The Mayor’s progress on skills, business, equality and culture

Businesses have faced big challenges with trading over the last year due to COVID-19. The pandemic has forced companies to close their doors for months at a time and has also dramatically impacted London’s world-leading cultural sector.

The Economy Committee is holding a meeting tomorrow to assess the Mayor’s progress on his manifesto and strategy commitments for skills, business, equality and culture, and the impacts of COVID-19. The Committee will explore what challenges have been faced by London’s businesses and what is impacting on the city’s prosperity. The meeting will investigate how Skills for Londoners has been delivered, examine developments in London’s cultural sector and assess progress towards building a fairer and more equal society.

Prior to this, the meeting will continue its investigation into Universal Basic Income.

The guests are:

Panel A: Universal Basic Income

• Alfie Stirling, Director of Research and Chief Economist, New Economics Foundation
• Dr Simon Duffy, Director of the Centre for Welfare Reform

Panel B: Review of the term, 2016-21

• Rajesh Agrawal, Deputy Mayor for Business
• Debbie Weekes-Bernard, Deputy Mayor for Social Integration, Social Mobility and Community Engagement
• Justine Simons OBE, Deputy Mayor for Culture and the Creative Industries
• Jules Pipe CBE, Deputy Mayor for Planning, Regeneration and Skills
• Michelle Cuomo-Boorer, Assistant Director of Skills and Employment, GLA

The meeting will take place on Tuesday, 2 March 2021 from 10am. In line with Government advice, this meeting will take place virtually.



Media and members of the public can watch the meeting live here.