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City for All sets the direction for Westminster into the next decade - Cllr Robathan
We’ve had the Prime Minister’s route out of lockdown, and just yesterday Rishi Sunak gave us his Budget road to recovery. Today (March 4th), it’s the turn of us as a local authority to launch our own blueprint.
Powering up the West End’s economy after lockdown, getting visitors back into the capital and creating jobs for local people are at the centre of our revamped 10-year plan, City for All.
After months in the shadows it’s time to lift the shutters, open the shops and give our people their City back.
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The country needs a 1945 moment - a long-term Industrial Strategy that plots a clear routemap for creating shared economic growth: Cllr Cowan
Tony Danker, the new head of the CBI, nailed it when he told a recent Bloomberg conference that in emerging from the current crisis, we mustn’t repeat the same mistakes that followed the economic crash of 2008.
Instead, the country needs a 1945 moment - a long-term Industrial Strategy that plots a clear routemap for creating shared economic growth. For it to succeed, politicians, businesses, unions, civil society and academia will need to work together.
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The role of Londoners and their councils will be crucial in fight against climate change: Mayor Glanville
The last year has been one of uncertainty, not just for London but all across the globe. In the capital, we saw our thriving city twice enter lockdown to stop transmission of Covid-19, unexpectedly this altered how we viewed and used our city leading to road congestion and air pollution decreasing overnight. This has led to significant damage to our economy and lost lives, but it also opened the eyes of many Londoners to what a more sustainable city could look more like, while also showing the scale of the challenge we still need to respond to over the next decade.
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Responding to COVID-19 - The Sutton Way
For many of us, COVID-19 has been a time of anxiety; about our community, our residents and our country, about our council and the people who work for and with us. But it has also been a time of positive reaffirmation.
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Although Covid-19 has been a challenge like no other, we have learnt from it - Cllr O’Neill
Unprecedented. I know. We have all heard that word an awful lot recently - but it does simply sum up the new and strange world we all suddenly found ourselves in.
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It is critical our recovery is a positive, ‘green’ recovery: Cllr Julian Bell
As the country moves out of lockdown, it is critical our recovery is a positive, ‘green’ recovery. That means better choices for our health and wellbeing and for our environment.
It means more ‘active travel’ – or, in other words, more walking, cycling or scooting for our shorter journeys. The council is putting measures in place to make this easier for us all to do.
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As council leaders, it is our job to give people the confidence it is safe to return: Cllr Robathan
Sat in a Westminster pizza restaurant with my daughter on a recent visit, the mood is buzzing, the venue is busy – only the serving staff in face masks and the socially distanced tables mark the changes.
Scenes like this are being replicated across the capital as, albeit slowly, we edge back to normality.
The restaurant I went to is one of 3,700 licensed venues in our city. You can add to that 38,000 business, large and small, that drive Westminster’s economy. With regular announcements of high street job cuts, the economic picture is challenging.
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Locally we have invested significantly in supporting rough sleepers: Cllr Athwal
COVID-19 set a challenge for local government, and we rose to it. Whether it is Croydon or Camden, Havering or Hammersmith the story is the same – local government stepped up and delivered for local people. I have never been prouder to be Leader of Redbridge Council – despite a decade of austerity, we have gone above and beyond to protect our residents during the pandemic.
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The community has worked together: Cllr Ejiofor
I’ve been inspired by the many acts of kindness seen over the past few months. The community has worked together to get Haringey through this difficult time, proving that Haringey’s greatest strength is and will continue to be its people.
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Businesses are an essential part of our community: Cllr John
In Southwark, we place our businesses on an equal footing to our residents. They are an essential part of our community, providing jobs and opportunities, but also colour and vibrancy to our borough.
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Protecting our care homes has been key: Cllr Butt
As the covid-19 pandemic spread rapidly across the UK in March 2020, we knew that personal protective equipment (PPE) was going to play a big role in containing the virus.
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Kingston Stronger Together: Cllr Kerr
Kingston Stronger Together - our hub supporting vulnerable residents
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Like so many of our residents, lockdown has been a bitter-sweet experience: Cllr Campbell
Like so many of our residents, lockdown has been a bitter-sweet experience.