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• Reference: 2022/5255
• Question by: Hina Bokhari
• Meeting date: 15 December 2022

London’s economy has rebounded faster than any other region in the UK since the pandemic. Yet it still faces significant skills gaps, with 40% of firms saying that skills gaps are holding back growth. What are you doing to make sure that London continues to be an attractive place to live and work?

• Reference: 2022/5256
• Question by: Hina Bokhari
• Meeting date: 15 December 2022

What are you doing to support London’s businesses with the scheduled rise in business rates due in April 2023?

• Reference: 2022/5257
• Question by: Hina Bokhari
• Meeting date: 15 December 2022

If, as you have requested, business rates tax policy was to be devolved to the city of London, what specific changes would you make to help London’s businesses?

• Reference: 2022/3871
• Question by: Hina Bokhari
• Meeting date: 17 November 2022

Following on from question 2022/1455 on food insecurity, can you provide an in-depth breakdown of how the “£3.7 million invested this year to raise awareness of financial rights and entitlements and bolster the advice sector.” is being spent?

• Reference: 2022/3872
• Question by: Hina Bokhari
• Meeting date: 17 November 2022

Many Londoners are digitally excluded and are unable to access your online Cost of Living Hub. What actions are you specifically taking to reach out to these hidden groups to help them with the cost of living?

• Reference: 2022/3880
• Question by: Hina Bokhari
• Meeting date: 17 November 2022

Director of Tech Leaders Club Limited which runs TMRW, a co-working space in a building owned by Croydon Council, faces insolvency. With 30+ SMEs facing the loss of their place of business, will you use your influence to encourage Croydon Council to work constructively and agree a settlement of outstanding rent and rates liabilities that would enable the business to come under new ownership, and avoid any operational disruption to its users, suppliers and employees?

• Reference: 2022/3882
• Question by: Hina Bokhari
• Meeting date: 17 November 2022

Using a foodbank can for some carry with it a negative stigma. Sutton Council recently started the Sutton Community Food Shop. Would you consider exploring a similar idea on a larger scale in order to more effectively combat food insecurity across London?

• Reference: 2022/3885
• Question by: Hina Bokhari
• Meeting date: 17 November 2022

What is your long-term strategy to reduce the number of Londoners living in persistent poverty?

• Reference: 2022/3890
• Question by: Hina Bokhari
• Meeting date: 17 November 2022

Are you aware of the growing issue surrounding unlicensed shisha bars in boroughs such as Brent and Ealing, which have become a hub for anti-social behaviour and gang-related violence?

• Reference: 2022/3891
• Question by: Hina Bokhari
• Meeting date: 17 November 2022

Will you call upon the government to introduce legislation which will better regulate these establishments and empower councils to more easily tackle rogue businesses that violate the terms of their license?