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End of year round-up
We asked six experts to give their verdicts on the events of 2012 and suggest ideas for progression in 2013.
LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: Neil McInroy sums up the local economic development landscape and argues that an alternative narrative is needed.
London: for the City or for the citizens?
London politics has become dominated by a business-oriented vision of what the capital needs to be – London the World City, rather than London for its citizens and communities. Michael Ward, former deputy leader of the Greater London Council, proposes a new vision for the capital.
The establishment of a directly elected mayor for Greater London in 2000 was a turning point for London government. The role survived a change of party in 2008: by the time of the next mayoral election, Labour and Conservative will each have held the position for eight years. The mayoralty promises to outlast its predecessor, the Greater London Council (GLC), as a permanent structure.
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