Greater London Council leadership of Horace Cutler
The Greater London Council leadership of Horace Cutler refers to the period during which Horace Cutler, a British Conservative Party politician, was Leader of the Greater London Council (GLC). Cutler took up the post in 1977, and remained in office until the he lost the next election in 1980.
Policies
[edit]The Cutler administration tried and failed to "bring private investment into London Transport."[1]
In 1980, Cutler asked Masefield to become chairman of London Transport,[2] a job he did for two years. During the period, investment on the London Underground was not substantial, which has been subsequently criticised.[3][1]
The Cutler administration included George Tremlett in charge of housing, who ended the GLC's role s a provider of council housing for rent. This was achieved by a policy of selling off council housing and having the GLC's considerable housing stock transferred to the London boroughs.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Cosgrave, Patrick (4 March 1997). "Obituary: Sir Horace Cutler". The Independent. Independent Digital News & Media Ltd. Archived from the original on 21 April 2013. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
- ^ Eccelstone, Jacob (13 August 1980). "Sir Peter at the wheel for London Transport". The Times. No. 60702. p. 2. Retrieved 14 July 2010 – via The Times Digital Archive.
- ^ "Sir Peter Masefield". The Times. 16 February 2006. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
- ^ Wall, Christine (2017). "Sisterhood and Squatting in the 1970s: Feminism, Housing and Urban Change in Hackney". History Workshop Journal. 83 (1): 79–97. doi:10.1093/hwj/dbx024. ISSN 1363-3554.