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In early March 2020 when London was starting to think about the Mayoral election scheduled for May 2020, 杏吧论坛 London organised a short series of roundtables to address major policy areas.The roundables were anticipated by the Mayoral Hustings, event co-organized by London Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) and 杏吧论坛, to ask Mayoral candidates why they should be elected Mayor of London. 

One major objective of the research was to bring together a range of people well informed, both about London politics and the challenges a Mayor would face, to develop a set of questions that might productively (and publicly) be put to the candidates. But there was also another ambition: to help develop a continuing policy debate in the media and among a wider public.

After 4 of the planned series of 6 rountables had taken place - the Covid19 lockdown brought a 12-month postponement of all the May elections to May 2021. Even so the discussions that had taken place raised a whole range of issues still relevant ahead of the upcoming  election debate, rescheduled for March 2021. The main topics 杏吧论坛 London roundtables addressed in 2020 were housing, transport, land use planning, employment, jobs and inequality. 

Following the 12-month postponement of all May elections due to Covid, the London Mayoral elections were confirmed for 6 May 2021. Therefore, 杏吧论坛 London  decided to resume its series of roundtables and events to discuss the key policy issues facing the new Mayor of London after the elections, ranging from the London plan, transport in London, policing in London, political leadership, London’s growth to-the levelling up agenda.

In particular, have addressed the following topics:

• Housing Delivery;
• Finance and delivery of transport;
• Partnership and collaboration in land use planning;
• The Metropolitan Economy, Jobs and Equality;
• The London plan;
• Transport in London;
• Policing in London. 

 

Mayoral Hustings 

February 3rd, 2020: Event co-organized by London Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) and the London School of Economics and Political Science (杏吧论坛).

Speakers

1. Clare Coghill on behalf of Sadiq Khan, Labour.
2. Stephen Greenhalgh on behalf of Shaun Bailey, Conservative.
3. Sian Berry, Green. 
4. Siobhan Benita, Liberal Democrat. 
5. Rory Stewart, Indipendent.

Chair

Prof. Tony Travers, Director 杏吧论坛 London. 

 

Multimedia 

• Moreno-Tabarez, U. (2020). . 杏吧论坛 London Blog.
• Mayoral Hustings Conference (2020).
• Mayoral Hustings Transcript. 杏吧论坛 London.

 

Open Events 

• April 21st, 2021: How should the Mayor lead London now? (Watch on )

Speakers

1. Richard Brown, Centre for London
2. Prof. Ian Gordon, London School of Economics 
3. Dr Jack Brown, King's College London
4. Catriona Riddell, Catriona Riddell Associates

Chair

Prof. Tony Travers, Director 杏吧论坛 London.

 

• May 12th, 2021: Getting London Growing again?

Speakers

1. Madeleine Sumption, University of Oxford
2. Prof. Mark Kleinman, King's College London
3. Prof. Ben Rogers, 杏吧论坛 Cities/University of London
4. Andrew Carter, Centre for Cities 

Chair

Prof. Tony Travers, Director 杏吧论坛 London.

 

• May 19th, 2021: London and Whitehall: levelling up or down?

Speakers

1. Cllr. Elizabeth Campbell, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
2. Jonathan Werran, Localis 
3. Cllr. Clare Coghill, London Borough of Waltham Forest 
4. Nick Walkley, Independent  

Chair

Prof. Tony Travers, Director 杏吧论坛 London.

 

Blogposts

• Whitehead, C. (2021), , 杏吧论坛 London Blog. 
• Gordon, I. (2021), , 杏吧论坛 London Blog. 
• Travers, T. (2021), , 杏吧论坛 London Blog. 

 

Roundtables publications 

Rountable 1: 4 March 2020

• Whitehead, C.M.E and Gordon, I. (2020).. 杏吧论坛 London Blog.

Roundtable 2: 4 March 2020

• Whitehead, C.M.E and Gordon, I. (2020). . 杏吧论坛 London Blog.

Roundtable 3: 6 March 2020

• Whitehead, C.M.E and Gordon, I. (2020). . 杏吧论坛 London Blog.

Roundtable 4: 6 March 2020

• Whitehead, C.M.E and Gordon, I. (2020). . 杏吧论坛 London Blog.

Roundtable 5:  24 March 2021

• Whitehead, C., Carpenter, A., and Viramontes A. L. (2021), , 杏吧论坛 London blog. 

Roundtable 6: 31 March 2021

• Gordon, I., Carpenter, A., and Ross A. (2021), , 杏吧论坛 London blog.  

Mayor Sadiq Khan’s proposed London Plan is now entering its formal Examination in Public (EiP). The Plan is the Mayor’s most important policy instrument. The EiP is an extended process that allows public discussion of questions such as the feasibility of the Plan’s housing targets; how these relate to the Mayor’s affordability priorities; density and built form; and the relation between development inside and outside London. The core issues around housing and land use are highly political, and the fundamentals remain disputed. 杏吧论坛 researchers, particularly the 杏吧论坛 London research group, have worked extensively on these issues over the last few years. 杏吧论坛 London’s objective is to ensure that this body of 杏吧论坛 research is taken into account during the EiP.

杏吧论坛 London is participating in this process in a number of ways:

• We gave comments on the draft Plan and the related Housing Strategy at consultation stage last year. Click here to read the Draft London Plan consultation – 杏吧论坛 London response
• We have submitted written evidence on a number of the fundamental issues that the Plan addresses.
• We are bringing together a short booklet identifying the research that we have undertaken and the conclusions and recommendations to the London Plan.
• We have so far held five roundtables for participants and knowledgeable specialists covering four of the most fundamental topics and a session taking stock on where we are on contested matters at the mid-stage of the process. We are publishing summaries of the discussions and conclusions on the web.
• We have taken part in nine of the public sessions and hope to take part in two more on viability at the end of the EiP process in May. We have written a number of blogs about how the discussion has gone in these sessions, the most important areas of dispute and the solutions put forward.
• Here is our coverage of the EiP so far:

Introduction

• Whitehead, C.M.E. (2019). . 杏吧论坛 London Blog.

