Our leadership London London needs to build an extra we are a member-led organisation by numbers 800,000 Guide to new homes The Leaders’ Committee is our main decision-making by 2021 to clear its backlog and keep pace body. The committee includes the Leaders of each With a population of more than with its growing population London borough council. Leaders’ Committee sets policy and takes decisions on the latest developments affecting London , London local government. The committee meets at 59½ 8.3million London is the most populous city in Europe London Underground trains carried more than Southwark Street. Meeting dates, agendas and minutes are available at www.londoncouncils.gov/uk/committees 1.17 billion Councils There are passengers Our Executive acts as a forum for more detailed policy in 2012, a new record development and reports to the Leaders’ Committee. 33 local The Executive is made up of 11 members from across the political groups. authorities in London comprised of Between December 2012 and December 2013, 629 wards the Metropolitan Police dealt with just over Our Grants Committee, comprising 33 councillors, and represented by 709,000 one from each of London’s local councils, oversees the London Boroughs Grants Scheme, set up under the 1985 crimes 1,855 elected (all notifiable offences), more than Local Government Act. The grants programme is funded 10 per cent fewer than the previous year and governed by the 32 London boroughs and the City councillors of London.

There are more than London’s councils collect around The Transport and Environment Committee (TEC), provides a range of high quality operational services 3,000 schools 4 million such as parking and traffic appeals, the lorry control in London, educating around scheme, the Freedom Pass and Taxicard schemes. The tonnes of committee deals with a wide array of issues, including CCTV camera traffic enforcement, waste, air quality, and 1.25 million rubbish public protection. pupils a year.

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London Councils represents London’s 32 London Councils acts as host for a number Member authorities have their own There are a number of ways you can stay boroughs and the City of London. of bodies which add value to the work of our relationships with pan-London organisations in touch and find out more about London member authorities by helping them co-ordinate and in particular with the Mayor and the GLA. Councils’ work. It is a cross-party organisation that works on behalf their work with pan-London organisations. There are, however, a range of issues where of all of its member authorities regardless of political These include: the Mayor, the GLA and other pan-London Our public website www.londoncouncils.gov.uk persuasion. organisations seek to establish negotiation visited by more than 1.75 million people a year London Safeguarding Children Board – representing or dialogue with London’s boroughs. On these contains a wealth of information, data, policy London Councils makes the case to government, the London’s councils in a broader partnership with police, Mayor and others to get the best deal for Londoners and health and other partners to promote child safeguarding issues, London Councils acts as the focal point for reports, and all the latest news on the work of to ensure that our member authorities have the resources, across London. representing borough interests - informed by the London Councils. freedoms and powers to do the best possible job for their political and professional networks that we run. residents and local businesses. London Young People’s Education and Skills (YPES) Our exclusive members website Board – the lead strategic body for 14-19 education and To ensure influence in the decisions made at pan-London www.members.londoncouncils.gov.uk is where London Councils runs a number of direct services for training in the capital. level that impact on councils and the communities they elected members can access exclusive policy member authorities, including the Freedom Pass, Taxicard serve, London Councils has developed a series of shared and Health Emergency Badge. It also runs an independent London Councils is the Regional Employer body for governance arrangements with the Mayor, Transport for briefings, sign-up for free member events and parking appeals service and a pan-London grants London local authorities. Boroughs are members of the London, Metropolitan Police, health and other partners, edit personal preferences to receive information programme for voluntary organisations. Greater London Employer Forum and are represented on including London business organisations. London Councils on the topics they find most useful. the Greater London Provincial Council for the purposes of nominates – on a cross party basis – members to serve in negotiations with trades unions. London Councils acts as a catalyst for effective sharing such shared governance arrangements, including: among boroughs – be that ideas, good practice, people, Our weekly update of London local government London’s improvement and efficiency partnership, matters, Key Issues, is emailed every resources, or policies and new approaches. • London Housing Board Capital Ambition. Capital Ambition is run by a board Wednesday morning to more than 7,000 comprising representatives of the boroughs, the City of • London Waste and Recycling Board The strategic direction of London Councils is set by the • London Crime Reduction Board subscribers across the capital. You can sign-up Leaders’ Committee. Our Leaders’ Committee comprises London, London Councils, the London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority and other partners. • London Enterprise Partnership to receive Key Issues and other e-bulletins on the Leaders of all of London’s local authorities. There • London Health Board. specific topics atwww.londoncouncils.gov.uk/ is also a cross-party Executive, which guides the which organisation’s day-to-day work. London European Partnership for Transport, newsletters provides the London boroughs with support and access to Some of these have statutory underpinning. The overall European funding for transport projects. progress of these is monitored jointly by the Mayor and The London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority and borough Leaders. You can follow us on Twitter @londoncouncils the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime are also in London Health Board, jointly established by London or read more about our work on LinkedIn.com/ membership. Councils, the Mayor of London and key health partners, In addition, London Councils ensures that the company/London-Councils the London Health Board provides leadership on health London local government perspective is part of policy issues of pan-London significance, where this adds value development at national level by, for example, organising to decisions, agreements and action at local level. ministerial meetings and briefings of senior civil servants.

London Councils also provides a key interface between boroughs, the London Fire Brigade, the Greater London Authority and emergency services on issues around city management and resilience.