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jonn elledge
“Buccaneering, wealth-creating families were replaced by councillors”: Lord Heseltine talks to CityMetric
You can read too much into a politician’s biography. Not everything can be explained by where someone comes from, or…
The Thames Deckway floating cycle path is the most ludicrous London transport plan yet
The Thames Deckway, proposed this week, would be a floating cycle path, running for eight miles along the River Thames…
UKIP once pledged to turn London's Circle Line back into a circle. Here’s why it’s a bad idea
Today marks the start of UKIP’s annual conference. There are still a few loony lefty idiots out there who’d have…
Devolution debates lead to unexpected shouting matches at Labour's autumn conference
The devolution of fiscal and political power to sub-national regions is not supposed to be the sort of thing anyone…
Chart: Struggling Scottish cities were more likely to vote for independence than affluent ones
In the highly likely event that you’ve been locked in a cupboard without Wi-Fi for the last eight hours, you…
The London problem in two charts
Yes, yes, we all know that the London dominates the British economy. And we probably all realise that this situation…
English devolution: why cities might be the answer
Suddenly, it seems, everyone and her dog is in favour of giving the cities and regions of England more control…
Today's London property bargain: the million pound granny flat
We at CityMetric do our best to resist the urge to point and snort at every ridiculous London property listing…
The Wolfson Economics Prize: Here’s how we double the size of Oxford
Last night, the London think tank Policy Exchange announced the winner of its Wolfson Economics Prize. This year, the £250,000…
For three months in 2012, we had bed bugs. It was bloody horrible
Some years ago, a friend left a bag at my flat after a party. Not long afterwards, we finally found…