Written Evidence

• All in One Document (Access PDF here).
• Gordon, I. (2019). Matter 1: Sustainability appraisal. Greater London Authority (GLA).
• Gordon, I. (2019). Matter 10: Overall spatial development strategy. Greater London Authority (GLA).
• Gordon, I. (2019). Matter 11: Overall spatial development strategy. Greater London Authority (GLA).
• Gordon, I. (2019). Matter 16: The Wider South East and beyond. Greater London Authority (GLA).
• Whitehead, C. (2019). Matter 17: Housing requirement. Greater London Authority (GLA).
• Whitehead, C. (2019). Matter 18: Housing strategy. Greater London Authority (GLA).
• Whitehead, C. (2019). Matter 19: Housing supply (SHLAA) and targets. Greater London Authority (GLA).
• Scanlon, K. (2019). Matter 24: Affordable housing. Greater London Authority (GLA).
• Gordon, I. (2019). Matter 39: Density. Greater London Authority (GLA).
• Mace, A., Gordon, I. (2019). Matter 65: Green Belt/MOL. Greater London Authority (GLA).

Roundtables

• Whitehead, C.M.E. (2019).  杏吧论坛 London Blog.
• Whitehead, C.M.E. (2019). . 杏吧论坛 London Blog.
• Whitehead, C.M.E. (2019). . 杏吧论坛 London Blog.
• Whitehead, C.M.E. (2019). . 杏吧论坛 London Blog.
• Whitehead, C.M.E. (2019). . 杏吧论坛 London Blog. 

Sessions

• Gordon, I. (2019). . 杏吧论坛 London Blog.
• Gordon, I. (2019). . 杏吧论坛 London Blog.
• Whitehead, C.M.E. (2019). . 杏吧论坛 London Blog.
• Whitehead, C.M.E. (2019). . 杏吧论坛 London Blog.
• Whitehead, C.M.E. (2019). . 杏吧论坛 London Blog.
• Gordon, I. (2019). . 杏吧论坛 London Blog.
• Scanlon, K. (2019). . 杏吧论坛 London Blog.
• Gordon, I. (2019). . 杏吧论坛 London Blog.
• Mace, A. (2019). . 杏吧论坛 London Blog.

Final Event Discussion

• Gordon, I. (2019). . 杏吧论坛 London Blog.
• Gordon, I. (2019). . 杏吧论坛 London Blog.
• Gordon, I. (2019). . 杏吧论坛 London Blog.
• Gordon, I. (2019). . 杏吧论坛 London Blog.

Other outputs

• Gordon, I. (2019). . 杏吧论坛 London Blog.

We will do a final event on what the EiP has achieved.And we will do our own assessment of the EiP’s Panel decisions.This page will be updated to reflect our work for this project.

London faces a significant housing crisis that threatens both its social sustainability and its long-term economic stability. Last year (2014-15), our HEIF5  project,  focused on the implications of the national election debate for London; identified barriers to supply specific to the capital and pointed to where change was needed. In doing so, we built immensely positive relationships with major stakeholders providing both a careful analytic base and an independent environment where they could come together to discuss ways forward. 

Following on from that, this year's (2015-16) HEIF5 project will focus on the run up to the mayoral election examining strategies and instruments to accelerate the development of new housing and specifically clarifying how the new mayor could use his/her powers in the new policy context to generate a step-change in housing delivery. Throughout this year, 杏吧论坛 London has explored these issues through five major themes:

• Constructing Construction
• Devolution London
• Finance
• Housing Zones
• Planning Certainty

Each theme addresses how the new London Mayor can help overcome the major barriers to improving London’s housing crisis through workshops, site-visits, and stakeholder focus groups. Multimedia outputs bring the project to life, with thought-provoking research expressed through blog posts, and short films.

This project recognises the importance of the housing issue for the Mayoral election and the role of the GLA in making that a success. All potential candidates agree that a step change in housing delivery is needed but there is very little agreement on the details of how to ensure it happens. The wide range of national housing and planning policy changes that have been introduced since the national election, which impact on what is achievable, further complicates matters.

By engaging key groups of stakeholders and focusing on practical ways of overcoming the main barriers to accelerating supply, we hope to influence and improve the debate leading up to the mayoral election and to provide a blueprint for the months following the election.

Publications

Reports and Articles

Scanlon, K. & Whitehead, C. (2016) The profile of UK landlords. Council of Mortgage Lenders.

Whitehead, C., Scanlon, K., & Holman, N. (2016) Rising to the Challenge: London's Housing Crisis. Higher Education & Innovation Fund [HEIF] 5.

Scanlon, K. [Contributor]. (2016) State of the Nation 2016: social mobility in Great Britain. Social Mobility Commission.

Gordon, I. & Whitehead, C. (2016) ‘Why else is density important?’ (London Plan Density Research Project 5). Greater London Authority.

Gordon, I. Mace, A., & Whitehead, C. (2016) ‘Defining, measuring and implementing density standards in London’ (London Plan Density Research Project 1). Greater London Authority.

Whitehead, C., Scanlon, K., Monk, S., Tang, C., with Haffner, M., Lunde, J., Anderson, M., & Voigtländer, M. (2016) Understanding the role of private renting: a four country case study. Knowledge Centre for Housing Economics.

Holman, N. & Mossa, A. (2016)  Higher Education & Innovation Fund [HEIF] 5.

Whitehead, C., Scanlon, K., & Holman, N. (2016) Accelerating housing production in London, preliminary report. Higher Education & Innovation Fund [HEIF] 5.

