Jonathan Liew’s criticism makes some challenging points but is selective in what has been delivered by the 2012 Olympics in London (Paris 2024 must learn from London’s broken promises if legacy is to be fulfilled, 10 September).
He points to the thousands of jobs and homes that have been created since 2012 and the millions of visitors drawn to this new part of the city, yet claims there is little or no benefit for local people. He is fastidious in his research of visitor numbers at the ArcelorMittal Orbit but skirts over initiatives such as the Good Growth Hub, which has seen 1,500 local young people helped into careers in the area’s growing creative sector. Or the 2,500 local people who have passed through the doors of our skills and training academy, Build East.
