Press releases

Mayor Philip Glanville, Chair of London Councils' Transport and Environment Committee, responds to NAO's report on local government and Net Zero in England

Covid-19 restrictions are being lifted and England moves to stage 4 of the Government road map on Monday 19th July.

Mayor Philip Glanville, Chair of London Councils' Transport and Environment Committee, responds to this week's Transport Decarbonisation Plan from government.

The Rough Sleeping Programme Director will work with London local authorities, the GLA, central government, health services, and other partners to help co-ordinate strategy and improve outcomes for rough sleepers in the capital.

Local leaders in London are calling for people to treat frontline workers with kindness following a growing number of reports of increasingly hostile incidents.

The London Office of Technology and Innovation is working with the Office for National Statistics to increase data science skills across London local government.

A coalition of local government and major employers in the capital has joined forces to propose urgent reforms to the Apprenticeship Levy.

Local authorities need greater powers to combat non-traffic sources of air pollution, according to a debate heard in the House of Lords this week.

London Councils is calling on Government to provide certainty on funding for London boroughs for the rest of this year as they continue to support Londoners and businesses through the Covid-19 pandemic.

London Councils and TfL have announced an expansion of the capital’s trial of rental e-scooters. E-scooters will be available to rent from Monday 5 July in the City of London and northern parts of Lambeth. People will be able to ride them in Southwark who are participating as a ride-through borough.