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Tim Donovan: Interview with Haringey’s new leader Mark Blake

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By Tim Donovan
| OnLondon
Days after becoming the first Green Party leader of Haringey, Mark Blake is confronted by some hard truths. The council’s auditors, KPMG, have just warned it about the dire state of its finances. “The overall financial health of the Council has deteriorated to the point where it is no longer able to set a balanced budget without relying upon significant amounts of EFS [exceptional financial support, a form of borrowing from central government] to fill any shortfall,” they say.
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Hammersmith & Fulham leader Stephen Cowan set to become new London Councils chair

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By Tim Donovan
| OnLondon
Stephen Cowan, Labour leader of Hammersmith & Fulham Council, is set to become the next chair of London Councils, the organisation representing all 33 of the capital’s local authorities. He has secured the Labour nomination for the post ahead of Ealing leader Peter Mason and now needs to come top in a first-past-the-post vote of all his fellow leaders at the London Councils annual general meeting, due to take place on Tuesday.
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Lambeth: Green-Lib Dem deal set to end Labour rule and bring back committee system

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By Tim Donovan
| OnLondon
Green and Liberal Democrats councillors in Lambeth have struck a surprise political deal that looks set to end Labour control of the borough and see the re-introduction of running the local authority through councillor committees, which they say would lead to more scrutiny and better decision-making. The deal appears to have brought to an end an end two weeks of intense behind-the-scenes discussions about who should run the council, after no party secured a majority at the elections of 7 May.
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