Issue - meetings

The Leader introduced a report on the proposed creation of the Local London Joint Committee which would replace the North East London Strategic Alliance (NELSA) as the sub-regional partnership responsible for driving forward the devolution agenda for the north-east London area.

Barking and Dagenham would be joined on Local London by the Boroughs of Bexley, Enfield, Greenwich, Havering, Newham, Redbridge and Waltham Forest, with the Joint Committee acting as the main conduit for communication with the Government on a range of issues including employment and skills, health, housing and other major infrastructure projects.  

Cabinet resolved to:

(i)  Agree the creation of the Local London Joint Committee to discharge executive functions on behalf of Local London member councils;

(ii)  Agree that the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham enters into and signs up to the Local London Inter-Authority Agreement at Appendix A to the report (incorporating the Memorandum of Understanding and Terms of Reference) to facilitate the Council’s membership of Local London;

(iii)  Delegate such executive powers and authority to the Local London Joint Committee as are necessary to facilitate and implement the Objectives and programmes of Local London in accordance with the provisions of the Inter-Authority Agreement and Terms of Reference;

(iv)  Agree the appointment of the Leader and Chief Executive of the Council to the Local London Joint Committee;

(v)  Delegate authority to the Leader and Chief Executive and any substitutes appointed by them, to do all such things and enter such agreements as are required under the Inter Authority Agreement and as are agreed by the Joint Committee in furtherance of the Objectives of Local London; and

(vi)  Agree that the Council contributes £50,000 as an annual subscription to Local London.