Politics and Elections in London, England: What do you need to know?

London is a much busier city and has so much more going on here in terms of clubs and meetings, etc. London also has a higher level of pollution which the mayor is working to reduce. London is a great city.

Someone moving to London should know the underground tubes are very busy during rush hour. Rush hour in the morning is usually between 7am and 9:30am. Rush hour in the evening is between 4:30 pm and 6:30pm. This may vary during the school holidays. I would always recommend avoiding rush hour wherever possible as the tubes can be very hot, particularly in summer. London is littered with Boris bikes, an initiative started by Boris Johnson when he was the Mayor of London. These are inexpensive to hire and are good for the environment.

London’s inequalities are starkly divided by borough. Boroughs to the west – for example, Kensington and Chelsea – receive, on average, 20% more in government funding than those in the east and south east. The political landscape is equally divided, with the poorer boroughs overwhelmingly represented by Labour or Lib Dem MPs, which has led some commentators to attribute these discrepancies in funding at local level to purposefully political decisions within government.