We are the Greater London Authority (GLA)
The GLA was created after a referendum in 1998, when Londoners voted in favour of a directly elected Mayor to represent London’s interests, and a London Assembly to scrutinise their work
CITY HALL
City Hall has one Mayor and 25 Assembly Members who are elected by Londoners. With the support of City Hall’s staff they work to make London the best big city in the world.
THE MAYOR OF LONDON
The Mayor is responsible for making London a better place for everyone who visits, lives or works in the city. The Mayor provides citywide leadership, setting an overall vision for London and creating plans and policies to achieve it.
The Mayor is elected every four years.
WHO WE WORK WITH
At City Hall, we work closely with other organisations, collectively known as the GLA group:
- Transport for London (TfL): responsible for London’s transport
- Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC): oversees the work of the Metropolitan Police Service
- Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation (OPDC): managing the development of a new community in west London, the UK’s largest regeneration project
- The London Fire Commissioner (LFC): responsible for providing London’s fire and rescue service (the London Fire Brigade)
- London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC): responsible for managing Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park
- London & Partners: the official promotional company for London
We also work with local councils, central government, business and community groups, as well as:
- London Enterprise Panel (LEP): works with business on regeneration, employment and skills in London. The LEP is chaired by the Mayor
- London Resilience Partnership: provides a mechanism for multi-agency cooperation in planning for, and responding to, large scale emergencies