London's faltering 'night-tsar' Amy Lamé receives 4.5 per cent payrise and will now take home £132,000-a-year

Sadiq Khan's 'night-tsar' has been fixed a 4.5 per cent wage emergence contempt presiding implicit London's declining nightlife.

Earlier this year, Amy Lamé insisted she was worthy her £120,000-a-year salary contempt receiving backlash implicit City Hall-funded trips to Australia, Italy and Spain.

Industry experts and the Conservative party person antecedently questioned whether she is providing worth for wealth arsenic startling figures showed London was falling down cities specified arsenic Liverpool and Birmingham.

Now, it has been revealed that Ms Lamé has received an yearly wage rise, successful enactment with different unit astatine the Greater London authority, which takes her wage to £132,000-a-year, The Times reports.

This besides comes aft Khan secured a historical 3rd word arsenic London Mayor past week, utilizing his triumph code to archer Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to 'give the nationalist a choice' and telephone for a wide election.

Ms Lamé, who is besides a DJ connected BBC Radio 6, explained that she was appointed successful 2016 'to assistance London thrive arsenic a 24 hr city.'

Many person criticised Sadiq Khan's determination to money the American-born DJ's presumption aft figures from Square-Up, a steadfast which processes payments for businesses, said that successful presumption of the sheer fig of transactions Liverpool and Birmingham person present overtaken London.

One survey recovered that 1,165 venues person closed successful London since pandemic, and the caput of 1 manufacture assemblage says that portion each cities successful Britain are facing issues, Ms Lamé has to reply for London's mediocre performance.

Michael Kill, the CEO of the Night Time Industries Association (NTIA), told The Times that helium believes that portion the 'night tsar' has to oversee each 32 boroughs of London - a occupation that is acold greater than others successful her presumption elsewhere - determination are inactive questions that request answering.

He said: 'There is simply a large quality betwixt signposting and virtuousness signalling and driving tangible change. We spot a batch of announcements but not truthful galore results.'

He claimed 'the manufacture feels determination hasn't been a beardown capable dependable for us' and that portion determination person been worthwhile initiatives specified arsenic the women's nighttime information charter, much is needed. 

Earlier this year, images posted nether #LameLondon connected X - formerly known arsenic Twitter - went viral showing the authorities of London's bare streets astatine night, arsenic immoderate of the capital's best-known bars look closure. 

One idiosyncratic posted a representation of a motion speechmaking 'no drinks extracurricular aft 9.30pm' connected the societal media page, complaining 'London nightlife is practically nonexistent'.

Another re-posted an representation of a deserted Kingly Street successful Soho from March past year, saying: 'I unrecorded successful Soho and don’t cognize a pub I tin get a portion successful station 10.30pm connected a weeknight.'

Between 2006 and 2022 it was reported that much than fractional the capital's LGBTQ+ venues unopen their doors, according to the Telegraph, with the proprietor of London's Heaven nightclub besides informing the nine risks closure owed to soaring costs.

An mean of 2 nightclubs besides closed each week betwixt March 2020 and December 2023 crossed the UK, according to the Night Time Industries Association (NTIA).

Although astir of Ms Lamé's trips overseas - which saw her question to Sydney, Bologna and Madrid successful the abstraction of 12 months successful 2022 and 2023 - were not paid for by the payer and were alternatively funded done backstage donations.

But determination person been costs for the taxpayer. According to her expenses, for a travel to Berlin, she claimed for flights and accommodation.