London City News https://londoncity.news/ The capital's decisions, explained en Sun, 08 Nov 2026 02:47:36 GMT After the Last Train: London’s Nightlife Is Being Settled in Licensing Rooms https://londoncity.news/after-the-last-train-london-nightlife-licensing-rooms-2026/ https://londoncity.news/after-the-last-train-london-nightlife-licensing-rooms-2026/ London’s late-night recovery depends on a fragmented system of borough licensing committees, noise enforcement and Night Tube staffing. As venues and residents collide over the 1am threshold, the capital faces a wider question: who should set the rhythm after dark? London City News Business Sun, 08 Nov 2026 01:18:35 GMT The Blueprints Behind the Bricks: How Borough Local Plans Decide London’s Next Decade https://londoncity.news/blueprints-behind-the-bricks-borough-local-plans-2026/ https://londoncity.news/blueprints-behind-the-bricks-borough-local-plans-2026/ Borough local plans are the quiet documents that allocate housing, shape high streets and decide where offices, homes and transport links go. As councils update them across London in 2026, residents still have chances to influence the final map. London City News Local government Sun, 08 Nov 2026 01:18:35 GMT Reserves in the vault, cuts on the pavement: London's 2026-27 budget map https://londoncity.news/london-borough-budgets-2026-27-reserves-cuts/ https://londoncity.news/london-borough-budgets-2026-27-reserves-cuts/ Six London councils are proposing frontline reductions while holding unallocated reserves above the capital's average. The reason is not a simple choice between saving and spending: much of that money is legally ring-fenced, earmarked for risk, or needed to balance next year's books. Here is how the 2026-27 map looks, and what residents can ask at scrutiny meetings. London City News Local government Sat, 07 Nov 2026 21:22:46 GMT The tunnel is working, the pavement is not: Silvertown at 18 months https://londoncity.news/silvertown-tunnel-18-months-traffic-data-bus-walking/ https://londoncity.news/silvertown-tunnel-18-months-traffic-data-bus-walking/ Eighteen months after the Silvertown Tunnel opened, TfL's own monitoring shows the crossing has changed traffic patterns on both sides of the river. But the real test is not the tunnel itself. It is whether City Hall and the boroughs will fund the bus, walking and wayfinding improvements that make the new capacity work for people without cars. London City News Transport Sat, 07 Nov 2026 21:22:46 GMT