Budget cuts will make the next term for new councillors increasingly tough, new research has revealed, with spending by boroughs falling by a fifth over seven years. London’s authorities saw a 19 per cent fall in their budgeted expenditure (per head) between 2010/11 and 2017/18 (excluding education, public health and policing). This has hit inner London authorities hardest: the largest falls occurred in Newham (-33 per cent), followed by Westminster and Camden (both -29 per cent), while Sutton’s budgets only experienced...

In the first quarter of 2018, house prices across the UK have been slowly growing at a rate 2.7% higher than the same period last year. The most significant outlier, however, was London, where house prices have decreased by 1% since 2017, the first annual drop this decade. This market downturn has led half of Londoners to believe there could be a housing crash by 2023. Whether or not these fears are justified does nothing to detract from the need...

Following the huge success of their much talked about ‘Ultimate Roast Burger’, Roast Restaurant has introduced a new ‘Ultimate Breakfast Burger’ to their menu. Embracing consumers’ love of over the top hybrids, the ‘Ultimate Roast Burger’ encapsulated elements of the Borough Market restaurant’s renowned roast dinners, sandwiched between a chunky potato and focaccia bun. A similar creation is now available in breakfast form. A hangover remedy like no other, Roast’s ‘Ultimate Breakfast Burger’ features a Bavarian smoked pork patty, crispy...

Shocking footage from British dairy farms sparks outrage from animal welfare organisation Animal welfare organisation, Viva!, have released footage revealing shocking conditions across a range of dairy farms. The footage, obtained from Viva! Campaigns, follows Viva! Campaigns founder and director, Juliet Gellatley, as she investigates six separate dairy farms which supply brands including M&S, Cadbury, Tesco and Arla. These farms are: • Fairfield Farm, South Devon – Aunty Moo’s Ice-Cream • Grange Farm, Dorset – supplies M&S • Halswell Farm,...

London enjoys a worldwide reputation of a city that’s open to business, from huge internationals to endeavouring shopkeepers. However, the UK capital is now the third most expensive city in the world for office space, behind just New York and Hong Kong, and rising rents look to threaten that reputation. Prime Minister Theresa May reaffirmed the government’s support for small business: “From dynamic startups to established family firms, our small and medium sized businesses are the backbone of our country.”...

Ever since the Magic Roundabout opened I have been there pretty much three times a week, come, wind, rain, shine and even when no mates want to come with me, that happens a lot more often than you would think. The venue has sat upon Old Street station for a few years, helping to rejuvenate the tube station and surrounding roundabout exits, making the area feel safer and more importantly fun. However, the luxury development of flats around Old Street...

The street signs include 'Facebook Row', 'Snapchat End' and 'Hashtag Walk'

Police hunt couple who stabbed security guard in front of their child after they were caught shoplifting

By Jan Cronje On Friday, 2nd February 1990, the South African president, FW de Klerk, stunned the world by announcing the official end of apartheid. Nelson Mandela was freed just days later, bringing renewed hope of peace, justice and diversity in a racially-divided country. Apartheid itself, the disgraceful form of government in which whites held all the power and other racial groups were segregated and oppressed, was condemned to the trash can of history. But now, more than 28 years...