Local government in London recent organisation, having been set up in 2000 to replace the similar Greater London Council (GLC) which had been abolished in 1986. The headquarters of the GLA and the Mayor of London is at City Hall. The current Mayor of London is Sadiq Khan who was elected in 2016, replacing Boris Johnson, who served two terms. Health services in London are managed by the national government through the National Health Service, which is controlled and administered in London by a single NHS Strategic Health Authority called "NHS London". The 33 local authorities are the 32 London borough councils and the
2020 London mayoral election the Liberal Democrat candidate on 21 November 2018. Benita ran as an independent candidate in the 2012 Mayor of London Election, coming fifth with 3.8% of the first preference votes, behind fourth-placed Liberal Democrat candidate Brian Paddick, who received 4.2%. Benita criticised Khan's response to knife crime in London. Former UK Independence Party leader Nigel Farage announced in August 2018 that he was considering running, claiming that he would be more successful than the Conservatives. Incumbent Mayor Sadiq Khan became Labour's candidate after more than half of local parties and party affiliates in London voted to automatically reselect him. Comedian