This meeting took place on 5 January 2016. Read the transcript for the first section here and the second section here.
- What financial legacy will the current Mayor leave for London’s fire and police services?
- The Chancellor protected the police budget in his Autumn Statement – but is the Met still going to have to find savings?
- And what about fire services – can we expect frontline cuts?
In the first of three meetings to examine the 2016/17 budget, the London Assembly Budget and Performance Committee[1] will tomorrow put these questions to:
- Stephen Greenhalgh, Deputy Mayor for Policing & Crime
- Craig Mackey QPM, Deputy Commissioner, Metropolitan Police Service
- Linda McMullan, Commercial & Finance Director, Metropolitan Police Service
- Annabel Cowell, Deputy Chief Finance Officer, Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime
- Ron Dobson CBE QFSM, Commissioner for Fire & Emergency Planning, London Fire Brigade
- Sue Budden, Director of Finance & Contractual Services, London Fire Brigade
- Gareth Bacon AM, Chairman, London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority
- David Gallie, Assistant Director, Group Finance, Greater London Authority
The Committee is due to meet the Mayor, his Chief of Staff, the GLA Executive Director of Resources, and the Assistant Director of GLA Group Finance on 12 January 2016.
The meeting will take place on Tuesday, 5 January from 10.00am in Committee Room 5 at City Hall (The Queen’s Walk, London SE1).
Media and members of the public are invited to attend. The meeting can also be viewed via webcast.
Notes to editors
- The key responsibility of the Budget and Performance Committee is its annual scrutiny of the Mayor’s budget proposals for the next financial year. This involves detailed examination of the Mayor’s plans for spending his budget to help ensure taxpayers’ money is spent appropriately and effectively.
- The Mayor’s Budget
- Pre-Budget report
- John Biggs AM, Chair of the Budget & Performance Committee is available for interview. See contact details below.
- As well as investigating issues that matter to Londoners, the London Assembly acts as a check and a balance on the Mayor.
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