Coming up next week at the London Assembly
PUBLICATIONS
Tuesday 30 June
Met financial pressure
Budget & Performance Committee
The Budget and Performance Committee will write to the Mayor, calling on him to lobby the Government to secure sustained investment to support the delivery of productivity improvements across policing.
MEDIA CONTACT: Tony Smyth on 07763 251727 / [email protected]
Wednesday 1 July
New Towns
Planning & Regeneration Committee
The Planning & Regeneration Committee will publish the report New Towns for London which points out that a new generation of developments could help tackle the capital’s housing crisis while creating thriving, well-connected communities.
MEDIA CONTACT: Daniel Zikmund on 07860 647 577 / [email protected]
PUBLIC MEETINGS
Wednesday 1 July
Grooming Gangs
Police & Crime Committee – The Chamber, City Hall, Kamal Chunchie Way, 10am
The Police & Crime Committee continues its investigation into grooming gangs, speaking with academics who specialise in support for victim-survivors of grooming gang abuse about the support currently available. Guests include:
- Professor Michelle McManus, Professor of Safeguarding and Violence Prevention, Manchester Metropolitan University
- Professor Helen Beckett, Professor of Social Policy and Social Work, University of Lancashire
- Professor Aisha K Gill, Professor in Criminology, University of Bristol
MEDIA CONTACT: Tony Smyth on 07763 251727 / [email protected]
Wednesday 1 July
Internal & External Audit reports
Audit Panel – The Chamber, City Hall, Kamal Chunchie Way, 2pm
The Audit Panel will question guests on Internal and External Audit reports, the Corporate Risk Register, Expenses and taxable benefits and more. The guests are:
External reports
- Ian Young, Senior Manager, Audit, EY
- Stephen Reid, Partner, Head of UK Government and Public Sector Audit, EY
Internal reports
- David Esling, Director of Audit Risk and Assurance, Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime
- Mark Woodley, Group Audit Lead, Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime
- Ayo Akande, Assistant Director of Skills and Employment, GLA
- Dianne Tranmer, Executive Director, Corporate Resources & Business Improvement, GLA
- Peter Sebastian, Director, Financial Services, GLA
- Tim Steer, Executive Director, Housing and Land, GLA
- Justine Kenny, Chief People Officer, GLA
- Andy Burton, Head of Portfolio, Digital Experience Unit, GLA
- John Neil, Data and Digital Quality Assurance Lead, GLA
- Andrew Williams, Head of Operational Policy and Performance, GLA
- Natalie Daniels, Assistant Director, Housing, programmes and Partnerships, GLA
MEDIA CONTACT: Alison Bell on 07887 832 918 / [email protected]
Thursday 2 July
Plenary – London’s culture
All Assembly – The Chamber, City Hall, Kamal Chunchie Way, 10am
The London Assembly will hold a Q&A session, discussing London's cultural offering. The guests are:
- Justine Simons OBE, Deputy Mayor for Culture and the Creative Industries
- Shonagh Manson, Assistant Director of Culture and Creative Industries, Greater London Authority
Following the morning Q&A, Members will debate a number of motions.
MEDIA CONTACT: Alison Bell on 07887 832 918 / [email protected]
Notes to editors
For more details, please contact Alison Bell in the Assembly Media Office on 07887 832 918. For out of hours media enquiries please call 020 7983 4000 and ask for the Assembly duty press officer.