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Lord Mayor of London - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Lord Mayor of London is to be distinguished from the Mayor of London; the former is an officer only of the City of London, while the Mayor of London governs a much larger area known as Greater London. Of the 66 Cities in the United Kingdom, the City of London is among the 30 that have Lord Mayors (or, in Scotland, Lord Provosts). The Lord Mayor of London is entitled to wear the Collar of SS, a chain of 28 golden emblems, each in the shape of the letter S (the reason for which is unclear). en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lord_Mayor_of_London   (1756 words)

Mayor of London - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Mayor of London is an elected politician in London, United Kingdom. The Mayor of London is also referred to as the London Mayor, a form which helps to avoid confusion with the Lord Mayor of London, the ancient and now mainly ceremonial role in the City of London. Initiatives taken by the Mayor of London include the Congestion charge on private vehicles using Central London on weekdays, and the London Partnerships Register which was a voluntary scheme without legal force for same-sex couples to register their partnership, and paved the way for the introduction by the United Kingdom Parliament of civil partnerships. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mayor_of_London   (549 words)

Lord Mayor of London: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) St pauls cathedral is a cathedral on ludgate hill, in the city of london in london, and the seat of the bishop of london.... The london borough of hounslow is a london borough in west outer london.... The london borough of ealing is a london borough in the west of the city.... www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/l/lo/lord_mayor_of_london.htm   (3793 words)

Mayor of London - Responsibilities   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) The Mayor's role as the executive of the strategic authority for London is to promote economic development and wealth creation, social development, and the improvement of the environment. The Mayor sets out plans and policies for London covering transport, planning and development, economic development and regeneration, culture, and a range of environmental issues including biodiversity, ambient noise, waste disposal and air quality. While staff in the Greater London Authority are appointed by the London Assembly, the Mayor appoints the boards of Transport for London and the London Development Agency. www.london.gov.uk /mayor   (610 words)

City Mayors: Ken Livingstone - Mayor of London Although the policy on creating elected mayors outside of London was to come several years later, Labour entered government in 1997 with a clear commitment to restore elected city-wide government to Greater London via a new form of civic leadership, with a directly-elected Mayor of London and a constituent Assembly to scrutinise him or her. The Mayor would also like to add Crossrail to his list of achievements, though this is largely in the gift of central government and reflects as a failing of Labour devolution project that the Mayor cannot use his mandate to secure such a sorely-needed improvement to the capital’s transport infrastructure. London’s local government leaders are far from content with his desire to see the number of London Boroughs reduced from 32 to just five in the name of efficiency. citymayors.com /mayors/london_mayor.html   (3411 words)

London Bulletin: Think of the children - 23/02/2005 The Mayor of London's second State of London's Children report provides a comprehensive picture of the lives of children and younger people in the capital. The Mayor of London will host a seminar at City Hall on 11 March to enable senior officers in local, regional and national government, with voluntary sector and academic colleagues, to examine the report’s implications. London has lower rates of childcare than the rest of the country, and high childcare costs often prevent parents going out to work and lifting themselves out of poverty. www.alg.gov.uk /doc.asp?doc=13851&cat=1751   (626 words)

City Mayors: Mayor of London London is a leading world city and the Mayor's aim is to sustain and promote this position. To make this happen, the Mayor's priorities are to rebuild London's failing transport system, to ensure that London has the number and quality of police officers it needs to reduce crime and the fear of crime throughout Greater London, and to celebrate London's diversity through all aspects of the city's culture. The Greater London Authority (GLA) is not a traditional local authority providing a range of public services but, under the direction of the Mayor, exists to provide strategic direction for the future of London. www.citymayors.com /uk/london.html   (1381 words)

Working with the Mayor of London   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) The Mayor of London, Ken Livingstone, was elected on 4 May 2000 and as head of the Greater London Authority he is accountable for the strategic government of Greater London. His position as head of the City of London Corporation means that he is involved in many of the same issues as the Mayor but as the representative of those who live, work or run a business in the Square Mile. I believe it is the wish of Londoners that those who have suffered deaths of their loved ones or serious injury should also be helped by all Londoners. www.cityoflondon.gov.uk /business_city/lordmayor/mayoroflondon.htm   (578 words)

The Lord Mayor of the City of London   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) As head of the City of London, the Lord Mayor presides over its governing bodies - the Court of Aldermen and the Court of Common Council. He is Chief Magistrate of the City of London, Admiral of the Port of London, Chancellor of City University and President or Patron of many other civic and charitable organisations. Mayor of London and Lord Mayor of the City of London www.cityoflondon.gov.uk /Corporation/business_city/lordmayor   (333 words)

