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Patrick Diamond

OPINION - London faces major headwinds — and that's why it's time to give the Mayor far-reaching powers

London faces global economic headwinds arising from the Trump presidency and Brexit, alongside pressures such as a rapidly rising population, now more than nine million, in need of additional housing and public services.

Yet London government has fewer powers than Paris, New York, and Tokyo. It’s time to change that. We don’t have to look abroad, though.

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