Khan's Night Tsar Starts '24hr Cities' Business - After Failing To Revive London Night...

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After stepping down last October , Amy Lamé now lists herself as a founding director of 24hr Cities on her LinkedIn, calling it a "global consultancy". 

Her LinkedIn profile says: "As the first ever Night Czar for London and the first in the UK, I worked in partnership with stakeholders to ensure that London thrives as a 24-hour city, keeping it vibrant, safe, and diverse from 6pm to 6am." 

However, Ms Lamé was widely criticised throughout her tenure for not doing enough to stem the closure of swathes of pubs, bars and restaurants in the capital. 

Approximately 3,000 of London's nightclubs shut from 2020 to 2023 , according to the Night Time Industries Association (NTIA), while the number of London pubs, bars and nightclubs to hold a 24-hour licence plunged by more than two thirds in 2023 and 2024 compared with the previous two years, dropping from 183 to 58 according to a recent BBC analysis of Home Office data. 

Last year social media users took up the hashtag 'LameLondon' in protest, sharing pictures of empty venues and sparsely-populated streets. "No pints after 22:30. You cannot have any fun. T⁘Cs apply," one poster wrote on X.