The influentials: Who's in and who's out?

Our magazine revealing the capital's most influential people has fascinated Londoners eager to discover who is really calling the shots. Our weekly column by Simon Davis will help you check up on who's in and who's out.

TOUGH AT THE TOP

RUNNING LONDON
OUT: Baroness Hamwee, 60
LONDON ASSEMBLY CHAIRWOMAN
Yet again steps in to prevent debates at the assembly becoming too topical, just when the Mayor was coming under pressure to explain exactly how the £16 billion Crossrail project will be funded.

IN: Lynn Sloman
GREEN TRANSPORT EXPERT
TFL board adviser who has shown her environmental credentials by speaking out forcefully against Ken Livingstone's plans to chop the budget for new cycling measures. She also called for a rethink on the Thames Gateway Bridge to boost public transport and reduce car use.

NEW ON THE LIST

HEALTH
Professor Julian Le Grand
HEALTH ENGLAND, CHAIRMAN
The man charged with sorting out the nation's obesity problems suggests "exercise hours" in the workplace and permits for smokers.

GOING PLACES

Kate Stanners, 44
SAATCHI & SAATCHI, EXECUTIVE CREATIVE DIRECTOR
With new CEO Robert Senior, the elegant and razor-sharp Stanners successfully pitched for the Labour Party account and came up with "Not flash, just Gordon". One of just two female creative directors.

ON THE MONEY

LITERARY LIFE
Gail Rebuck, 57
RANDOM HOUSE CHAIRWOMAN AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE
The woman we listed in the top five most influential people on London's literary landscape has done the deal - potentailly worth £6m - for Tony Blair's memoirs. Her husband, Lord Gould, was the former PM's pollster.

MAKING THEIR MOVES

FASHION
UP: Dee Doocey
LIB-DEM CULTURE SPOKESWOMAN ON THE LONDON ASSEMBLY
Her efforts mean the British Fashion Council must implement recommendations from the Model Health Inquiry to protect models. If it fails to do so, the London Development Agency will pull its £4.2m funding of London Fashion Week.

TV
OUT: Stephen Lambert, 48
RDF MEDIA, FORMER CHIEF CREATIVE OFFICER
The creator of Life Swap has to do a bit himself after resigning. His company doctored the footage of the Queen for promotional purposes.

GROWING IMPACT

THEATRE
Eddie Redmayne, 25
ACTOR
Eton and Cambridge-educated star of Elizabeth, The Golden Age, opposite Cate Blanchett. Best friends with Rhys Ifans and part of London's jeunesse dorée. He wowed Cannes playing Julianne Moore's son in Savage Grace, which is out soon.