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GREATER LONDON AUTHORITY  The Greater London Authority forms strategic citywide government for London. Based in City Hall, the GLA aims to provide strategic direction for the future of London, comprising around 600 staff to help the London Mayor and Assembly in their responsibilities. The Mayor is London's spokesman. He leads the preparation of statutory strategies on transport, spatial development, economic development and the environment. He sets budgets for the GLA, Transport for London, the London Development Agency, the Metropolitan Police and London's fire services. WEBSITE SPONSORS
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 £20,000 prize pot up for grabs for student winners of Mayor´s prestigious Low Carbon Prize20 January, 2012 London´s brightest and best students are being invited by the Mayor to compete for a £20,000 prize designed to stimulate fresh new ideas to make the capital the greenest city in the world. 360-house-thumb.jpg Yes read more Holocaust Memorial Ceremony at City Hall20 January, 2012 - 10:23 The Greater London Authority (GLA) will hold its annual Holocaust Memorial Day ceremony in the Chamber at City Hall from 12pm-12:45pm on Tuesday 24 January. The theme of this year’s event is ‘Speak up Speak out’. The ceremony will commemorate all those who were victims of the Holocaust and other acts of genocide. It will be opened by Jennette Arnold AM, Chair of the London Assembly and include a reading by Mayor of London Boris Johnson. 360-house-thumb.jpg Yes read more The week ahead at the London Assembly20 January, 2012 - 11:58 Public meetings and report launches coming up next week:Monday 23 January 2012Youth mentoringTime for Action Panel – 10am in Committee Room 5The Panel will question the following guests about the provision of youth services in London and progress on the Mayor’s Time for Action[1] programme: 360-house-thumb.jpg Yes read more Assembly checks on progress of Mayor’s mentoring programme20 January, 2012 - 12:57 The London Assembly Time for Action Panel will on Monday examine progress in delivering the Mayor’s programmes to avert young people from youth crime and violence. The Panel will question the following guests: 360-house-thumb.jpg Yes read more Mayor joins Year of the Dragon celebrations22 January, 2012 - 09:00 360-house-thumb.jpg Yes read more News from Caroline Pidgeon: Countdown technology is welcome, but why are there still so many unsafe crossings for blind people?23 January, 2012 Caroline Pidgeon, leader of the Liberal Democrat London Assembly Group, commenting on recently announced plans by the Mayor and Transport for London to install Pedestrian Countdown facilities at a further 200 locations across London said: "This technology is certainly welcome as it provides clearer information to pedestrians. "However the decision to roll out this technology so quickly reveals the Mayor’s real priorities. 360-house-thumb.jpg Yes read more Child on rocking horse to be placed on Fourth Plinth23 January, 2012 - 10:00 GIANT CHILD ON ROCKING HORSE UNVEILED ON THE FOURTH PLINTH NEXT MONTH The next commission for the Fourth Plinth, Powerless Structures, Fig 101, by Scandinavian artistic duo Elmgreen & Dragset will be unveiled in Trafalgar Square at 9.30am on Thursday 23 February 2012. Commissioned by the Mayor of London and supported by Arts Council England, the sculpture portrays a boy playing astride his rocking horse and will be cast in bronze. 360-house-thumb.jpg Yes read more Mayor calls on councils to help ease financial burden on Londoners24 January, 2012 The Mayor has called on borough leaders to follow his lead and freeze their portion of the council tax. The Mayor of London Boris Johnson today called on borough leaders to follow his lead and freeze their portion of the council tax. Londoners-60x60.jpg Yes read more News from John Biggs: Don’t Sell East London Down The River24 January, 2012 Following the transfer of £34 million of assets from the London Thames Gateway Corporation to the Greater London Authority, Local London Assembly member, John Biggs, has called on the Mayor to continue the regeneration project in East London and not sell the assets to raise funds. 360-house-thumb.jpg Yes read more Next Page | Last Page | |
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