds of its own destruction?
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Researcher in Transport Policy and Governance, UCL
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Professor in Human Geography, Royal Holloway University of London
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Associate Tutor, University of Surrey
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Professor In Criminology, Staffordshire University
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Honorary Professor of Transport Studies, UCL
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Professor in Public Policy, De Montfort University
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Professor of Ideology and Discourse Analysis, University of Essex
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Professor of Global Urban Politics and Director, Melbourne Centre for Cities, The University of Melbourne
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