• Reference: 2024/4082
• Question by: Hina Bokhari OBE
• Meeting date: 19 December 2024

Last week, hundreds of bus drivers marched to TfL headquarters to demand better working conditions and the right to report safety concerns “without fear of retribution from TfL or employers.” Some have called the way TfL bus franchises work unsafe, due to long shifts, few breaks and stressful conditions like blistering heat, all while under pressure to make up time. Just before the pandemic, a third of bus drivers reported having had a ‘close call’ on the road. As bus contracts come under GLA ownership, will you commit to standardising breaks, psychological support and training for bus drivers to ensure...

• Reference: 2024/4081
• Question by: Hina Bokhari OBE
• Meeting date: 19 December 2024

How will you use the Adult Skills Fund and other delegated funding streams currently available to you to address skills gaps and boost labour market inclusion in the capital?

• Reference: 2024/4080
• Question by: Hina Bokhari OBE
• Meeting date: 19 December 2024

The imminent White Paper on English Devolution could mean greater local responsibilities for learning, skills and employment. How will you make the case for London to be at the front of the queue (along with Greater Manchester) for more powers over employment and skills?

• Reference: 2024/4079
• Question by: Hina Bokhari OBE
• Meeting date: 19 December 2024

Do you have any plans to assist Londoners who are not key workers, but are currently struggling due to over 50% of their income being spent on rent?

• Reference: 2024/4078
• Question by: Hina Bokhari OBE
• Meeting date: 19 December 2024

Can you share any data you have collected related to what percentage of key worker households currently spend over 40% of their gross household income on rent?

• Reference: 2024/4077
• Question by: Hina Bokhari OBE
• Meeting date: 19 December 2024

Can you provide a breakdown by year of the number of key worker families who are projected to benefit from your proposed plans to introduce “Key Worker Living Rent” homes between the present day and January 2030?

• Reference: 2024/4076
• Question by: Hina Bokhari OBE
• Meeting date: 19 December 2024

Given your support for INQUEST’s proposal for a National Oversight Mechanism, what discussions have you had within the GLA and with the Government on establishing an independent oversight body to monitor recommendations arising from inquests, public inquiries, official reviews and investigations into state-related deaths?

• Reference: 2024/4075
• Question by: Hina Bokhari OBE
• Meeting date: 19 December 2024

Can you provide a breakdown, by year and by tunnel, of the amount of revenue projected to be generated as a result of implementing tolls at the Blackwall and newly constructed Silvertown Tunnels between the present day and January 2030?

• Reference: 2024/4074
• Question by: Hina Bokhari OBE
• Meeting date: 19 December 2024

What impact assessments have taken place with regard to the proposed construction of a bus depot at 220 Garth Road in the borough of Merton?

• Reference: 2024/4073
• Question by: Hina Bokhari OBE
• Meeting date: 19 December 2024

What meetings have taken place between yourself, residents and Go-Ahead London regarding the proposed construction of a bus depot at 220 Garth Road in the borough of Merton?