Leader of the Council and Cabinet Members
Councillor John Batteson
Cabinet Member for Climate Emergency, Jobs & Business
Cllr Batteson’s responsibilities include:
- Greening our local economy - engaging local people, businesses and organisations in action to reduce carbon emissions; delivering more green jobs, promoting climate justice; and reducing the council’s own emissions
- Adaptation to climate change - ensuring plans and action are in place to make Southwark resilient to changes in the climate including heatwaves and extreme weather events
- Increasing employment - support to find a job or start a new carer; careers advice and work experience; paid internships; supporting young people and care leavers’ into employment, education and training; relationship with Jobcentre Plus; supporting businesses to engage with schools and colleges (including the Education Business Alliance)
- Vocational Skills - including apprenticeships, vocational training and skills centres
- Businesses support - for local businesses, cooperatives, social enterprises and entrepreneurs; increasing procurement from local businesses; and relationships with local business groups and Business Improvement Districts
- High streets - including town centre action plans, Thriving Highstreets Fund, markets
- Commercial property - management, leasing and rent setting of the council’s retail and commercial units, office accommodation and related property
- Industrial strategy - growing industries that generate good jobs and wider value for our community, including green industries, life sciences and creative and cultural industries
- Living Wage - promoting the London Living Wage employers
- Workers’ rights - promoting good employment practices and equality and diversity at work and trade union membership
Page last updated: 29 May 2024
