Capital Life

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Twenty years since the last significant review of London’s governance, Commission Members from the Association of London Government and London Assembly have set out a new blueprint for how the capital should be run. Capital Life, the interim report, has clear and powerful arguments for:

• Returning business rates in London to local control
• Scaling down the size and role of the Government Office for London (GoL), particularly where its functions overlap with London’s local and regional government
• Re-structuring the health service in London, including the establishment of a single Strategic Health Authority for the capital
• Improvements to the way funds are distributed for housing in London

The Commission identifies ‘a democratic deficit’ in London, partly due to the many unaccountable quangos in its governance system, such as GoL, the Learning and Skills Council and Arts Council London.