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Sadiq Khan launches London Nightlife Taskforce
Evening Standard
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2/4/2025
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan launched a new Nightlife Taskforce to tackle the issues faced by the London nighttime economy.
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The fact that we are the greatest city in the world doesn't make us immune from the pressures
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of the night-time economy, Brexit, the pandemic, the cost of living crisis, the cost of doing
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business crisis, business rates going through the roof, rents going through the roof, planning
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concerns, licensing concerns. So go away, you know, do the piece of work and come back with
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recommendations. It's still totally clear though on what they can give you that your night star
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couldn't. I mean she had come from the nightlife sector herself, she was regularly liaising with
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and engaging with different night venues and councils. What is it that a task force will give
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you that a new night star couldn't? Well the manifesto that I wrote was written when we had
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a night star so it was always the intention, even with a night star, to have the independent task
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force because look you've got in a room in the same place experts from across London's night-time
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economy. Never before has a group as expert as this ever come together. I call them the Avengers
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Assemble. They're not quite saving the planet but they're hoping to save the night-time economy in
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our great city. Amy LeMay came under a huge amount of criticism. I mean it was article after article
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you know saying what a terrible job she was doing. Was any of that criticism justified in your view?
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Was she being unfairly maligned? I thought she did a great job and I'm really grateful for the
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work that she did and I wish her the best of luck in her new exciting future.
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