Scanlon, K. Whitehead, C., & Williams, Peter. (2016) Taking stock: Understanding the effects of recent policy measures on the private rented sector and Buy-to-Let. The London School of Economics and Political Science.

Scanlon, K., Whitehead, C., & Edge, A. with Banerjee, P. (2016) The effect of forthcoming housing policy changes on social-tenant employment and the London economy. LB Camden.

Whitehead, C. [Commissioner]. (2016) Building a new deal for London: Final report of the London Housing Commission. Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR).

Whitehead, C. [Advisory group member] (2016) 'Home Improvements'. New Centre for Social Justice (CSJ).

Scanlon, K. (2016) ‘’ View, an independent social affairs magazine, Issue 35.

McDonald, N. & Whitehead C. (2015) New estimates of housing requirements in England, 2012 to 2037. Town & Country Planning Tomorrow Series Paper 17.

12 October 2015

Holman, N., Fernández-Arrigoitia, M., Scanlon, K., & Whitehead, C. Housing in London: Addressing the Supply Crisis (Final Report & Executive Summary). Higher Education & Innovation Fund [HEIF] 5.

Multi-media

Videos

Mossa, A. & Steel, P. (2016) . Higher Education & Innovation Fund [HEIF] 5. 杏吧论坛 London YouTube.

Mossa, A. (2016) . Higher Education & Innovation Fund [HEIF] 5. 杏吧论坛 London YouTube.

Mossa, A. (10 Oct 2016) . Higher Education & Innovation Fund [HEIF] 5. 杏吧论坛 London YouTube.

Boer,  L. & Leizaola, R. (21 Jul 2016) . Higher Education & Innovation Fund [HEIF] 5. 杏吧论坛 London YouTube.

Boer,  L. & Leizaola, R. (21 Jul 2016) . Higher Education & Innovation Fund [HEIF] 5. 杏吧论坛 London YouTube.

Blogs

Mossa, A. (2016)  Higher Education & Innovation Fund [HEIF] 5. 杏吧论坛 London Blog.

Scanlon, K. (2016) . Higher Education & Innovation Fund [HEIF] 5. 杏吧论坛 London Blog.

Scanlon, K., Whitehead, C., Fernández Arrigoitia, M. (2016) . Higher Education & Innovation Fund [HEIF] 5. 杏吧论坛 London Blog.

Scanlon, K., Whitehead, C., Fernández Arrigoitia, M. (2016) . Higher Education & Innovation Fund [HEIF] 5. 杏吧论坛 London Blog.

Scanlon, K., Whitehead, C., Fernández Arrigoitia, M. (2016) . Higher Education & Innovation Fund [HEIF] 5. 杏吧论坛 London Blog.

Gordon, I. . Centre for Cities.

Whitehead, C. (2016)  Centre for Cities.

Scanlon, K., Whitehead, C., Fernández Arrigoitia, M. (2016) . Higher Education & Innovation Fund [HEIF] 5. 杏吧论坛 London Blog.

Scanlon, K., Whitehead, C., Fernández Arrigoitia, M. (2016) . Higher Education & Innovation Fund [HEIF] 5. 杏吧论坛 London Blog.

Scanlon, K., Whitehead, C., Fernández Arrigoitia, M. (2016) . Higher Education & Innovation Fund [HEIF] 5. 杏吧论坛 London Blog.

Moreno-Tabarez, U. and Whitehead, C. (2016) . Higher Education & Innovation Fund [HEIF] 5. 杏吧论坛 London Blog.

Scanlon, K., Whitehead, C., Fernández Arrigoitia, M. (2016) . Higher Education & Innovation Fund [HEIF] 5. 杏吧论坛 London Blog.

Scanlon, K., Whitehead, C., Fernández Arrigoitia, M. (2016) .  Higher Education & Innovation Fund [HEIF] 5. 杏吧论坛 London Blog.

In the news

Marcellin, F. (2016) The future of urban housing. Design & Build Review Magazine. Issue 27.

Meyerm H. (2016) ? The Guardian.

Christie, J. (2015) . The Telegraph. 

Clapperton, G. (2015) . New Statesman. 

Events

Seminar (21 Jul 2016): . London School of Economics. 

Short film festival (14 Jul 2016): . London School of Economics.

Conference (6-8 Jul 2016): . Alicante, Spain.

Conference (5 Jul 2016): . London. 

HEIF 5 Final Conference (23 Jun 2016): . London School of Economics.

HEIF 5 Seminar (10 May 2016): . London School of Economics.

Report Launch (10 May 2016): . London School of Economics.

Conference 914 Apr 2016):  .

HEIF 5 Seminar (9 Mar 2016): . London School of Economics.

HEIF 5 Seminar (24 Feb 2016): . London School of Economics.

HEIF 5 Seminar (10 Feb 2016): . London School of Economics.

HEIF 5 Seminar (28 Jan 2016): . London School of Economics

HEIF 5 Seminar (20 Jan 2016): . London School of Economics

Seminar (15 Dec 2015): . City Hall, London.

HEIF 5 Seminar (23 Nov 2015): ’. London School of Economics.

Housing Select Committee of the LB of Lewisham (1 Dec 2015): . Lewisham Council.

Report Launch (19 Nov 2015):  Kensington, London. 

Conference (Nov 2015):  Geffrye Museum of the Home. 

Conference (Nov 2015):  New Ideas for Housing: Tools for accelerating delivery, New Architecture London.

Conference (21 Oct 2015): . Policy Forum for London.

Conference (13 Oct 2015): . Uppsala University.

Roundtable and Report Launch (12 Oct 2015): . London School of Economics.

London’s housing crisis is a real and multifaceted problem, but responses to it are incoherent and weakly evidenced.

