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Leading Britain's conversation, speak to Sadiq.

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, takes your calls.

A very good morning indeed to you.

It is three minutes after ten, and as the man just said,

the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, is with me so the good news is you you are spared one of my customary um monologue stroke rants stroke introductions good morning mr ma' good morning james well done for hiding your disappointment at the lack of a of a job monologue this morning i couldn't't possibly comment. The Smirk says it all, I think.

Yes, indeed it does.

I think we'll crack straight on with the calls, actually. And Jazz, up first, in the city of London. What would you like to ask the Mayor? Good morning, Sidney. Good morning, Jazz. Not bad at all, thanks, man. Good, good, good. I own the business in Liverpool Street.

We've been dying there for the last nine months, as all the businesses are. What I wanted to know? I mean, you know yourself. What's the business, Jess? You know, it's a barbershop. Correct, right, yeah. In the heart of the cities. So we look after, basically we're only there for all the city workers,

of which there are only, as you know from TFL, from your figures, there are only, what,

15 to 20% of the people coming into the office and they have been since March the 19th.

Now I want to know what you're doing specifically for businesses in the West End and the city of London that are hemorrhaging and that are dying on a daily basis.

There's a blanket grant that's gone throughout the country.

And basically, I mean, if you go to any suburban area, any local area, my local area where I live in Lausanne, every single day on that street is like a Saturday, because people are working from home, so the coffee shops are busy. The restaurants, the takeaways, when they're open, they're busy. The bars are busy. You go to the city of London, there isn't a soul. It's absolutely, it's soul destroying to see, I mean, I've worked in the city of London for the best part of 25 years. Obviously, I've never, ever seen anything like this at all. It's funny, jazz. It's like a Sunday. Why you're not lobbying the government? Yeah. To, I get people back to work. You know, people are in this right now where they're happy to be working from home.

I would argue that some people have had the best eight months of their life working from home.

You know, they're saving a lot of money, they're saving their fares, they're not buying any lunches.

And meanwhile, the part of London that is responsible for 25% of the country's GDP is dying and you're letting it die.

Well, Jazz, let's do with the various points you've made.

Firstly, I agree with your analysis of the challenge you face in Central London.

I'll comment to what I'm doing because obviously you make an accusation that I'm in

inverted commas letting it die.

But you're right, as James has alluded to central London in particular canary wolf Liverpool street near where

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