Challenge: There is a seven-
The 2012 London Olympics has raised Water City’s profile worldwide but despite massive investment recently, evidence of “trickle down” is limited. In Tower Hamlets for example, communities literally overshadowed by Canary Wharf remain some of the most disadvantaged in the UK. Life expectancy is 10 years less in Stratford than it is only ten stations away along the Jubilee Line in Westminster. And those that work there don’t live there. Only 20% of the jobs are held by residents.