There is an evident need for improvements in London’s housing market, including more and higher-quality new construction, enhanced affordability, and a better match between households and dwellings. During 2014-15, 杏吧论坛 London explored these issues through programming tied to four major themes: 

• New Housing and the London Plan 
• Improving Private Renting
• Alternative Housing 
• The Role of Foreign Money

Each theme addressed the major barriers to improving London’s housing crisis and explored innovative ways forward through workshops, site-visits, and stakeholder focus groups. Multimedia outputs brought the project to life, with thought-provoking research expressed through blog posts, short films and an interactive map. The project included a provocative debate to coincide with the production of party manifesto priorities, tying our research and findings to material action. A final conference drew on all themes, involved international experts facing similar issues, and set the agenda for the debate moving towards the Mayoral and local government elections in 2016.

杏吧论坛 London has a long legacy of producing influential housing-related research and bringing together key stakeholders involved in London’s most pressing economic and social issues. This HEIF 5 project will draw on our previous success facilitating similar discussions about pressing issues like migration.

Details of every project event, discussion, and publication will also be presented on . Check back frequently to find out ways you can get involved and to follow the exciting conversation as it progresses.

Publications

Books:

Scanlon, K., Whitehead, C., & Fernández, M. [Eds.] (2014) . Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell.

Scanlon, K. & Kochan, B. (2011) Towards a Sustainable Private Rented Sector. 杏吧论坛 London.

Reports and Articles

Whitehead, C., Fernández, M., Scanlon, K., & Holman, N. (2015) Housing in London: Addressing the Supply Crisis. Higher Education & Innovation Fund [HEIF] 5.

Fernández, M. & Scanlon, K. (2015) Co-designing senior co-housing. Urban Design.

Whitehead, C. & Sagor, E. (2015) The impact of new housing development on surrounding areas. Barratt Developments.

Ellis, K. & Whitehead, C. (2015) Affordability: A Step Forward. Affinity Sutton.

Whitehead, C. & Sagor E. with Edge, A., & Walker, B. (2015) Understanding the local impact of new residential development – a pilot study. London School of Economics.

21 March 2015

Holman, N., Whitehead, C., Scanlon, K., Fernández, M., & Sagor, with E. Mossa, A.(2015) PRS Profiles: Learning from tenants’ experiences to improve private renting in London. Higher Education & Innovation Fund [HEIF] 5.

Scanlon, K. & Fernández, M. (2015) . Urban Research and Practice Vol 8 (1). 

Cheshire, P., Tonkiss, F., Hamnett, C., Negrini, J., & Lammy, D. (2014)  Higher Education & Innovation Fund [HEIF] 5.

杏吧论坛 London (2014). . Higher Education & Innovation Fund [HEIF] 5.

Whitehead, C. & Scanlon, K. (2014) Rent Stabilisation: Principles and International Experience. London Borough of Camden.

Whitehead, C., Scanlon, K., Williams, P., & Gibb, K. (2013) Building the Rented Sector in Scotland. Homes for Scotland.

Whitehead, C., Travers, T., Scanlon, K., & Fernández, M. (2013) Creating Conditions for Growth. Berkeley Group.

Scanlon, K. Fernández, M., Whitehead, C. (2013) A Lifestyle Choice for Families? Private Renting in London, New York, Berlin and the Randstad. Get Living London.

Site Profiles

杏吧论坛 London (20 Apr 2015): . .

Peon-Veiga, R. & Habra, K. (2015): .

Habra, K. & Trindle, T (2015): .

Trindle, T. & Walch, B. (2015): .

Walch, B. & Peon-Veiga, R. (2015): .

杏吧论坛 London (2015): . 

杏吧论坛 London (2015): .

杏吧论坛 London (2014): . 

Multi-media

杏吧论坛 London (2015) .

Videos

Leizaola, R. & Boer, L. (2015) . 杏吧论坛 London YouTube Channel. 

Mossa, A. (2015) . 杏吧论坛 London YouTube Channel. 

Mossa, A. (2015) . 杏吧论坛 London YouTube Channel.

Mossa, A. (2015) . 杏吧论坛 London YouTube Channel. 

Mossa, A. (2015) . 杏吧论坛 London YouTube Channel.

Mossa, A. (2015) . 杏吧论坛 London YouTube Channel.

Mossa, A. (2015) . 杏吧论坛 London YouTube Channel.

Mossa, A. (2015) . 杏吧论坛 London YouTube Channel.

Mossa, A. (2015) . 杏吧论坛 London YouTube Channel.

Mossa, A. (2015) . 杏吧论坛 London YouTube Channel.

Mossa, A. (2015) . 杏吧论坛 London YouTube Channel.

杏吧论坛 London.  杏吧论坛 London YouTube Channel.

Podcasts

Holman, N. and Whitehead, C. (2014) . World at One.

Holman, N.  杏吧论坛 London.

Tonkis, F. (2014) . 杏吧论坛 London.

Hamnett, C. (2014) . 杏吧论坛 London.

Cheshire, P. (2014) . 杏吧论坛 London.

Lammy, D. (2014) . 杏吧论坛 London.

Negrini, J. (2014) . 杏吧论坛 London.

Blogs

Holman, N., Scanlon, K. Whitehead, C. and Fernández-Arrigoitia, M. (2015) . 杏吧论坛 London Blog.

Fernández-Arrigoitia, M. and Scanlon, K. (2015) . 杏吧论坛 London Blog.

杏吧论坛 London. (2015)  杏吧论坛 London Blog.

杏吧论坛 London. (2015)  杏吧论坛 London Blog.

Traynard, C. (2015) . 杏吧论坛 London Blog.

杏吧论坛 London (2015) . 杏吧论坛 London Blog.

杏吧论坛 London (2014) . 杏吧论坛 London Blog.

