What is the difference between the Mayor of London and the Lord Mayor of London?
The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, was elected Mayor for a four-year term on 2 May 2008. The Mayor of London has a range of specific powers and duties, and a general power to do anything that will promote economic and social development and environmental improvement in London. It is also the responsibility of the Mayor to set the annual budget for the four functional bodies in the Greater London Authority – the Metropolitan Police Authority, the London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority, the London Development Agency and Transport for London. There is also a Lord Mayor of London – a post that has existed for many centuries. The Lord Mayor is head of the Corporation of London, which represents business and residents from the City of London – the central business district.
