Labour London Assembly Member for Barnet and Camden Andrew Dismore denounced the budget announced yesterday by Chancellor of the Exchequer Phillip Hammond as “a disaster for London” Key budget headlines: Government fails to meet deficit reduction targets yet again, and will only deliver a surplus budget in 2025, 10 years after they promised to. Growth forecasts have been downgraded and […]
Read moreFrom Bloomberg: London loses European banking, drug regulators on EU departure French capital wins EBA, No. 1 Dutch city to host EMA France and the Netherlands won the contests to host two London-based European Union agencies in the first concrete political victories in the battle for Brexit spoils. The EU’s banking authority will move to Paris and the medicines regulator […]
Read moreSadiq Khan, Mayor of London – Autumn Budget 2017 These are the policies I included in my submission to the Chancellor of the Exchequer ahead of the Budget on 22 November. I am calling on him to include in his Budget settlement policies that will: ensure the Met and London Fire Brigade are properly funded; progress Crossrail 2; provide me […]
Read morePlease see article in the Financial Times: Start-ups say Britain’s reputation as a centre for innovation is being damaged Hundreds of people have rejected technology jobs in Britain since the UK voted to leave the EU, according to a survey of entrepreneurs who say an intensifying skills shortage has already damaged the country’s reputation as a centre for innovation. More […]
Read moreYou may be interested in findings from the Economy Committee: NEWS RELEASE 2017/264 Monday, 13 November 2017 Give me space for my business The pressure on affordable workspace for SMEs in London is increasing. Sixteen per cent of industrial land was lost between 2001-2015 and if the trend continues, industrial land in London could fall a third by 2041.[2] In outer […]
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