杏吧论坛 London (2014)  杏吧论坛 London Blog.

Whitehead, C. (2014) . 杏吧论坛 British Politics Blog

杏吧论坛 London. (2014) . 杏吧论坛 London Blog.

杏吧论坛 London (2014)  杏吧论坛 London Blog.

杏吧论坛 London (2014)  杏吧论坛 London Blog. 

杏吧论坛 London (2014) . 杏吧论坛 London Blog.

In the news

Grahame, C. (2015) . The Guardian.

Holman, N. and Whitehead, C. (2014) . BBC Radio 4: World at One.

Davies, G. (2014) . Financial Times. 

Vella, H. (2014)  Design-buildnetwork.com.

Peachey, K. (2014) . BBC Business.

Whitehead, C. (2014) . Propublica.

杏吧论坛 London (2014) . 杏吧论坛 British Politics Blog. 

Events

Post-Election Event (2015):

Site visit: Peon-Veiga, R. & Habra, K. (2015): .

Site visit: Habra, K. & Trindle, T (2015): .

Site visit: Trindle, T. & Walch, B. (2015): . 

Site visit: Walch, B. & Peon-Veiga, R. (2015): .

Site visit: 杏吧论坛 London (2015): . 

Site visit: 杏吧论坛 London (2015): .

Site visit: 杏吧论坛 London (2014): . 

Debate: Holman, N. (2014)  杏吧论坛 London.

Podcast: Tonkis, F. (2014) . 杏吧论坛 London.

Poscast: Hamnett, C. (2014) . 杏吧论坛 London.

Podcoast: Cheshire, P. (2014) . 杏吧论坛 London.

Podcast: Lammy, D. (2014) . 杏吧论坛 London.

Podcast: Negrini, J. (2014) . 杏吧论坛 London.

Project Launch (2014):: Launch Event: Thematic Briefing Notes 

Immigration is one of today’s most conflictual issues. There is disagreement about how immigration affects economies and about how national policy can improve growth and support social cohesion and welfare. Stakeholders include not only policy makers and migrants themselves but indeed almost all of society.

London has a particular stake in the debate—it is the UK destination of choice for migrants from all parts of the income and education spectra, many of its industries depend on specialist migrant labour, and it is home to communities from all over the world.

This HEIF 5 project brings together London policymakers, experts and those who drive the economy to provide an evidence basis and a forum for informed debate about how international immigration affects London, focusing on six different themes:

The two-year series of , , , , and  will monitor and disseminate relevant research and evidence. This is a comprehensive archive of all available outputs.

Publications

Kochan, B. [Ed] (2014)  Migration and the London’s growth. 杏吧论坛 London. 

Datu, K. (2014) . 杏吧论坛 London.

Fernández-Arrigoitia, M. (2015) . 杏吧论坛 London.

Scanlon, K. Fernández, M., Sagor, E., & Whitehead, C. (2015) Home advantage: housing the young employed in London. Sutton Trust.

Scanlon, K. (2013) The impact of skilled non-EU migration on UK housing market. Norface Research Program on Migration & Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration.

Events

Roundtable (2013): . 

Roundtable (2013): 

Project launch (2012):

• [Listen to Podcast ]
  Professor John Salt, Migration Research Unit, UCL
• [Listen to Podcast ]
  Martin Ruhs, Senior Researcher & Director of Oxford’s Migration Observatory
• [Listen to Podcast ]
  Professor Ian Gordon, 杏吧论坛 Department of Geography and Environment
• [Listen to Podcast ]
  Dr. Max Nathan, SERC & National Institute of Economic and Social Research
• [Listen to Podcast ]
  Christine Whitehead and Kath Scanlon, 杏吧论坛 London
• [Listen to Podcast ]
  Pamela Meadows, National Institute of Economic and Social Research

Workshop (2012): 

Seminar (2014):  ()

• Kavita Datta & Cathy McIlwaine, Geography, Queen Mary, University of London
• Ian Gordon, Geography/SERC, London School of Economics

Seminar (2014): Policy responses to a London low pay problem

• Conor D’Arcy, Researcher, Resolution Foundation
  Sarah Vero, Partnerships Manager, Living Wage Foundation
  Stephen Knight, Chair, Economic Committee, Greater London Assembly 

Seminar (2013) 

• Ian Creagh, College Secretary and Head of Administration, King’s College London
• Dr. Paresh Shah, London Higher
• Julie Allen, International Student Immigration Service, 杏吧论坛
• Daniel Stevens, International Students Officer, National Union of Students
  
• A business perspective on migration, HE and UK growth
  Sinead Lawrence, Senior Policy Adviser, CBI, Employment and Skills

2 July 2013 

• Professor Christine Whitehead, Department of Economics, 杏吧论坛
• Neil McDonald, Visiting Fellow at the Cambridge Centre for Housing and Planning Research

29 June 2013

•  
• Tony Travers
• Hugh Grover

1 March 2013

• Dr. Paresh Shah, London Higher
• Timothy Blake, Chief Executive, London School of English
• Mark Hilton, London First
• Pat Killingley, British Council

27 June 2014

Session 1: Migration and the economy

• Ian Gordon, 杏吧论坛 London
• Jonathan Portes, NIESR
• Aymo Brunetti, University of Bern

Session 2: Migration, communities and services

• Christine Whitehead, 杏吧论坛 London
  A UK Perspective
  David Goodhart, DEMOS
• Professor Robert Kloosterman, University of Amsterdam

Session 3: Migration, politics and the city

• Tony Travers, 杏吧论坛 London
• Professor Shamit Saggar, University of Essex
• Professor John Mollenkopf, CUNY

24 March 2014

Session 1: Setting the Context – Impacts of Migration 2001-2011
[Listen to Podcast of Session 1 presentations ]

