Martha Grekos Calls For Abolition Of The Alders & Reform Of The Office Of Lord Mayor

Last Monday (26/10/26), Alder Martha Grekos distributed a seismic paper headed “Reform of the Office of Lord Mayor” to all elected members of the City Council. She apparently also sent it to senior officers of the Council, the Livery, the All Party Parliamentary Group conducting a survey on the future of the Corporation, the Chairs of City Residents’ Associations, and local and national journalists. We reproduce the text of the paper below. Anyone with an interest in this Council should read it. From what we’re hearing, many already have, and the response – at least outside the walls of the Guildhall – has been positive. We then add a few comments of our own, including on the imminent mayoral succession from Sue Langley to Bronek Masojada. TEXT OF GREKOS’ PAPER ON “REFORM OF THE OFFICE OF LORD MAYOR” Following the recent mayoral succession crisis, I have written this paper to set out a number of problems affecting the office of Lord Mayor of the City of London Corporation, and to…