The new Communities Secretary sees the construction of more homes as his priority. It is a daunting political mission.
The most senior Minister in place at home has a great task before him – helping his country find a new international role (and restoring the morale of an exhausted department).
But Stamp Duty continues to constrain the supply of housing in the capital.
Our greatest city is still a part of this country, and is no more entitled to a foreign policy than any other local government institution.
Many feel British and have a Commonwealth attachment – but worry that the Brexit campaign is run by UKIP.
The promise that 50 per cent of news homes would be affordable has also been ditched.
There is a need to balance the interests of motorists with providing more attractive locations for home ownership.
Local autonomy is the recipe for a successful campaign.
He left Londoners not only smiling with our memories of the most successful international sporting tournaments of our time but also leaves an impressive physical legacy for our city:
The peer is meant to be heading up the Chancellor’s flagship National Infrastructure Commission, but may be joining the new Mayor’s transport team.
It is a terrible indictment that practically no-one can name the chairman of London Conservatives. Is there such a person?
Labour members suspect they will lose the next General Election anyway – at least with Corbyn they have a Leader most of them agree with.
Labour’s mayoral candidate put his faith at the centre of his candidacy. Do we want religion creeping back into our politics?
Expect to read a lot of cliché about the constituency’s diversity and vibrancy. It has both, but it is a mistake to think that the area’s BAME population is all for Labour.
The focus on leaving the EU needs to be balanced by a powerful new Department for Growth, with a mandate to devolve power and drive up regional prosperity.