Holding Mayors to account: The future of scrutiny in devolved government
Overview
Join us on Thursday 27th November 2025 from11:00 – 17:00 at City Hall, to explore the future of Mayoral Scrutiny!
The Government’s devolution agenda is moving at pace, creating new and upgraded mayoral systems across England. But as Mayors gain new powers and grow in influence, the question of how they are held to account is more important than ever.
We are welcoming those leading Mayoral scrutiny in an elected or official role, and colleagues from government, civil society and academia at this event.
This is your opportunity to hear from experts in the field and join a forum to share different perspectives on Mayoral scrutiny. As the Assembly marks the 25th Anniversary of London’s unique governance arrangement, the event will also examine how we can learn from this period of devolution and meet the opportunities and challenges ahead for partners across the UK.
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- A number of sessions will take place concurrently. While the session schedule is being finalised, we consider your ticket selection as an expression of interest in attending the session in question.
This helps us understand demand for each session, which will contribute to shaping the schedule for the day.
Please note:
- As the above schedule is subject to change, attendees will be informed of any changes to sessions booked.
- Please use the above agenda image as your guide, when selecting tickets. We are experiencing some technical issues with our platform, which doesn’t currently allow us to reorganise the session blocks accurately, on the ticket selcetion page.
Update
In line with the volume of expressions of interest, we’ve moved some of our sessions around.
- You do not need to take further action if your session has been moved. An email will be sent shortly, confirming this.
- No further action is required, if you wish to swap your sessions in general. You will be able to do this on the day.
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Highlights
- 6 hours
- ages 16+
- In person
- Doors at 10:00 AM
Location
London City Hall
Kamal Chunchie Way
London E16 1ZE United Kingdom
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UK Government reforms to devolved mayoral scrutiny: a developing picture
This session will take stock of the latest developments in national government reforms of mayoral powers and its expectations of devolved scrutiny. It will reflect on conversations surrounding the devolution bill in the House of Commons, as well as Government statements and the Scrutiny Protocol, to discuss views on the direction of travel for mayoral scrutiny.
Supporting and resourcing Mayoral scrutiny: equity and parity of esteem
This session will explore how scrutiny is supported practically– and, arising from this, the cultural and behavioural building blocks that need to be in place if Mayoral scrutiny is going to be productive. What can we do to make sure that scrutiny officers have the support from the wider organisation to carry out their job – how can we make sure that members benefit from that support too?
Making and demonstrating an impact through scrutiny work
Demonstrating the impact of scrutiny work has always been challenging – at national, regional and local level. This session will explore, practically, how reasonable it is that scrutiny is expected to demonstrate direct practical impact from all of its work, and what evidence to support a demonstration of impact might look like. It will also look at how success can be communicated to the wider organisation (and the wider area).
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The London Assembly
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