Editing Mayor of London (section)

==Powers and functions==
Most powers are derived from the [[Greater London Authority Act 1999]], with additional functions coming from the [[Greater London Authority Act 2007]], the [[Localism Act 2011]] and [[Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011]].

The mayor's main functions are:<ref>[http://www.london.gov.uk/priorities/planning/planning-london/playing-strategic-role-planning-0#sthash.jpp5D1bZ.dpuf Playing a strategic role in planning | Greater London Authority] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131016062641/http://www.london.gov.uk/priorities/planning/planning-london/playing-strategic-role-planning-0 |date=16 October 2013}}. London.gov.uk. Retrieved 6 December 2013.</ref><ref>[http://fullfact.org/article/what_can_the_mayor_of_london_do-9159 What can the Mayor of London actually do?]. Full Fact (3 April 2012). Retrieved 6 December 2013.</ref>
*Strategic planning, including housing, waste management, the environment and production of the [[London Plan]]
*Refuse or permit planning permission on strategic grounds
*Transport policy, delivered by functional body [[Transport for London]]
*Fire and emergency planning, delivered by functional body [[London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority]]
*Policing and crime policy, delivered by functional body [[Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime]] (before 2012 by functional body [[Metropolitan Police Authority]]). The [[Metropolitan Police]] has a structure different to most others across the country, reporting to the Mayor of London instead of a [[police and crime commissioner]].
*Economic development, delivered directly by the Greater London Authority through subsidiary company [[GLA Land and Property]] (before 2012 by functional body [[London Development Agency]])
*Power to create development corporations, such as the [[London Legacy Development Corporation]]

The remaining local government functions are performed by the [[London borough council]]s. There is some overlap; for example, the borough councils are responsible for waste management, but the mayor is required to produce a waste management strategy.<ref>[http://www.london.gov.uk/priorities/environment/publications/the-mayors-waste-management-strategies The Mayor's Waste Management Strategies | Greater London Authority] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131104061051/http://www.london.gov.uk/priorities/environment/publications/the-mayors-waste-management-strategies |date=4 November 2013 }}. London.gov.uk (18 November 2011). Retrieved 6 December 2013.</ref> In 2010, Johnson launched an initiative in partnership with the Multi-academy Trust [[Academies Enterprise Trust|AET]] to transform schools across London. This led to the establishment of [[London Academies Enterprise Trust]] ([[London Academies Enterprise Trust|LAET]]) which was intended to be a group of ten academies, but it only reached a group of four before the mayor withdrew it in 2013. The mayor is a member of the [[Mayoral Council for England]] and the [[Council of the Nations and Regions]].

The following is a table comparing power over services of the boroughs to the GLA and mayor.
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