Economy report from City Hall, July 2016

At June’s Mayor’s Question Time, I asked Sadiq about the poor performance of broadband roll out across London, this time using an example from Totteridge. This is a theme I have raised before, and no doubt will again, until BT start delivering decent connectivity.

At the Economy Committee meeting the Tuesday before the referendum, we looked at the state of London’s economy without reference to the EU, (which we were not allowed to do, due to what I consider to be over prescriptive ‘purdah’ rules). I particularly focussed on low pay and zero hours contracts.

We had an extra Economy Committee session on the following Wednesday to have an early look at the implications of Brexit: I partly cover this in my EU briefing section above and its links. I focussed on aspects of devolution to London, including immigration policy.

I followed up on this theme at Mayor’s Question Time (see Europe and Brexit section above).

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