Immigration tops London concerns

Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament rate as London's favourite landmark

Immigration is the issue most Londoners are worried about for the next five years, a survey has shown.

The London Matters poll asked more than 2,200 people from both London and across Britain for their views on a range of issues facing the capital.

Londoners cited immigration (34%) as the biggest issue, followed by crime (21%) and housing (13%). Terrorism polled just 6% of votes.

The study also found 23% Scots do not like anything about London.

Those outside London chose crime as the biggest issue facing the capital (24%).

Favourite landmark

Those questioned from London and the rest of the country agreed Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament was their favourite capital landmark with 32% of the vote.

Joint second was the Tower of London and Tower Bridge (15%), then the London Eye with 10%.

Almost two-thirds of those questioned felt London remained one of the top five capital cities in the world.

And almost half of Londoners believed that the capital had a better future with Boris Johnson as mayor.

Generally, the further people lived from London, the less they tended to like it with 21% of respondents in the Midlands and Wales saying they did not like anything about London.

In Scotland, London fared worse, with 23% of those surveyed found nothing to commend the British capital.

The survey, carried out by YouGov, was commissioned by ESRI (UK), a computer-mapping software company.