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jonn elledge
Seven maps and charts about London's housing market which will make you sad
Earlier this year, the National Housing Federation published a report revealing that, as of 2014, the average London home cost…
The north-south divide in England's youth unemployment rate is still the size of a chasm
The latest instalment of our weekly series, in which we use the Centre for Cities’ data tools to crunch some of…
Zac Goldsmith is wrong about Crossrail 2 and housing. And government documents say so
Rejoice! Rejoice! For Zac Goldsmith, the Conservative candidate to be London’s next mayor, has come up with a plan to…
It could take London's Garden Bridge 50 years to repay the money the state is loaning it
So yesterday, as you’ll know, being dedicated CityMetric readers, we ran a silly story in which New Statesman politics correspondent…
The north-south divide in England's unemployment rate is basically the size of a chasm
The latest instalment of our weekly series, in which we use the Centre for Cities’ data tools to crunch some of…
Podcast: You are here
We all knew this was going to happen eventually. If we’re honest, we probably all thought it would have happened…
Council twats ban swearing at Salford Quays
Oh for fuck’s sake. What ludicrous, unenforceable bullshit have those bureaucratic cunts come up with now? From the Manchester Evening…
Here's why solving London's housing crisis will mean rethinking the green belt
BUILD ON GREEN BELT TO SOLVE CRISIS So screams the front page of yesterday’s Evening Standard. The crisis in question,…
“Landlords are stressed about school fees”, and other gems from the worst housing press release ever sent
I work for REDACTED, and wondered if you would be interested in a story about how a third of landlords…
London is big – but not as big as that map suggests
So, there’s a map that’s been doing the rounds on city nerd social media, that’s annoying the hell out of…