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Sprinters (London) Limited Churchill House, 114 Windmill Road, Brentford, Middlesex TW8 9NB Tel: 020 8847 2128 Fax: 020 8569 8681 ISDN: 020 8560 9547 [email protected] www.sprinters.co.uk CONTENTS London Government A brief history 7 Recent changes to London’s government 7 About the ALG 11 ALG Leaders’ Committee 15 Greater London Provincial Council 16 ALG Grants Committee 17 ALG London Housing Unit Committee 18 ALG Transport and Environment Committee 19 ALG Nine-Member Steering Groups 20 ALG Housing Steering Group 22 ALG Member Forums 23 ALG Staff 28 GLA election results 2004 31 Borough election results 2002 33 Town Hall addresses 36 The London boroughs 39 Barking and Dagenham 40 Barnet 45 Bexley 52 Brent 58 Bromley 63 Camden 69 Croydon 74 Ealing 80 Enfield 86 Greenwich 91 Hackney 97 Hammersmith and Fulham 102 Haringey 107 Harrow 112 Havering 117 Hillingdon 124 Hounslow 129 Islington 135 Kensington and Chelsea 140 Kingston upon Thames 145 Lambeth 152 Lewisham 157 3 CONTENTS The London boroughs (continued): Merton 162 Newham 167 Redbridge 173 Richmond upon Thames 182 Southwark 187 Sutton 193 Tower Hamlets 199 Waltham Forest 204 Wandsworth 209 Westminster 215 Corporation of London 220 Greater London Authority 228 London Development Agency 230 London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority 232 Metropolitan Police Authority 234 Transport for London 238 London MPs 240 London MEPs 242 Government departments 243 London local government professional associations 246 Health care in London 249 London Learning and Skills Councils 254 Other useful addresses 255 Media 280 Index 291 4 London Connects brings together public, voluntary and private agencies to deliver better joined-up electronic services for London’s residents, businesses and visitors, through: • Your London: the public service portal • Joint procurement • Shared infrastructure • Collaborative projects • Annual London e-Government Conference • Workshops • Support for the 2012 Olympics For more information visit www.londonconnects.gov.uk For London public services visit: www.yourlondon.gov.uk or contact London Connects 591/2 Southwark Street London SE1 0AL Tel: 020 7934 9789 E-mail: [email protected] 5 The numbers don’t speak for themselves. 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To find out more about what we can offer you, visit www.tns-global.com/uk/social email [email protected] or [email protected] 6 LONDON GOVERNMENT A brief history The 32 London boroughs were created in 1965 at the same time as the Greater London Council, replacing the old London County Council and the metropolitan boroughs that had governed London since Victorian times. The City Corporation, covering the old City of London remained intact. The boroughs and the GLC covered a Greater London area of some 1,580 sq km and a population of over seven million. For 21 years, the boroughs and the GLC provided the two-tier system of London government. Responsibility for services was split, and in some cases – such as roads, housing, planning and leisure – responsibility was shared. The GLC was responsible for London Transport, the fire service, flood prevention, information and research, The boroughs had responsibility for environmental services, consumer protection, personal social services, libraries and swimming pools. While the 20 outer boroughs were responsible for education, in the 12 inner boroughs (and the City of London) it was provided by the Inner London Education Authority (ILEA), an offshoot of the GLC. Following a Conservative Party manifesto pledge in the run-up to the 1983 general election, the GLC was abolished in 1986 along with the six other metropolitan county councils. The services previously provided by the GLC were shared out between central government, the boroughs and a new set of London-wide bodies. Boroughs took sole responsibility for housing; and also education after ILEA was abolished in 1990. In 1994 the Government Office for London was set up as part of a system of regional government offices throughout the country. Recent changes to London’s government One of the main manifesto pledges of the Labour Party in 1997 was a referendum on the re-introduction of a democratically elected strategic authority for London, with a directly elected Mayor and Assembly. A referendum was held in May 1998. Londoners endorsed the setting up of the Greater London Authority by a three to one majority. Legislation to set up the new Greater London Authority received Royal Assent at the end of 1999.The legislation provided for an election for the Mayor and Assembly members – 14 constituency members elected by first past the post and 11 pan-London members to be elected from party lists (by proportional representation). The legislation set the date of the first election as May 2000, with powers to be formally transferred to the Greater London Authority on 3 July 2000. 7 LONDON GOVERNMENT The Mayor and Assembly, consisting of 25 salaried members, were duly elected on 5 May 2000.These elections made history in the UK: this was the first ever directly elected Mayor; the systems used for the elections – supplementary vote for the Mayor and the additional member system (AMS) for the Assembly – were new in England; and it was the first time that electronic counting had been used in a major election. The second Mayoral and Assembly elections were held on 10 June 2004. There is a clear separation of powers between the Mayor - who has an executive role, setting an overall vision for London and defining clear strategies - and the Assembly, which has a scrutiny role. The Mayor has a duty to develop strategies on air quality, bio-diversity, culture and tourism, economic development, transport, waste and a spatial development strategy to set the overall framework for land use and development. The Mayor has powers over transport and economic development through two executive bodies, Transport for London and the London Development Agency.The Metropolitan Police Authority and London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority oversee the Metropolitan Police and fire services, respectively. The Mayor appoints members of the Assembly and others to sit on the boards of these four bodies which have taken over responsibility for running these services, within the policy and budget framework set by the mayor. The 32 London boroughs and the Corporation of London continue to provide the majority of day-to-day services for their residents, including education, housing, social services, environmental services, local planning and many arts and leisure services. Several of the London-wide bodies which had been set up after the GLC was abolished were transferred into the GLA - the London Planning Advisory Committee, the London Research Centre, and the London Ecology Unit - while other bodies merged to form the new Association of London Government. 8 9 the ALG’s regular magazine LondonBulletin LondonBulletin 2012 Olympics: Big day looms for Lo Council funding:Buildin gndon time: housing and the London plan Tony Travers offersW itnessrad protection: Waltham Forest’s way Trading fair: Jointical wo iderking: boroughs come together Croydon le as ads th New lo calism: service quality comes first Improving schoo e way Just who are London’s councillors? London Challen ls: Voluntary secto ge one year on Two groups underr: the sp otlight Issue 28 March/April 2004 the magazine for London local government www.alg.gov.ukwww.alg.gov.uk1 Issue 29 May/June 2004 the magazine for London local governm ent www.alg.gov.uk www.alg.gov.uk 1 free to borough members and chief officers, and available to others on subscription email [email protected] for details 10 ABOUT THE ALG The Association of London Government is committed to fighting for more resources for London and getting the best possible deal for London’s 33 councils.