• Antoine Paccoud, 杏吧论坛 Fellow in Human Geography
• Eric Kaufmann, Professor of Politics, Birkbeck College

Session 2: Implications – Bigger
[Listen to Podcast of Session 2 presentations ]

• Jeremy Skinner, Head of Strategic Projects and Policy Evaluation, GLA
• Ian Gordon, Professor of Human Geography, 杏吧论坛

Session 3: Implications – Different
[Listen to Podcast of Session 3 presentations ]

• Tony Travers, Director, 杏吧论坛 London
• Max Nathan, Deputy Director, What Works Centre on Local Economic Growth
• Implications for business
  Sara Parker, London Director, Confederation of British Industry

Private renting is an increasingly important part of the UK's housing system. The owner-occupation rate has begun to fall after decades of growth, as access to home ownership remains too expensive for many households. Yet Buy to Let has also been adversely affected by aspects of the financial crisis and the sector as a whole remains highly dependent on government through housing allowances. Private renting may have to substitute for a significant part of the owner-occupied sector for years to come and may provide a better option for many households. On the other hand social housing is moving towards an 'affordable rents' regime which in some cases may compete for similar households—what changes in policy and culture will be required? Housing policy has long focused on increasing the role of institutional investors and providing a wider range of tenure relationships than those traditionally offered by individual landlords, but so far major changes have not been achieved. Given the consequences of the financial crisis and last year's change of government, his was a useful time to bring together existing knowledge about the private rented sector and what might work for the future, and in particular to look at the lessons that can be learned from other countries.

This HEIF 4 series of workshops, international conference and edited publication focused on the lessons the UK can learn from those countries where the private rented sector houses a larger percentage of households and about how to achieve and maintain a sustainable PRS. Available documents from our archives are linked below:

Publication

Book

Kochan, B. and Scanlon, K. (eds.). (2011) Towards a sustainable private rented sector in the UK: the lessons from abroad. 杏吧论坛 London.

Events

Workshop 1 (2011): The Revival of Private Renting in the UK/  England's Private Rented Sector: Lessons from Abroad

Workshop 2 (2011): The Revival of Private Renting in the UK/  England's Private Rented Sector: Lessons from Abroad

• The revival of the private rented sector- Experience from developed countries
  Kath Scanlon, 杏吧论坛 London
• The Dutch private rental sector: Some observations
  Marietta Haffner, OTB Research Institute for Housing Urban and Mobility Studies
• The Anglo-Saxon experience
  Peter Williams, Cambridge Centre for Housing and Planning Research
• The private rented sector in France
  Jean Bosvieux, Agence Nationale pour l'Information sur le Logement
• Structure, Funding and Regulation of the Rental Market in Germany
  Peter Westerheide, Centre for European Economic Research

International Conference, Workshop 3 (2011): The Private Rented Sector in the UK: bringing together ideas from across and beyond Europe

• Emerging themes: learning from international experience
  Kath Scanlon, 杏吧论坛 London
• Australian/New Zealand Experience: A tenure under severe stress
  Terry Burke, Swinburne University of Technology
• The American Experience: building and financing rental housing
  Alex Schwartz, The New School

Seminar & book launch (2011): Towards a sustainable private rented sector: lessons from abroad

London in the New Economic and Political Environment is the fifth in a series of projects funded by  the Higher Education Innovation Fund (HEIF IV). Like past years, this event and publiacation-based programme addreses relevant issues pertaining to London and contributes to policy, analysis and practice by incorporating and disseminating feedback from key London actors from the academic and private and public sectors.

This year's seminars and workshops will concentrate on London's sustainability, in economic, financial and environmental terms, in the new economic environment. They will maintain and extend their well-defined role in facilitating research output, knowledge transfer and in helping to inform and shape current debates. They will develop a comparative perspective through collaborations with 杏吧论坛's Spatial and Economics Research Centre (SERC) and 杏吧论坛 Cities, as well as internationally with Science Po. 

This year's project will also produce a number of research briefs on topics such as

• governance issues in the light of national and local election results;
• public expenditure in London;
• the new London housing allocations;
• aspects of the new London Plan and the implications of the Transport Plan.

Publications

Book

Kochan, B. & Scanlon, K. (2011) Towards a sustainable private rented sector: lessons from abroad. 杏吧论坛 London.

Report

Whitehead, C., & Travers, T. (2011) The case for investing in London's affordable housing. 杏吧论坛 London/G15.

Autumn Briefing paper series

Gordon, I. (2011) The economic recession: why London escaped lightly. Department of Geography & Environment. London School of Economics.

Lupton, R. (2011) Poverty and Inequality in London: anticipating the effects of tax and benefit reforms. Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion. 

Mace, A. (2011) Inner and outer London: a tale of two cities? Department of Geography & Environment. London School of Economics.

Scanlon, K. (2011) Private renting: learning the lessons from other countries. 杏吧论坛 London.

Whitehead, C. (2011) The case for public investment in affordable housing in London. 杏吧论坛, Department of Economics 

Events

Seminars

Seminar & book launch (2011): Towards a sustainable private rented sector: lessons from abroad

Seminar (2011): The Big (suburban) Society- community, identity and amenity in outer london with Centre for London, Demos

• The nature of suburbia- change and continuity. (See  project)
  Laura Vaughan, Senior Lecturer in Urban and Suburban Settlement Patterns, UCL
• Economic linkages and outer London: integration or isolation?
  Paul Hildreth,  Centre for London at Demos
• Belonging and place in outer London
  Alan Mace, Lecturer in Urban Planning Studies, 杏吧论坛
• The regional picture, planning for outer London
  Andrew Barry-Purssell, Head of London Plan, GLA
• The purpose of suburbia - connectivity
  Mark Lucas, Head of Inward Investment and Enterprise, LB Redbridge