MAYOR OF LONDON - Covering the campaign to be Mayor of London   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) If the Mayoral election were not enough, at the same time the Greater London Assembly will be up for election. The campaign is set to act as an unofficial pre-emptive battle for the London borough elections of 2002. Another thing to remember is that the London Mayor and GLA Elections offer the only major political prize this side of the General Election. www.mayor-of-london.com   (361 words)

Mayor of London, London, Assembly, regional government Commuters from outside Greater London impose many costs on the city that are not currently retrieved, as they spend half their weekday time in London. By the time London Regional Government has settled down, one can expect that most citizens will be able to access the Web through their television sets with a fl box on top. As Mayor, Ken will request from Central Government, as part of a general Mayoral Enabling Bill, that the Corporation of London be abolished and the money be handed over to the London Assembly. www.art-science.com /London/organisation.html   (1127 words)

Hounslow Guardian: London Mayor: Transport Policy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) TRUE to his word, Mayor of London Ken Livingstone has revealed that for the past 15 months nobody in his house has flushed the toilet after urinating. London mayor Ken Livingstone could face a further suspension over telling two Jewish businessmen to "go back to Iran and try their luck with the ayatollahs". Mayor Ken Livingstone faces yet another official complaint after he compared the US ambassador to a "chiselling little crook" in a congestion charge row. www.hounslowguardian.co.uk /mayor   (313 words)

WTn 2004 Prize Nomination   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) Ken Livingstone, the Mayor of London, has made an outstanding contribution to the difficult push to sustainable development and to quality of life in our cities over the last year by showing the courage and perspicacity to plan and execute Europe's first major Congestion Charging project. Since February 2003 London has charged a fee for private automobiles coming into its central area during weekdays as a way to reduce traffic congestion, improve quality of life, and raise revenues to fund future transport improvements. It took considerable audacity since the mayor was from the beginning assailed by political, economic interests, lobbies, and other forces all assuring him that this project would be a disaster for the city. www.ecoplan.org /wtpp/general/Livingstone-nomination-letter.htm   (438 words)

The Lord Mayor's Show -   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) The Corporation of London is the local authority for the Square Mile and the Lord Mayor is Chairman of its two governing bodies, the Court of Aldermen and the Court of Common Council. He is also Admiral of the Port of London, Chief Magistrate of the City and Chancellor of the City University as well as being patron and president of numerous charitable and official funds, trusts and similar organisations. In the case of the City this means that the Lord Mayor and the Corporation will continue their specific, vigourous and expert promotion of the Square Mile - while working with the Mayor of London and the GLA in the ongoing development and regeneration of the capital as a whole. www.lordmayorsshow.org /hist/present.shtml   (461 words)

Lord Mayor of London in Confederate Controversy While in London during the war he spoke earnestly in favour of the Union cause on occasions, including a public censure of the then Lord Mayor of London, William Rose, for his controversial hosting of the Confederate commissioner in London, James Mason. Towards the end of the entertainment the Lord Mayor proposed the toast of 'The Visitors', referring particularly to the presence of the Mayor of Quebec and Mr Mason. My Lord Mayor, I am a stranger in London - or, rather, I was a stranger, but I have learnt since I came to London that none of English blood from my own Southern land are strangers among you. www.americancivilwar.org.uk /articles/mayor.htm   (1114 words)

LondonElects. The Mayoral election   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) This section has information about the Mayor of London, how he or she is elected and what he or she can do. All the information you need about the role of Mayor of London and what it entails. Read a full list of candidates for Mayor of London and find out what their policies are. www.londonelects.org.uk /mayor   (174 words)

[No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) The mayor also denounced "ethnic cleansing" of Palestinians during the expansion of Israel, settlement activity in the territories, and the denial of Palestinians' right to return. Grunwald said that the mayor had "let his office down" and should apologize for comments made to Oliver Finegold, a reporter for the Evening Standard, a paper which Livingstone considers hostile to him. But the Labor mayor, long associated with left-wing politics, defended his record on fighting anti-Semitism and racism, and rejected a fresh call from a Jewish community leader to apologize for the uproar. www.ynetnews.com /articles/0,7340,L-3053932,00.html   (402 words)

Home - : London Development Agency The LDA is committed to promoting equality of Londoners of all ages and supports the Age Positive campaign which promotes the benefits of employing a mixed-age workforce that includes older and younger people. London's successful bid for the 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games has had another triumph, by winning a 'property Oscar' for International Property Achievement of the Year. Londoners are to have their say on the way that we break down the barriers to disability equality, as the Agency sets out its commitment in its first Disability Equality Scheme. www.lda.gov.uk /aboutthelda/thecapital/mayor   (238 words)

