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• Question by: Leonie Cooper
• Meeting date: 23 July 2020

Léonie Cooper AM: Thank you very much, Chair. My question is to Jordan. Thanks very much for that introductory statement. Small and large businesses have had to adapt their business models, as you were pointing out, and all of their ways of working to deal with the pandemic situation since March. However, from September, they face the prospect of having to change their business models again to adapt to the changes that will come at the end of December with the no-deal Brexit. Carolyn Fairbairn [Director-General, CBI] has had a lot to say about the Brexit situation. I just wondered...

• Question by: Leonie Cooper
• Meeting date: 23 July 2020

Léonie Cooper AM: Thank you very much, Chair. My question is addressed to Councillor Georgia Gould and it concerns disproportionality in the economic recovery. I wondered if you could outline for us how you are working with the Mayor to guarantee that London’s economic recovery is fair and open for all Londoners, especially those who have been really disproportionately impacted by COVID?

• Question by: Joanne McCartney
• Meeting date: 23 July 2020

Joanne McCartney AM: Yes, thank you, Chair. My initial question is to Sam Gurney, if I can, and it is about the increasing number of people who are claiming Universal Credit (UC), which we know is a very difficult and cruel system. Since the end of March, I believe, 440,000 new claimants for UC have come from London. When furlough ends, that is likely to see another spike. What concerns does the TUC have about this record number of Londoners finding themselves reliant on UC? What will that mean for poverty in the capital?