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jonn elledge
"A bus designed for people who never take buses": how London's Routemaster became a £300m white elephant
A few weeks back, I finally spotted the benefit of London’s new pretend Routemaster buses. I was on a 390,…
Five thoughts on Michael Gove's "sell prisons, build houses" plan
Britain’s government doesn’t generally believe it’s the state’s job to build houses – at least, not for the likes of…
"Friends" has a lot to answer for: 11 things we just learnt about city centre living in England & Wales
The latest instalment of our weekly series, in which we use the Centre for Cities’ data tools to crunch some of…
London Underground: Why are Circle line trains showing up at Whitechapel?
So early one morning, a colleague was trying to catch the tube at Whitechapel in London’s East End, when, well,…
Factory towns: Which British cities still have big manufacturing industries?
The latest instalment of our weekly series, in which we use the Centre for Cities’ data tools to crunch some of…
TfL's plan to build housing for London is great – but it's also tiny
This morning Transport for London announced it was getting into the housebuilding game. It’s releasing 300 acres of its extensive…
Here's why TfL wants to rebuild London's Camden Town tube station
Station buildings are a bit, well, dull really aren’t they? I mean, sure, they’re quite useful to get you from…
Where in Britain are house prices still below their previous peak? There's a map for that
I don’t know if you’ve noticed – I keep it pretty quiet – but I’m a bit obsessed with Britain’s…
Business rate reform: What will George Osborne's latest wheeze mean for England's cities?
Note: The headline of this story originally referred to “Britain’s cities”. However, a reader has since pointed out that local…
David Cameron's starter homes: yet another policy that'll make the housing crisis worse
You know, I tried to think positive. Maybe, I thought, on hearing that David Cameron was going to make an exciting…