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Reference:
2011/2800
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Question by:
John Biggs
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Meeting date:
14 September 2011
In June you claimed: 'I have also ensured jobs for more than 1000 unemployed people in the past 12 months by requiring GLA suppliers to deliver jobs and training opportunities as part of the conditions of winning a contract. My programme, which uses the power of public sector procurement to combat directly unemployment, is the first of its kind in the country ... It is my understanding that this assertion is simply untrue and far from being the GLAs unique model is something widely practised elsewhere. Will you apologise to Londoners for making this up? And given the high levels...