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The GLA confirmed that 35 jobs would be lost, and told BSD that the move would lead to a 鈥渟maller, more focused GLA鈥�.

Green Party assembly member Darren Johnson said that the decision called into question the Mayor鈥檚 environmental strategy, an issue Boris Johnson described as top of his agenda during his campaign for election last year.

鈥淚 don鈥檛 dispute the need for efficiency measures,鈥� said Darren Johnson, 鈥渂ut you need this kind of expertise to make the right decisions on environmental policy. There are other areas that could have been cut instead. Slashing posts like these is a false economy.

鈥淭he environment in London was central to Boris鈥� campaign so it is extremely disappointing to see this amount of expertise lost.鈥�

Greenpeace UK鈥檚 policy director also slammed the Mayor鈥檚 decision. The environmental group's representative told BSD that the only cuts the Mayor 鈥渘eeds to be making are in carbon emissions, not in the resources available to deliver these reductions.鈥�

He remarked: "What London needs is a world-class team leading the way for cities across the world, not short-sighted cutbacks.鈥�

A spokesperson for the GLA said that its 鈥渟uccess at tackling environmental issues is not measured by the size of the team at City Hall.鈥�

Mayor Johnson has vowed to make London 鈥済reener, cheaper and cleaner at the same time鈥�.