Publication launch event ‘London Calling: reflections on four years of the GLA and solutions for the future’

March 29, 2004

The New Local Government Network invites you to a debate to launch a new collection of essays on the changing governance of London:



‘London Calling: reflections on four years of the GLA and solutions for the future’



featuring five of the authors:



Tony Travers, Director of the Greater London Group, LSE

Cllr Andrew Slaughter, Leader, LB Hammersmith & Fulham

Michael Snyder, Chairman of Policy and Resources, Corporation of London

Dan Corry, Director, NLGN

Chair: Simon Jenkins, Commentator, The Times & Evening Standard





Monday 5th April 2004: 5.00pm for 5.30pm start – 7.00pm, Central London

Contact network@nlgn.org.uk for further details





London Calling: reflections on four years of the GLA and solutions for the future is a new NLGN collection of essays by 15 authors representing different areas of London’s governance and stakeholder scene: including the GLA, the Mayor’s office, the Corporation of London, the Boroughs, the London Development Agency, the business and voluntary sectors, academia, pollsters MORI and the media.



Offering their take on the changes brought about since the creation of the GLA and the London mayoralty, the authors paint a generally positive picture while revealing why it has not always been easy for them to work with the new institutions. With the 2004 mayoral elections fast approaching, the approvals, criticisms and indeed solutions contained in the essays will help to shape the long-term future of London governance.



Embargoed press copies of the report will be available shortly.

Contact Ian Parker at ian@nlgn.org.uk or 020 7357 0116


Notes for Editors:

The New Local Government Network (NLGN) is an independent think-tank, seeking to transform public services, revitalise local political leadership and empower local communities.



London Calling: reflections on four years of the GLA and solutions for the future – a collection of essays edited by Dan Corry is published by NLGN on Monday 5th April, price £21.25 (inc p&p). Copies can be pre-ordered at network@nlgn.org.uk or 020 7357 0152.



The full list of authors for the collection is: Dan Corry, Director, NLGN; Neale Coleman, Advisor to the Mayor, GLA; John Biggs, London Assembly Member for City & East London; Andrew Slaughter, Leader, LB Hammersmith & Fulham; Simon Milton, Leader, City of Westminster Council; David Walker, The Guardian; Nick Sharman, Director of Operations, London Development Agency (currently seconded to DTI); Piers Merchant, Campaigns Executive, London Chamber of Commerce; Michael Snyder, Chair of Policy & Resources Committee, Corporation of London; Dinah Cox, Director of Strategy, London Voluntary Service Council; Andrew Collinge, Kully Kaur-Ballagnan and Patrick Fraser of MORI; Tony Travers, Director of the Greater London Group, LSE. The foreword to the collection is by Simon Jenkins of The Times and Evening Standard.


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