Mayor Ken Livingstone has offered London boroughs an olive branch in the long-running row over his campaign for a single waste authority in the capital.
MPs have rejected moves to amend the Greater London Authority Bill and give the mayor control of a new single waste authority and Mr Livingstone has been at loggerheads with the boroughs representative organisation London Councils over the issue.
Now Mr Livingstone has now written to council leaders suggesting they should have the majority say on the strategic organisation and should work together to agree a new amendment to the legislation.
‘I am now persuaded that there is a strong case for any strategic body for waste management in London having a majority borough representation on its board,’ he said.
Mr Livingstone went on to say he considering a new amendment to the Bill, which would simply devolve government powers to establish a single waste authority to the mayor’s office ‘where it appears to him, it would be advantageous’.
‘I would be interested to know your thoughts on this approach and whether it is one you could support,’ he asked council leaders.
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