Further to one IPPR, several Centre for London and several Centre for Cities publications from 2016 as well as an article in PiL 97, I have put together eight holistic priorities for London – for the new mayor, his deputies and agencies to prioritise over the next three to seven years – irrespective of London's future role in Europe.
Most of the eight holistic priorities for London can be combined in several different ways, making their combined effects (and consequences) powerful if chosen with care.
Holistic leadership, priorities & decision making
After half a year in office, Sadiq Khan needs the best available advice there is to holistically steer London through the next three to seven years. The previous mayor did a lot of good for the city, maybe best remembered for the new Routemasters, cycleways and the bike share. Incidentally, maybe both mayors started at an economic downturn.
Whilst building on the previous two mayors' advocacy, the present one can do better. He can better match the number of net new jobs with the number of new homes. Whilst at the same time, further improve primary and secondary education. And equally important, re-skill the long-term unemployed.
Lastly, Sadiq Khan can deliver a holistic leadership to the city with his deputies’ and their agencies' political and administrative priorities and decisions. And prove Vince Cable wrong in calling London in 2014 “a giant suction machine draining the life out of the rest of the country”.
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| Early morning view from our kitchen a mile upstream from Canary Wharf, close to Southwark park, Bermondsey, Rotherhithe, Canada Water and Surrey Quay stations, and the Norwegian and Finish churches. Across from Whapping, Limehouse and Shadwell basins, where we swim in the latter together with the fish during the late summer. |
