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01 June 2022

Borough AGMs and Leaders 
All of London's boroughs have now held their AGMs following the London local elections on 5 May. Eight London councils have new leaders; in Tower Hamlets, there was a change of Executive Mayor and in Croydon an Executive Mayor was elected for the first time. You can find details of their leadership and executives via the links below:

( [link removed] )Barking & Dagenham ( [link removed] ) ( [link removed] ); ( [link removed] )Barnet ( [link removed] ); ( [link removed] )Bexley ( [link removed] ) ( [link removed] ); Brent; ( [link removed] ) ( [link removed] )Bromley ( [link removed] ); Camden ( [link removed] ); ( [link removed] )Croydon ( [link removed] ); Ealing ( [link removed] ); ( [link removed] )Enfield ( [link removed] ); ( [link removed] )Greenwich ( [link removed] ); ( [link removed] )Hackney ( [link removed] ); ( [link removed] ) ( [link removed] )Hammersmith & Fulham ( [link removed] ); ( [link removed] )Haringey ( [link removed] ); Harrow ( [link removed] ); Havering ( [link removed] ); Hillingdon ( [link removed] ) ( [link removed] ); ( [link removed] )Hounslow (AGM 31 May) ( [link removed] ); ( [link removed] )Islington ( [link removed] ); Kensington & Chelsea ( [link removed] ); ( [link removed] )Kingston upon Thames ( [link removed] ); ( [link removed] )Lambeth ( [link removed] ); ( [link removed] )Lewisham ( [link removed] ); ( [link removed] ) ( [link removed] )Merton ( [link removed] ) ( [link removed] ); ( [link removed] )Newham ( [link removed] ); ( [link removed] )Redbridge ( [link removed] ); ( [link removed] )Richmond upon Thames ( [link removed] ) ( [link removed] ); ( [link removed] )Southwark ( [link removed] ); ( [link removed] )Sutton ( [link removed] ); Tower Hamlets ( [link removed] ); ( [link removed] )Waltham Forest ( [link removed] ); ( [link removed] )Wandsworth ( [link removed] ); ( [link removed] )Westminster ( [link removed] ). ( [link removed] )

London Councils' AGM will take place on 07 June. ( [link removed] )You can find the agenda here. ( [link removed] ) ( [link removed] )

Digital Inclusion Conference

Colleagues working to tackle digital exclusion in London are invited to join the ( [link removed] )London Office of Technology and Innovation ( [link removed] ) ( [link removed] ) (LOTI) Digital Inclusion Conference on 23 June which will celebrate digital inclusion initiatives in the capital and explore how we can all work together in the future.

You can register your interest here ( [link removed] ).

London Government Dinner  

London leaders including Camden Leader Cllr Georgia Gould, Mayor of London Sadiq Khan and the Lord Mayor of London Vincent Keavney gathered at the Mansion House in the City of London on Monday evening for the annual London Government Dinner.

In her speech Cllr Gould thanked London Councils' fellow group leaders Ruth Dombey, Teresa O'Neill and Catherine McGuinness, as well as Elizabeth Campbell on the economic side, for their joint work throughout London's collective response to the pandemic. "I hope that the last three years finally show national leaders of all sides that local government matters", she said. "It is a lifeline and a safety net. We are there when everything else fails. And as things get tougher for our communities, councils will be more important than ever."

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Ukraine

To stay up to date with news and ways to support Ukraine and Ukrainians, useful websites include:

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Covid-19 advice

The official UK government website for data and insights on coronavirus: Daily summary ( [link removed] )

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