I happened to pass Harvey Cabaniss’s patisserie/chocolate shop/general supplier which is one of the best things about Spitalfields – full of the character that small specialist shops have brought to the area.   It is now at risk of closure because of the gigantic hike in business rates starting on April 1st. which may drive out these small imaginative businesses by making them unaffordable.   I hope this is something that Sadiq Khan is addressing, as well as Jeanette Winterson, who owns the building in which the shop is currently housed:-