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City of London

July 2024

  • Oliver Wainwright

    The City of London’s tallest skyscraper could look like a toilet seat in the sky – and that’s not even the worst thing about it

    Oliver Wainwright
    As more and more giant towers are squeezed in by developers, open spaces and natural light are becoming things of the past, says Guardian architecture critic Oliver Wainwright
  • A view of the London skyline which includes tall glass buildings, set behind old brick buildings which are in the foreground along the bank of the river Thames.

    Two City firms team up to invest £20bn of pension funds in UK businesses

    Phoenix Group and Schroders will target fast-growing green energy, windfarms, solar, property and small business
  • Collage of shape of London in red, with dragon and skyline in foreground

    ‘We needed change’: mixed feelings in City after Labour sweeps London

    Party wins seat that includes financial district and much of central London for first time in its history

May 2024

  • Pile of polymer £5 and £10 notes

    Nearly 40% of dirty money is laundered in London and UK crown dependencies

    Deputy foreign secretary urges Cayman and British Virgin Islands to implement UK law requiring public registers of funds

April 2024

  • Kemi Badenoch

    Kemi Badenoch: ‘UK’s wealth isn’t from white privilege and colonialism’

    Minister told London conference that Glorious Revolution of 1688 paved way for economic certainty

February 2024

  • Office block with semi circular gouged front, Union Street, London

    Attacked by an ice-cream scoop? The story of London’s ‘gouged’ building

    In a rare instance of love-thy-neighbour design, a new building enables people to enjoy the view of a nearby church window. No wonder it’s been stopping passersby in their tracks

November 2023

  • City of London predicted skyline by 2030

    London financial district to have 11 more towers by 2030

    Number of planning applications received and decided increases by 25% as City workforce grows

October 2023

  • Greta Thunberg with protesters from Fossil Free London in a demonstration outside JP Morgan's Canary Wharf offices on Thursday.

    Greta Thunberg joins second climate protest in London this week

    Undeterred after being charged over separate demonstration, Thunberg joined fossil fuel activists outside JP Morgan in Canary Wharf
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