Mayor for London Victoria Borwick   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) Great cities need great leaders - a serious Mayor for London candidate who knows what London needs to make a real difference to the lives of every person, regardless of their background, sex, or colour. As a wife, mother, businesswoman and lifelong Londoner I understand the issues that are of concern to my fellow Londoners. I fought the Mayor for London campaigns both in 2000 and 2004, as deputy to Steve Norris and for a place on the Assembly. www.mayor-for-london.co.uk   (351 words)

Socialism Today - Ken Livingstone and a new workers' party   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) This, moreover, is laced with a heavy dose of London regionalism, which counterpoises the alleged 'unfair treatment' of London to the rest of Britain. The biggest London branch of the union, the contracting branch, has condemned the refusal of Jackson to hold a ballot of members in Labour's mayoral selection process. In Paris the incumbent mayor, the Gaullist Tiberi, disavowed by his own party says he will stand independently in May. He is tainted with charges of corruption but even his threat is a symptom of the volatility of politics throughout Europe. www.socialismtoday.org /46/workers_party.html   (3463 words)

The Lord Mayor's Show - The Lord Mayor's Show winds through nearly 800 years of London's history, marching unscathed through everything from the fl death to the blitz. The loyalty of the Lord Mayor might be less questionable now than it was in 1215, but the newly elected Mayor must still make his way to the Royal Courts of Justice to pledge allegiance to the Crown, just as Dick Whittington did in 1397 (and again in 1406 and 1419). As you watch the Lord Mayor's coach go by, remember that someone stood in exactly that spot four hundred years ago and marvelled at the sight of a camel on its way to meet Elizabeth I. (As it happens, there is a camel appearing in this year's Show. www.lordmayorsshow.org   (262 words)

The Politburo Diktat: Mayor of London   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) The Independent: Ken Livingstone, the Mayor of London, launched a stinging attack on President George Bush last night, denouncing him as the "greatest threat to life on this planet that we've most probably ever seen". The mayor said: "Some US journalist came up to me and said: 'How can you say this about President Bush?' Well, I think what I said then was quite mild. With bad environmental policies, he is threat to forest fires, oceans, soil, rocks, continental plates, and earth's core itself. acepilots.com /mt/archives/000318.html   (339 words)

Mayor of London blog   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) London's most senior policeman has come under fresh pressure after the chairman of a group representing 24,000 officers said they had no confidence in him. There was also this politically biased and technologically inept TV interview with Sir David Frost, right in the middle of the General Election campaign, when, as a senior appointed public servant, he should not have been making any party political comments at all. The media coverage of the forthcoming London Local Council elections on May 4th, seems to be dominated by free publicity for the British National Party. www.mayor-of-london.co.uk /blog   (1778 words)

Mayor of London Suspended 4 Weeks   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) LONDON, Feb. 24 -- A disciplinary tribunal on Friday ordered London's outspoken mayor, Ken Livingstone, suspended for four weeks for causing "damage to the reputation of his office" by comparing a Jewish newspaper reporter to a concentration camp guard. London Mayor Ken Livingstone was suspended from office for likening a Jewish reporter who questioned him to a concentration camp guard. The mayor and his allies called it an absurd and disproportionate punishment in which an appointive panel has reversed the will of the London electorate. www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/24/AR2006022402006.html   (502 words)

ePolitix.com - Mayor's suspension 'a menace to democracy'   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) The London mayor was suspended by the Adjudication Panel for England, an appointed body responsible for judging cases of improper conduct in local government. But allies said it was unacceptable for the mayor, directly elected by the capital's citizens who were already well aware of his outspoken reputation, to be second-guessed by an unelected organisation. And Jenny Jones, Green Party member of the London assembly, said she was also "outraged that this system allows three undemocratically appointed individuals to suspend a man who was elected by the vote of millions of Londoners". www.epolitix.com /EN/News/200602/0229526a-8493-4f42-aa53-3bb78e824101.htm   (651 words)

London Themes Once home to London's punk movement (which I led), ironically The Tower is now more famous for the evangelical Christian sects which stage 'faith leaps' into the Atlantic Ocean from its ramparts. London is famous for the many plays and shows which adorn its thousands of stages. Renegade Egyptians, bored with the dominant triangle/pyramid culture of their homeland, set sail for London where, under my own direction, they constructed a number of stunning squares and cubes, the only remaining example of which is Trafalgar, named after an aboriginal nymph-goddess who turned into a thousand pigeons when she broke a vow of chastity. www.londonnet.co.uk /ln/guide/themes/archer.html   (427 words)

A mayor for London -- MCCARTHY 55 (11): 770 -- Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health In May last year Londoners elected a mayor by direct vote for the first time. Transport is a political issue because the mayor (and public sentiment) opposes the government's neo-conservative policy of Report to the NHE Executive London Regional Office, 1999 (http://www.ucl.ac.uk/public-health/london.html, accessed 8 May 2001). jech.bmjjournals.com /cgi/content/full/55/11/770   (1049 words)

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