A Damp Squib: the Mayor's plans for New Year's Eve

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Despite a London Assembly report recommending in March 2001 that planning begin for New Year’s Eve 2002, and despite the Mayor stating publicly in May 2001 that he had asked his officers to start looking into the possibilities for New Year’s Eve 2002, there will be no large scale event with Mayoral support to celebrate New Year’s Eve in London in 2002. The Culture Committee has heard that, for future New Year's Eves, the Mayor's aspirations are limited to all-night running of the Underground and 'lighting up' of key London landmarks. This report recommends that the Mayor reduce confusion surrounding this New Year's Eve celebrations in central London and put his weight firmly behind an organised event for future New Year's Eves in London.