Cities of London and Westminster Labour Party

Even without having Common Councillors the City Labour party will continue to campaign for improved transparency in the running of the City and so have made a submission to the current investigation on London government by the Committe on Standards in Public Life.

1. The selection processes for business voters and for candidates for the ward 'slates'.
2. The role of liveries in the annual 'election' of the Lord Mayor appears particularly opaque, and is in need of greater transparency. The Lord Mayor's roles include chairing the Common Council – one that recently resulted in a vote being lost to freeze the domestic Council Tax and an increase of 2.1% being agreed on the casting vote of the Lord Mayor. While that was in accordance with procedure, the Lord Mayor is not directly elected by Common Council or accountable to City electors.
3. The readiness of the Lord Mayor, the Aldermanic Court and Common Council to account for the City's "private" income, also know as City Cash. This has been the subject of a prolonged, but unsuccessful campaign by a former Common Councilman, the Reverend William Campbell Taylor.
4. The willingness of the Lord Mayor, the Aldermanic Court and Common Council to reform local governance arrangements by reducing the number of wards and common councillors.

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