CYP Now - Let's hear how the mayoral candidates will support early years in London

On May 6, we will be invited to vote in a new Mayor for London and 25 members of the London Assembly – one year later than planned.

Together, they make up the Greater London Authority (GLA), which governs the Capital and our daily lives to some extent.

With a whopping budget of £19bn, the Mayor is responsible for Transport for London, the Metropolitan Police and has an active role in housing, planning and the environment as well as limited powers over the response to disease outbreak emergencies such as the COVID-19 pandemic.

Most of the work done by the current Mayor was set out in a big document called the London Plan. It took three years to write and was published earlier this month.

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