Greater London Authority

The Mayor of London sets the budget and is responsible for making London a better place for everyone who visits, lives, or works in the city. The Mayor is elected every four years. The current Mayor is Sadiq Khan, elected in 2016.

The Mayor's role as the executive of London's strategic authority is to promote economic development and wealth creation, social development, and improvement of the environment. The Mayor also has various other duties in relation to culture and tourism, including responsibility for Trafalgar Square and Parliament Square.

The Mayor is the elected voice of the capital and champions London and Londoners at home and abroad.

Thought leadership pieces

Creating the UK's first environmental services market for SuDS

Net Zero

11 November 2026

Creating the UK's first environmental services market for SuDS

The GLA and Thames Water aim to cut flood risk in London by delivering 100 sustainable drainage schemes over five years, timed to coincide with planned utility roadworks.

Luca Dellepiane

Cristina Gaidos

Amy Tempest

Nina Miles

Megan Life

Louis Smith-Lassey

Cristina Gaidos

Kerry Branford

Simon Long

Isobel Parnell

James Lee

Sam Mathys

Contact Details

Greater London Authority
City Hall
Kamal Chunchie Way
London
E16 1ZE

Web: www.london.gov.uk

Projects Sorted by recent

London Sub Regional Digital Infrastructure Strategy

Built

Local London and SLP developed a Digital Infrastructure Strategy that has resulted in increased funding, inward investment, improved public service delivery and a greater choice for all

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Commission for Diversity in the Public Realm: Untold Stories

Built

Untold Stories is a £1m fund to help communities test, develop, create and grow projects that share their community’s stories with the city and raise public understanding.

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Future Cube

Built

Freehaus delivered the retrofit of an industrial unit in Havering that will empower local businesses and schools to adopt innovative technologies such as VR and additive manufacturing processes.

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Developing a Night Time Strategy

Built

The three ‘Night Time Strategy Guidance’ documents set out the many benefits for councils, communities and businesses of creating diverse and inclusive night time plans together.

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