Devolution

As the key co-ordinating body for London local government, London Councils has long made the case for greater devolution from central to local government, based on the capital’s impressive track record of delivery in recent years.

Manifesto for Londoners

The Manifesto for Londoners (from September 2009) set out London Councils' case for devolution of powers from Whitehall and quangos to London boroughs to enable us to meet the economic and social challenge of doing more, and better, with less.

The manifesto examined the position of London as uniquely suited for devolution, looking at its strengths and notable successes as well as the difficulties posed by its diversity and inequality.

Read the manifesto

Total Place

London Councils has been exploring the possibilities of ‘total place’ funding and the potential to save billions of pounds through giving greater responsibility to local authorities to manage public expenditure in their areas.

London Councils commissioned PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC) to map public expenditure in the capital and to investigate how the government's 'Total Place' approach might improve services for Londoners. Their research showed that only half of the £73.6 billion of public money was spent in London in 2008/09 was directed through bodies that are directly accountable to Londoners - the capital's boroughs and the Greater London Authority.

Read the Total Place report