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Find out what the Ultra Low Emission Zone is, how it works and what Londoners make of the new measures.
China is funding global infrastructure projects to expand its influence and capacity for economic growth.
Football is supposed to be the 'people's game', but the English Premier League is easier and cheaper to follow if you are a fan of a club based in London or the prosperous southeast.
Always delicate balancing act, ensuring London maintains its appeal to tech start-ups will prove more difficult after Brexit.
Somali community leaders should help to foster links with their traditional culture.
Socialisation of housing would see profits from rent put back into the maintenance and modernisation of the buildings.
Homelessness in the UK has been rising for a decade – short term funding may have offered respite, but it won't lead to long term solutions.
Knife crime is a symptom of the toxic environments that adults create around children.
London is struggling to manage a violent crime epidemic, yet the Manchester attack attracted global attention.
The lamps that once lit London's streets have come to symbolize a certain time and place in British history.
When people don't trust the government, the media or police, they are less inclined to play by the rules and more likely to lash out violently.
London's low emission zone has started to reduce air pollution – but not enough to protect children's lungs.
This year's London Film Festival presented a contemporary view of China rarely seen in European cinema.
For a nation in the grips of a housing crisis, you'd expect high-rise developments to be good news – unfortunately not.
There are early indicators that London's fortunes could be shifting.
Economic polarisation across Europe is becoming an important phenomenon, in part driven by monetary policies that can increase office prices and can even affect the fundamentals that drive the markets.
The closure of a London pie shop raises questions regarding the relationship between food and identity.
As climate extremes mount, let's reflect on Victorian London's 'Great Stink' sewage crisis - when things finally became so bad authorities were forced to accept evidence, reject sceptics, and act.
As traffic slows down, research is gathering momentum.
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Researcher in Urban Infrastructure Policy and Governance, University of Cambridge
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Lecturer in Human Geography, Royal Holloway
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Teaching Fellow in Human Resource Management, University of Sussex
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Senior Lecturer in the Department of History, University of Birmingham
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Professor In Criminology, Staffordshire University
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Professor of Global Urban Politics, University of Melbourne
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Professor of Sociology, Goldsmiths, University of London
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Professor of Urban Economics and Social Statistics and Co-Director of the CDT in Data Analytics & Society, University of Sheffield
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Chair in Inclusive Societies, University of Sheffield
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Principal and Vice Chancellor, University of Glasgow
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Associate Professor in Security and Crime Science, UCL
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Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Westminster
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Professor of Urban Informatics, Queensland University of Technology
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Lecturer in Urban Infrastructure and Policy, UCL
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Executive Director of the Financial Markets Group, London School of Economics and Political Science
