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February 18, 2012
How to put the Mayor of London in Charge of public libraries
There has been some comment elsewhere about this idea and I was asked how it could be done. The answer is very simple
1. Raise the matter in the Mayoral elections to see if the candidates are willing and capable... and if they can persuade the people of London of the case.
2. Parliament determines the Mayor's powers - and they can now include operation of the public library service.... if MP's and the Government so wish
3. The Secretary of State can determine that London is a library authority within his powers already granted
4. The treasury removes £200m from the annual grants to London boroughs
5. The treasury grants £150m to the Mayor to run libraries
6. The property, asset registers and the next five years reasonable capital allocations for libraries are transferred from councils to the Mayor, under the supervision of proper audit
7. The Mayor appoints a not-for-profit London Library board
8. The London Library Board appoints a ceo
9. Get on with it -- and we all save £50m per annum and we have management who are accountable to the people and should be capable of managing improvement
Posted by Perkins at February 18, 2012 12:33 PM