Bokhari told the Local Democracy Reporting Service: “The audit has made that really clear that there needs to be a strategic London-wide approach.
“There needs to be a plan, but there needs to be action behind that plan. And I want the Mayor of London to lead on that action.
“He can use his convening powers to bring in the cemeteries, to bring in faith communities, to bring in boroughs, to work on the process of getting that plan, to have a concrete way forward, because if in 15 years’ time, we end up with no space in 20 boroughs, then what?
“He has that potential to do that. He has that ability to bring those people together. I don’t want it just to be something where he just sits back and waits.
“It has to happen now, because 15 years is gonna go really quickly.
“At some point, it’s going to be so prevalent that you cannot ignore it. So it’s important that we talk about it now.”
