The gap in the capital project
13 September 2012
In the second article of our series on the effects of devolution, Liam O’Brien examines the purchasing operation of the Greater London Authority and discovers there is some way to go before it realises its full potential
The moment during the movie The Wizard of Oz when Dorothy pulls back the curtain to discover that the all-powerful wizard is, in fact, a short old man is an appropriate metaphor for procurement at the Greater London Authority (GLA).
With overall strategic responsibility for a budget totalling £2.3 billion, shared between the capital’s transport, development and...