Vandalism to the Conservative Party’s headquarters on Millbank following yesterday’s student protest is set to cost tens of thousands of pounds to fix.
Yesterday, around 50,000 students protested against the government’s plan to charge students up to £9,000 per year for tuition fees from 2012, three times the current annual £3,290 …

A planning application has been submitted for the regeneration of Hammersmith town centre, including demolition of the council’s Town Hall extension.
Following three years of public consultation, the application has been submitted to the London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham for the regeneration of the western end of King Street in …

The London Development Agency is set to cut 216 workers as its 2011-12 budget is set to be reduced by around two-thirds.
The LDA today told workers that the number of staff next year would be reduced from 324 to 108 workers.
It also said its budget would be £56m in 2011-12, …

The government has invited London boroughs to bring forward plans for local enterprise partnerships to encourage investment in their areas.
In its regional growth white paper that came out this lunchtime, the government has invited London boroughs to propose local enterprise partnerships. These partnerships – a group of public sector and …

England’s regional development agencies have lost 424  staff in total since the general election in May, Public Property UK can reveal.
The bodies, which are due to be abolished by April 2012 and employ around 2,500 staff, have recently finished a first wave of voluntary redundancies and are set to cut …

Three London borough councils have announced plans to merge services and create a “super council” in the west of the capital.
Hammersmith and Fulham, Kensington and Chelsea, and Westminster said the move, which involves planning, would save up to £100m a year.
The announcement follows a letter sent to councils on Wednesday …

George Osborne has confirmed that the government will fund for rail scheme Crossrail in London, as it pledged to support UK infrastructure projects.
Today, the chancellor said that in London the government would make funding available for Crossrail and invest £6bn in upgrading the London Underground network. The government is set …

The government has today confirmed plans to introduce two property vehicles to own and manage its office estate, one in central London and one in Bristol.
As revealed by Public Property UK last week, the government wants to explore ways of better asset managing its offices in order to find savings.
It …

The government plans to create a centrally run property vehicle to own and manage its office estate in Bristol and London, with a view to seeking private partners and expanding its scope across the country.
PublicPropertyUK.com has learned that the project, due to be launched in April, transfers control of offices …

Mary Harpley has been appointed as chief executive of the London Borough of Hounslow.
Harpley, who is currently chief executive of Cherwell District Council, replaces interim chief executive Michael Frater.
Prior to joining Cherwell, Mary was a director of regional development agency Advantage West Midlands and before that, a senior consultant with …