poverty

Save the Children has released a batch of statistics which highlight the shocking levels of child poverty in parts of the United Kingdom — with several London boroughs among the worst.

Photo by ~Duncan~ from the Londonist Flickr pool Companies like Bank of America Merrill Lynch, L’Oreal and JP Morgan have signed up to ensure all staff on their books earn at least £7.85 an hour – the London Living Wage. This is an excellent way …

Mr. & Mrs. Gates have donated $1m to London’s School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Pre-7/7 intelligence reports are to be made public. Police in Parliament Square have persuaded Tamil sit-down protestors to move. Operation Trident police are investigating the fatal shooting of a man …

Of the anywhere from 25,000 to 100,000 people who apply for asylum in the UK each year, Amnesty International estimates that approximately two-thirds are turned away. Once rejected, applicants are given 21 days to leave the country, at which point those without children are cut …

Remember when indie bands had a want to succeed? A desire to achieve? Not many bands have it in this corporate day and age, towing the line, saying what they’re told (yes, Scouting For Girls, we’re looking at you), however one band seems like they …

It’s the week before Christmas, and like us, you’re probably panicking because you’ve still got loads of shopping to do. If you have a spare night when you’re not out at wild and crazy office Christmas parties or fighting the crowds on Oxford Street, here …

Welcome bach, David Juritz. This classical musician can add another string to his already well-tuned bow – as an ace fund-raiser. He has spent the last 4½ months fiddling his way around the world, not only to cover the costs of his 50 city, 24 …

A slap on the wrist for Londonist – we’re three days late in previewing this year’s Oxjam music festival, and we haven’t even got a “dog ate our homework” excuse to cover our blushes. Must try harder next time. So what is Oxjam? It’s only …

The Telegraph talks about our foreign rich people and how they’d look on Booth’s poverty map. Including this wanted Russian oligarch. The London Eye – who would now dare pull it down? Memorial service marks 10th anniversary of the death of The People’s Princess. Gawd …

The Proms are a marvellous institution. Remarkably diverse musically, accessible, world class and – crucially – cheap as chips, they are the soundtrack to summer in London and we are privileged to have them on our doorstep. It was with an eager step that we …