Infrastructure Plan 2050 Progress - July 2016
A new Deputy Mayor
The Mayor announced last week that Jules Pipe CBE has been appointed to his team as Deputy Mayor for Planning, Regeneration and Skills. Jules will stand down from his roles as Chair of London Councils and Mayor of Hackney to start at City Hall next month. As part of his role Jules will work on key priorities for the Mayor, including:
- major regeneration projects across the capital
- providing young people with skills for their future careers
- ensuring London’s infrastructure needs are delivered to benefit all Londoners
The Mayor also recently announced the appointment of James Murray as Deputy Mayor for Housing and Residential Development, Val Shawcross CBE, as Deputy Mayor for Transport, David Bellamy as Chief of Staff, and Nick Bowes as Mayoral Director of Policy.
They will also each share an interest in the infrastructure work programme.
Developing a strategic investment programme for London
Before the election, we set out the case for London to have a strategic investment programme for infrastructure, covering the various sectors. This would help to align investment decisions and provide greater collective certainty over the pace and places of growth.
Our intention is to develop a programme of investment focused on projects that deliver the
most benefit to London – in terms of housing, enhanced productivity, competitiveness and economic growth, as well as quality of life and other social and environmental objectives.
The need for such a programme of investment is strengthened in view of the recent EU referendum result, the Government’s acceptance that it will amend its fiscal rules, and the growing recognition that investment spending will be an important component of economic growth in future.
The GLA will prepare this plan in consultation with stakeholders, building on our increasing evidence base, including the cost of London’s long term infrastructure requirements.
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