As your next Mayor, I will put Science First by implementing rigorous, peer reviewed science-based decisions when determining policies for education, work, travel, and social interactions.

Many experts suggest there has been a disproportionate response to Coronavirus that has caused the loss of countless lives and ruined people’s livelihoods. I believe this can be remedied by implementing intelligent, fact-based policies moving forward.

My initiative to put science-based decision making at the heart of political solutions includes the following priorities:

• Ensuring that data used to determine public health policy is robust, peer reviewed and representative of a best practice-led approach
• Delivering policies that take into account health and economic data points in order to have a well rounded picture of the situation
• Considering alternative viewpoints and the scientific efficacy of lockdown policies, arbitrary curfew decisions and mandatory masks
• Developing sustainable approaches to public health that can be understood and embraced by the citizens of London based on clear, empirical evidence
• Having clear, scientifically underpinned objectives for each intervention including exit strategies

It is only by adopting science-led approaches that can we determine better informed policy decisions to move our city forward in a new direction.