London is already a success story in many ways and a positive legacy for the Mayor. However there are areas of concern which we all need to tackle in the coming years. Focus on London 2000 is a joint publication from the Government Statistical Service, the Government Office for London, and the London Research Centre. In 1998, the total was approaching 7.2 million, an average increase of 28,000, in every year since 1983. Each household in London produces around one tonne of waste in a year.
House prices are both higher and continue to rise faster than anywhere else in the United Kingdom.
Londoner's average weekly household expenditure between 1996 and 1999 was 13 per cent higher than the national average. In 1998, London has its wettest year since 1960, but this included the driest February since 1959. Notes to editors Focus on London 2000 costs 45 and is available from The Stationery Office bookshops and through booksellers.