We need to make it clear to everyone that the City is an open and welcoming place, regardless of background, writes Lady Mayor Susan Langley

I am tremendously proud to have taken office as Lady Mayor of the City of London. The Lady Mayor’s Show a week ago was a brilliant celebration which showcased the great history and the great variety of our city: the soul of London in the heart of the city. Among the amazing displays by livery companies, military units, marching bands, businesses, community groups and schools, there were some new additions. As an East Ender who grew up watching the show, I was delighted to see the Pearly Queens and Kings of London taking part as well as the West Ham Foundation.

The City of London is known as the Square Mile. ‘Square’ can be taken to mean that we have boundaries, and that we are stiff and old-fashioned.

We need to make it clear to everyone that the City is an open and welcoming place where everyone can get on with each other........

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