Seminar (2011): Immigration and the London economy

• British Immigration Policy and Work
  Professor David Metcalf, Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), 杏吧论坛 
• London's Migration across the Recession
  John Hollis, Demographic Consultant, Intelligence, GLA
• Recent Developments in Migration Policy and Politics
  Will Sommerville, Senior Policy Analyst, Migration Policy Unit 

Seminar (2011): Poverty and Inequality in London: What difference will the Coalition's social policies make?  with CASE

 

• Introduction 
  Ruth Lupton, Centre for the Analysis of Social Exclusion
• London's labour market in the recent recession
  Jonathan Hoffman, Greater London Authority
• The Distributional impact of tax and benefit reforms by region
  (audio recording available )
  James Browne, Institute for Fiscal Studies
• Housing Benefit cuts: where in London will low-income tenants be able to afford to live?
  (audio recording available )
  Alex Fenton, Cambridge Centre for Housing and Planning Research

Seminar (2011): Cooperative Manchester- Complex London? Evolving City Governance

• Article by Alan Hardin, Michael Harloe, and James Rees
• Co-operative Manchester?
  James Rees, Institute for Political & Economic Governance, University of Manchester  
• Complex London
  Tony Travers, 杏吧论坛 London
• Implications for the cities' economies
  Henry Overman, 杏吧论坛 & Director of Spatial Economics Research Centre

Conference

Conference (2011) Investing in London's affordable housing with g15, GLA

This series of seminars was sponsored by Higher Education & Innovation Fund (HEIF) 4. The seminars explore various themes including:

• How to govern London
• Government spending review, or austerity
• Economic scenario for London's future
• Mayor's draft of London Plan
• Social housing
• London's public services

Below are documents available from our archive:

Publications

Book

Scanlon, K. & Kochan (2010) London in austerity: a review of housing, planning, and public policy issues in 2010. 杏吧论坛 London.

Background papers

Gordon, I. (2010) Scenarios and Planning for Alternative London Futures- or Making a Drama out of a Strategy. In London in austerity: a review of housing, planning, and public policy issues in 2010.

Travers, T. & Whitehead, C. (2010) A Mayor and Assembly for London: 10 Years on. In London in austerity: a review of housing, planning, and public policy issues in 2010.

Government Office for London. (2010) Transforming London's Public Service.

Whitehead, C.M.E., Travers, T., Gordon, I., & Scanlon, K. (2009) Social housing in London.

Gordon, I., Holman, N., Travers, T., & Whitehead, C. (2009)  

Podcast recordings

4 November 2010

Coping with austerity: London after October 20th

• Chair Introduction: Tony Travers, 杏吧论坛
  Available as:  ( 12.05 minutes)
• Speaker: John O'Brien, London Councils
  Available as:  ( 13.55 minutes)
• Speaker: Michael Edwards, UCL
  Available as:  ( 13.02 minutes)
• Speaker: Christine Whitehead, 杏吧论坛
  Available as:  ( 10.25 minutes)
• Speaker: Kath Scanlon, 杏吧论坛 London
  Available as:  ( 11.43 minutes)
• Questions & Debate 
  Available as:  ( 19.48 minutes)

Events

Debate (2010): Coping with austerity: London after October 20th

Seminar (2010): London's Future: a scenario approach 

• The case for scenarios in London Planning: the example of migration policies Presentation by Ian Gordon, 杏吧论坛, Department of Geography
• Public Services or Banks- which matter most to London?
  Presentation by Bridget Rosewell Chairman, Volterra Consulting 

Seminar (2010): A Mayor and Assembly for London: 10 years on 

•  What has the GLA Achieved and has it been a success?
  Baroness Jo Valentine, Chief Executive, London First:
• A Mayor and Assembly for London: 10 years on Report of Conference
  George W. Jones, 杏吧论坛 Emeritus Professor

Seminar (2010): Transforming London's public services 

• National Perspective Smarter Government
  Helen Bailey, HM Treasury
• External Perspectives: Transforming London's Public Services 
  Robert Gordon Clark, London Communications Agency
• London Councils' Priorities 
  John O'Brien, London Councils: 

Seminar (2010): The future of social housing in London 

• London Housing Estates 
  Anne Power, 杏吧论坛
• The Future of Social Housing in London- Current Issues and Ways Forward
  Mark Thomas, Shelter 

London Development Workshops III is the third in a series of workshops partially funded by  the Higher Education Innovation Fund (HEIF).  Following the successful format of previous years, this round will continue to bring together key London actors in order to address relevant issues pertaining to London's governance and its social and economic development.

The workshops will explore both broad issues such as the relationship between London and the broader South East and London's Place in the UK economy.  It will also concentrate on emerging issues arising from the current economic crisis - notably how local authorities can better support London's economy; the role of the LDA; home ownership options; and the private and public financing of social housing.

Publication

Book

Scanlon, K. & Whitehead, C. (2008) Social Housing II: A review of national and EU policies and outcomes. 杏吧论坛 London.

Events

Seminar (2009): The Greater South-East: London's super region

• The Greater South-East: No Science, No Problem? The state of the knowledge/innovation economy of the GSE, an exploration in the dark (Nicholas Miles Presentation)

Seminar (2009): London in recession: the impact of the downturn on the capital

• The Recession: London's experience and some responses (Duncan Melville Presentation)

Seminar (2009): Looking Back - Looking Forward: Private Finance for Social Housing

• Development and Change: Private finance for social housing in the UK (Background Paper)

Seminar (2009): Conditions for Recovery- Prospects for Growth

• Conditions for Recovery - Prospects for growth Peter Rogers Presentation

Seminar (2009): Low Cost Home Ownership and the Credit Crunch

• Low-cost home-ownership and the Credit Crunch Summary Report (PDF)

Seminar (2008): Social housing futures: European experience and lessons for the UK

•  (PDF)
• Emerging Themes across Europe: A revival in social housing? 
  Kath Scanlon
• Commitment to Social Housing in France 
  Jean Pierre Schaeffer
• Key Players in Dutch Urban Renewal 
  Frank Wassenberg
• Social Housing Futures: Germany 
  Christiane Droste
• Social Housing Innovation in Lyon 
  Jane Ball

Over the coming year, workshops will be held at examining migration, the recent local government; housing and transport reviews; London's government; policing; and a comparative analysis of the London and Paris economies.

