Edward Lord Is Slated To Be Reappointed City Of London Council Lead Member For Sport: It’s A Slap In The Face For City Residents

In our last post we wrote: “(Edward) Lord boasts about being the City Council’s “lead member” for sport since 2022. (See Lord’s absurd personal website.) So where was Lord when services at the Council’s only leisure centre were collapsing? Nowhere to be seen as far as we can tell. Lord should be immediately sacked as “lead member” for sport. That decision is in the hands of Chris Hayward, the Council Leader, who is a stranger to principle, so will take the decision only if it is politically expedient for him.” Since then the agenda for the Policy & Resource Committee meeting of 7 May 2026 has appeared online. Item 9 is ‘Lead Members’ and a document attached to it reveals that Edward Lord is slated to be retained as Lead Member for Sport despite having served a maximum term in the post. According to this document the decision was made following ‘officer assessment and Policy Leadership team consideration’. It will probably be rubber stamped at the meeting of 7 May – although there is…