London’s Olympic Legacy – book review: ‘spruced up field notes’
Volume provides an insider account of how the idealistic goals that motivated the early phases of Olympic legacy planning gradually eroded
Tessa Jowell
‘Beholden to tycoons’: Diane Abbott accuses fellow Labour London mayoral candidates
Hackney MP condemns rival contenders for accepting donations from property developers
Now ‘impossible’ to save for a deposit in Hackney
New figures estimate it would take over 19 years for buyers to save for their first property
Diane Abbott throws hat into the ring for London Mayor
Priorities for Hackney MP would be battling the housing crisis and reversing ‘toxic’ narrative of immigration
Let the games begin
It’s a year to the start of the 2012 Olympics. Iain Sinclair, writer and arch critic of the project, takes on Labour’s Tessa Jowell who played a key role in the London bid