Caroline Pidgeon spoke at a campaign rally in Herne Hill to save our live music venues. Music iplays a huge role of our cultural scene in London. Music tourism alone generates more than £650 million per annum for the London economy, and more than 3.3 million tourists visited London in 2015 for music specifically. In fact, the O2 Arena in London sold more music tickets in 2014 than any other venue in the world.
The Lib Dems have a strong track record of campaigning to protect and support live music. It was the Lib Dems that piloted the Live Music Act through Parliament to ensure that there is support for smaller and ad hoc venues. Caroline pledged to strengthen the London Plan in support of these venues if elected as Mayor. The Lib Dem Lords also have a key amendment going through Parliament which will help to protect live music venues from new housing developments.