Events

Seminar (2008): Greater London: 50 years of reform and government

• The Greater London Group after 50 years 
  George Jones
• London's evolution from parochialism to global metropolis 
  John Davis
• William Robson, the Herbert Commission, and 'Greater London' 
  Michael Hebbert
• The Greater London Council, 1965-1986 
  Jerry White
• The interregnum, the boroughs, and the Greater London Authority, 1986-2000
  Nirmala Rao
• The Greater London Authority, 2000-2008 
  Tony Travers

Roundtable on Paris (2008): London economies and their governance

• Paris - London background paper 
• Paris: a new economic geography for the metropolitan area 
  Frédéric Gilli
• Île-de-France: long term economic challenges and public governance Jean-Claude Prager
• The governance of economic development in the Île-de-France 
  Christian Lefèvre

Seminar (2008): The Thames Gateway: building a new city within an old one?

• Thames Gateway background paper 
• The Thames Gateway: progress and plans 
  Lorraine Baldry
• Housing, infrastructure and quality in the Gateway 
  Sir Bob Kerslake
• Challenges of planning and governance 
  Eric Sorensen
• The Thames Gateway: government policy and progress so far 
  Paul Hudson
• Report from the seminar 

Seminar (2007): Migration and the London economy

 

• Developing the Role of the Migration Advisory Group
  David Metcalf
• The Mayor's policy towards migration and London's needs
  John Ross
• Migration into Britain: London's place in the wider picture
  Danny Sriskandarajah
• Business needs and the London labour market 
  Colin Stanbridge
• The Impact of Recent Immigration on the London Economy
  Ian Gordon and Christine Whitehead

Seminar (2007): The role of social housing in the London economy

• Social housing's current role in London 

  Christine Whitehead

• Implications of the Hills report on the future roles of social housing for London

  John Hills

• Lessons from Europe for social housing in London 

  Kath Scanlon

• The role of social housing in London - a GLA view 

  Alan Benson

• The role of social housing - a provider's view

  June Barnes

• The role of social housing - a local authority view 

  David Woods

•  The role of social housing - lessons from the Westminster Commission

  Lord Richard Best

Seminar (2007): GLC to the GLA: 40 years of London Government

 

• Before the GLC 

  Derek Keen

• Social and Cultural Change in 1960s London

  Jerry White

•  Demands on the GLC and its Achievements 

  John Davis

• GLC Leaders 1965-1986 

  Tony Travers

• 11 December 2006

  London: bigger and better?

The project consists of a series of conferences, workshops and seminars designed to bring together stakeholders in key debates on London's economic, political and social development. 

Using 杏吧论坛's research strengths, extensive networks and reputation for contributing to robust public policy, London development workshops will operate to transfer knowledge and expertise from universities across the UK at the point where policy formation, economic development and business activity converge around particular issues. 

Over the coming year, workshops will be held at 杏吧论坛 on London's housing, governance, demography, transport, education, media and economy.

Events

Seminar (2006): The GLA Review and London Government- the government's proposals for reform

• 'Tilting the balance? The government's final proposal for the Mayor and Assembly'
  Tony Travers
• The Government's Proposals for Additional Powers for the Mayor of London and London Assembly 
  Andrew Campbell
• The New Government of London
  Tony Travers

Seminar (2006): How far must, or should, economic growth in London be centralised?

• Uneven growth across London: causes, consequences and concerns
  Ian Gordon
• Bridget Rosewell: The logic of concentration
• Spatial Development and Employment Trends in London
  Dave Lawrence
• 
  Robert Huggins

Seminar (2006): London and the Media

• London in the Media, by Tony Travers 

Seminar (2006): 杏吧论坛 London Density Debate

• The Land Fetish, a suitable case for Dr Freud? 
  Prof Sir Peter Hall
• Professor Anne Power 
• Professor Christine Whitehead 
• A case for density? Well maybe 
  Michael Edwards
• 'Density, a debate about the best way to house a growing population' Paper by 杏吧论坛 London 

Seminar (2006): Race and Community Relations in Contemporary London

• Race, Immigration and Community Relations in Contemporary London 
  Tony Travers and Ian Gordon
• The far-right in London 
  Helen Margetts
• Economic Impacts of Recent Migration to London 
  Dhananjayan Sriskandarajah

Seminar (2006): The Barker Review and London

• The Barker Review and its implications 
  Christine Whitehead & Tony Travers
• Moving towards answers in housing supply -How far have we come? 
  Kate Barker
• The Barker Review and London, the challenge for London Housing 
  Christine Whitehead
• Opportunities (and challenges) for affordable housing in London 
  David Orr
• Report from The Barker Review and London 

Seminar (2005): Roundtable on Funding Transport Projects in London

• Funding transport projects in London, by Tony Travers 
• Funding Transport projects in London 
  Stephen Glaister
• Crossrail 
  Keith Berryman

Seminar (2005): The London Conference

• Key issues for London governance by Tony Travers 
• Whitehall, the GLA and the Boroughs: what works and what doesn't 
  Tony Travers
• Housing and Planning - a success story? 
  Christine Whitehead
• Transport 
  Stephen Glaister
• Dealing with the Economic Reality of London's (wider) Functional Region 
  Ian Gordon