The UK capital is routinely and sometimes mischievously misrepresented and misunderstood. This is bad for the city and for the country, which depends heavily on London's economy, its international character and its global prestige - even though it often fails to recognise this or admit it. The True London podcast series is dedicated to covering London's politics, places and people accurately and fairly with a view to challenging false narratives about the city - and hopefully entertains along the way. It augments and complements the output of the journalism website OnLondon.co.uk and the personal Substack of Dave Hill...
Latest episodes
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31 min
Will Sadiq Khan run again? And other mayoral speculation. With Tim Donovan
Tim Donovan, as many of you will know, was for a long time Political Editor of BBC London. He's covered even more mayoral election campaigns than I have. Recently, Tim wrote a piec…
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23 min
How London is Misperceived. With Dr Jack Brown
The Policy Institute at King's College has produced an authoritative study of the differences between what the British public believes about London and what official statistics sho…
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19 min
The Lib Dem challenge in Southwark & elsewhere
This year's local elections in London are the most unpredictable for years and likely to produce changes in the political control of most of the capital's 32 boroughs. The Liberal…
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20 min
Inclusion and belonging in Newham
Sunder is the director of British Future, a think tank concerned with the big issues of integration, identity, ethnicity and culture. It has just published a highly illuminating re…
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26 min
Antisemitism and other hatreds in the city - and how to stop them
Daniel Sugarman is the deputy editor of Jewish News. He's written eloquently about the impacts of antisemitic attacks on Jewish communities, including the one at the start of this…
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20 min
Any progress on the housing emergency?
Last year saw some big initiatives designed to get housing supply in the capital going again, including lowering the Mayor's affordable threshold, easing some planning requirements…
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19 min
Should the Met be just for London?
Nick regards the present accountability arrangements for policing in the capital as a mess, leaving London's Mayors having to accept a lot of responsibility for policing and crime…
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20 min
Lewis Baston on the 2026 borough elections
Lewis is one of the most respected elections analysts in the country and On London is delighted to frequently publish his work. This year's borough elections are very likely to pro…
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22 min
Rescuing Westminster housing estates. With Jonathan Rosenberg
Jonathon was in the thick of community defiance of the notorious Dame Shirley's Porter and her Conservative council administration Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more i…
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20 min
Is the Met improving? With Marina Ahmad
Marina Ahmad is the London Assembly member for Lambeth & Southwark and currently chairs that body's police and crime committee at a time when the Metropolitan Police Commissioner i…
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19 min
Skills for a good growth city, with Muniya Barua
Muniya Barua is deputy chief executive of BusinessLDN, an organisation that represents many of the capital's biggest employers. She knows what she is talking about. Hosted on Acast…
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20 min
Does Labour care about London?
Despite its numerous problems in government, Labour remains the most popular party in London. But is it taking the capital for granted? Is it even joining in with anti-London popul…
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22 min
Is the Fair Funding Review fair to London? With Tony Travers
Professor Tony Travers of the London School of Economics is the best person you could possibly have to explain the fairness or otherwise of the government's plans for changing how…
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23 min
Cllr Hina Bokhari AM: Lib Dems hopes, Sadiq, Trump & racism's return
Previously a school teacher like her dad, Hina Bokhari has been a Liberal Democrat Merton councillor since 2018, the first Muslim woman to win a seat in that borough. She was elect…
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14 min
Jenevieve Treadwell on the Green Party's prospects
The Green Party's new national leader is a confident, charismatic, self-styled "eco populist" who has a seat on the London Assembly. Will his elevation help his party's electoral p…
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23 min
Transport hot topics with Elly Baker AM
As well as being a Labour AM, Elly Baker is the current chair of the London Assembly's transport committee. In this podcast she talks about the decline of London's bus service, ant…
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22 min
By-election update with Lewis Baston
Lewis Baston is one of the most respected elections analysts in the country and his coverage of London's is unrivalled. He wrote for On London about a by-election in Cranford ward…