In an historic settlement for Londoners, communities and local government secretary, Eric Pickles has today announced £3billion of funding for the Greater London Authority for housing and regeneration in London.
The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson has called on the capital's boroughs and public sector bodies to use their buying power to create as many jobs, apprenticeship and skills training opportunities as possible.
Cities Minister Greg Clark is asking the residents of 12 English cities to contribute their views on what powers they would like an elected mayor to be able to exercise on their behalf.
The Mayor of London Boris Johnson's flagship Team London volunteering programme is set to attract an unprecedented number of 60,000 volunteers by the end of a single mayoral term – almost half the size of the British Army.
More than 2,000 adult volunteers - double the number expected - have responded to the Mayor Boris Johnson's call to recruit 1000 adult volunteers to mentor black boys at risk of offending.
