Governance
The West London Alliance (WLA) is a public sector partnership between seven West London local authorities of Barnet, Brent, Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, Harrow, Hillingdon and Hounslow. Our team delivers initiatives in the sub-region, working across borough boundaries and focussing on the priority areas of: economy and skills, employment support, mobility and transport, housing, health and care, and digital.
Day-to-day programme activity is overseen by the WLA Director and Programme Boards. The Programme Boards are made up of director-level representatives from across the WLA boroughs and are responsible for developing business plans which are signed off by the WLA Director and WLA Chief Executives.
WLA Leaders:
Barnet
Cllr Barry Rawlings
Brent
Cllr Muhammed Butt
Ealing
Cllr Peter Mason
Harrow
Cllr Paul Osborn
Hillingdon
Cllr Ian Edwards
Hounslow
Cllr Shantanu Rajawat
Hammersmith & Fulham
Cllr Stephen Cowan
WLA Chief Executives:
Barnet
Cath Shaw
Brent
Kim Wright
Ealing
Tony Clements
Harrow
Alex Dewsnap
Hillingdon
Tony Zaman
Hounslow
Mandy Skinner
Hammersmith & Fulham
Sharon Lea
West London Economic Prosperity Board
The West London economic prosperity board is a public committee of West London Council leaders. It was formed in 2015 and is currently chaired by Cllr Muhammed Butt. It is dedicated to collaboration that delivers the West London vision for growth, which includes securing devolution of powers and funding for increased prosperity in the subregion. The committee has helped influence the London policy framework, which includes successful promotion of the West London orbital rail scheme and stewardship of West London’s devolved business rates strategic investment pot programme. You can view details of past economic prosperity board meetings here, and future meetings here.
WLA Equalities
In response to world events in 2020, WLA Boroughs are all working hard to tackle the inequality faced by residents from Black, Asian and other Ethnic Minority communities. The WLA are supporting this work, and indeed the work being done by ‘London Councils’ at a pan-London level, through a West London Equalities Steering Group which includes representation from across the 7 member boroughs. Our Equalities Statement sets out what we hope to achieve on this agenda in the coming year. Read it here.
