Press releases

At London Councils’ Leaders Committee AGM, held today (Tuesday 7 June 2022), borough Leaders and Directly Elected Mayors from across the 32 London boroughs and the City of London Corporation met to agree leadership roles.

London Councils and Transport for London (TfL) have extended the capital’s trial of rental e-scooters from 6 June until 20 November this year, which will allow the trial to build on its successes and further explore how e-scooters could play a role in a sustainable transport network.

98 per cent of children due to start primary school in London this September have been offered a place at one of their preferred schools.

London Councils and London Higher have today announced five new knowledge partnerships between five borough-led climate programmes and four universities across London.

Reduced government funding risks undermining homelessness prevention work in the capital, London boroughs have warned.

London Councils is publishing new Climate Change Programme Action plans, which set out how boroughs will work collaboratively to reach Net Zero targets across the capital

Even with the support measures unveiled by the chancellor, boroughs are braced for many of their residents facing cost-of-living pressures.

On the second anniversary of the first Covid-19 lockdown, London Councils' Chair, Cllr Georgia Gould, reflects on the impact of the pandemic on Londoners.

London Councils is calling for the UK Shared Prosperity Fund to deliver at least the same amount of support to the capital as under previous EU funding.

Mayor Philip Glanville, Chair of London Councils' Transport and Environment Committee, responds to today's announcement from TfL on their Bus Action Plan.