{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/9475d117-fcd4-4915-a6f3-923941e7aa0d/666712845155490013990677?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"London devolution & James Bond spy tunnels plan","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61ba05fc1a8cbed4343cf0e6/1718030727100-f406a70c46147620c7194e786e9b5de0.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>A business group representing 170 top London firms has issued its own manifesto of “quick win” measures and longer term reforms that it claims could turbo-charge the capital’s economic potential.</p><p>BusinessLDN suggests post-General Election changes include increasing devolution for London, scrapping stamp duty on share trades and a controversial review of green belt development rules.</p><p>It comes as plans are teased for a new underground museum that could see a James Bond exhibition hosted as one of its first attractions.</p><p>The once secret Kingsway Exchange Tunnels, which run 40 metres under High Holborn, is planned to be transformed into a cultural space after developers applied to the City of London Corporation for permission.</p><p>To discover more about their reporting, Mark Blunden is joined by the Evening Standard’s business editor Jonathan Prynn and arts correspondent Robert Dex.</p><p><br></p>","author_name":"The Evening Standard"}