London’s streamlined organisational template developed under Boris Johnson could be replicated at a national level if the Conservative Party wins the general election, deputy mayor Sir Simon Milton has told Public Servant’s Dean Carroll.
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Looking ahead, Sir Simon said that the mayor would be lobbying the next Prime Minister for “more hands on control” over regeneration and housing budgets in the capital areas currently controlled by the London Development Agency and Homes and Communities Agency (HCA).
“The HCA might not survive the bonfire of the quangos, but there will still be housing investment and we want to make sure that, in London, the mayor is able to direct that rather than it being done in Whitehall. We would also like to have greater influence over the suburban rail franchises that serve London. It’s a massive issue for people that don’t have the benefit of the Tube. That issue is under-stood by the Conservative leadership and I think they would like to help so there is a discussion going on.”
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