• Question by: Gareth Roberts
• Meeting date: 20 November 2025

Gareth Roberts AM: It is on the subject of international visitors to the capital, Mr Mayor. If there is to be a tourist tax introduced and levied on international visitors, will you be seeking to ensure there is equitable distribution amongst the borrowers of such revenues, or will you be seeking to keep it all for your own - not personal use - mayoral use?

• Question by: Marina Ahmad
• Meeting date: 20 November 2025

Marina Ahmad AM: Thank you. Mr Mayor, we should be really proud of the work of the VRU. It was the first one that was set up in the country and another example of where London leads, the rest of the country follows. You talked about over 80 per cent of positive feedback from participants. I wonder if there is a story that you might want to share with us about an individual’s experience?

• Question by: Susan Hall
• Meeting date: 20 November 2025

Susan Hall AM: Thank you. Mr Mayor, crime is going to increase because we have fewer police officers on the streets than we used to have. There is no doubt about it: if you do not get to grips with the finances of the police then we will have more and more crime. As the nights draw in and they are, shoplifting and so on, the shopkeepers are more and more concerned, and I have to tell you women are feeling less and less safe on the streets. It is so much worse. As an example, when I go back...

• Question by: Zack Polanski
• Meeting date: 20 November 2025

Zack Polanski AM: Thank you, Chair. There was some more nuance there because I heard you say, “Scrap the cap”, but then I heard you say to Assembly Member Best, “Scrap the cap when you are able to do so”. Now, I gave you options of how the Chancellor could do so and one of the most obvious is a wealth tax on assets, a one per cent tax on assets of £10 million or more. Would you support a wealth tax in order to reduce child poverty?

• Question by: Emma Best
• Meeting date: 20 November 2025

Emma Best AM: Thank you, Mr Mayor, for that. Could you please confirm to us here on the London Assembly what taxes you would like to see rise to pay for this?

• Question by: Zack Polanski
• Meeting date: 20 November 2025

Zack Polanski AM: Thank you, Chair. One in three children are growing up in poverty in London. That is 500,000 children. I am pleased to hear that you say you are concerned about the impact of this, and I believe you. That is different, though, to saying that you are calling on the Chancellor [of the Exchequer] to scrap the cap. Will you join me - and, more importantly, many child poverty campaigners - in saying, “Scrap this two child benefit cap”?