Culture and economy

Hi, please can the recycling depots be invested in so more of London's waste can be recycled. At the moment the facilities need to be better - able to recycle more materials -and greener. Thanks! 

Paying the London living wage should be a requirement of all suppliers (including sub-contractors) on all services and contracts with the GLA or in receipt of GLA support.

London should be the leading edge international city in improving air quality and reducing carbon emissions - this should include GLA / London Transport direct impacts - moving to electric vehicles asap, licensing policy - requiring taxis and private hire (e.g. Uber) to use electric vehicles and using powers to make significant additional charges on vehicles throughout London which are not electric or at least low poluting hybrid.

I would like to see centres for young people to access culture, the arts and skills development (like Roundhouse/WAC Arts) that are accessible to underpriviliged youth communities; with outreach to engage young people at risk of entering gangs etc. These centres should engage youth ambassadors to recruit other young people to use the services.

I think apprenticeships and public transport are quite important. All the rest of the suggestions listed, i.e. community and culture, are not necessary and could be funded by other people.

Cultural events can help build a sense of wellbeing, but young people in particular should be encouraged to participate. A couple of years ago in this area there was a project where a guy with a mixing desk in the back of a hatchback came and gave some kids experience which they would have had difficulty in getting otherwise.

1) Policing- it no longer feels safe to walk the streets.  There have been to many attacks and a murder with .5 mile

2) Polution- take and destroy polluting vehicles 

3) Short term letting issues that cause immense problems for neighbours.

Please deal with these

Thank you

I think sport already has enough support, from charities and the football league.  The money to be spent on that should be shared between policing and housing

Football has more than enough money in the game to support itself, why are we spending government money on it when housing, social care and other areas are struggling and normal people are being priced out of those to pay for football?

invest in roads, transport, social and health care, housing, policing or cut the council tax before giving more money to football!

MESSAGE FOR THE MAYOR

How many people need to be murdered before you'll belatedly have the good sense to prioritise Police funding.

If you don't, you can be certain you'll be looking for a job very soon.

Otherwise, cancel the rest, put every penny into Policing.  There's no point in having any other aspect of London funded if we are at such a high risk of attack by criminals with knives.

The priority list is:-

Police

Police

Police

Nothing else.

Make London safe then we can look at other initiatives.

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Every cultural event is projecting the overall image of London, globally. 

Events in London are becoming the rule of others to copy and follow.

Especially for the next years to come,London must be in the centre of interest, hosting big cultural events that will preserve and establish the city's character as metropolis of European culture,ignoring Brexit!

It's a good thing to focus opportunity for sport and activities on young people, but altogether rather thin on the 'Economy'

Not much detail of Mayor's proposed plans for cukture as opposed to sport...

I like live music and street performance by musicians who play well any instrument but not with amplified background accompanying muzak. There's no skill and it's usually far too loud and intrusive, so ban it please Mayor as many other cities have done, including Edinburgh.

Many European cities celebrate mostly free events on Midsummer day and night all the panoply of music on offer on street corners, in concert and dance halls or anywhere outside. Why doesn't London join in this festival of music/fête de la musique on the same day? It would at least show after the disgrace of Brexit some solidarity with the EU, particularly as London voted overwhelming to Remain, my borough Lambeth the most in Britain, according to Lambeth council.   

Finally, unrelated but I can't see anywhere to comment on public transport. Why have so many bus stops had signage removed showing when next buses are due? I see no reason why it's expected that people carry with them constantly a mobile phone to find out information that should be easily publicly available for free. My mobile company charges me for each non geographical call for text numbers at bus stops. Suggest the Mayor goes to Paris or most other cities which display this information so much better and in cleaner environment than too often grubby London bus stops. Should be made a top priority in any budget proposals. 

As a small(er) arts centre project funding for local events is essential. Essential to support the local mini economies of London. 

I'm utterly disgusted to see that Boris Johnson is planning to hold a "Festival of Britain" to celebrate the xenophobes and nationalists' victory in dragging the UK out of the EU. The Tories want to celebrate stealing rights, freedoms and opportunities from millions of people, both British and European, and this 'festival' is how they plan to do so.

Fortunately, it seems that this 'festival' won't take place in London, an amazing multicultural and global city which voted 59.9% to Remain in the EU.

In order to defend and preserve London's culture, I would like to ask Mayor Khan to say a resounding 'NO' to any proposal to hold such a festival anywhere in or near London.

It's bad enough that we should have to put up with 20,000 Brextremists in Parliament Square in the evening of 31st January. That should NOT be allowed. Why should the far-right be allowed to gloat about its narrow victory which is based on nothing more than lying, cheating, criminality and malign outside intereference?

Local council leisure centres with free entry need to be supported more

Mainly some good proposals but it's time to reverse the Conservative cuts e.g. returning free entry to swimming pools for under 18s (to encourage healthier lifestyles), so access isn't dependent on privilege.

Please ensure an emphasis on local benefits. How to connect up new opportunities with local colleges?

The emphasis on public transport is good, but whenever travel is being discussed, it needs to be hand-in-hand with improved cycle lanes and pedestrian routes, even for medium-distant journeys. I know plenty of people who will cycle up to an hour, across London, if they think it's a safe route.

I agree with a lot of the comments such as having a cleaner, better, reliable and fair cost transport system for all Londoners; a better, more accessible and safer environment for pedestrians - as pedestrians are always, in my opinion, forgotten about when issues of transport arise; proper jobs for young people so they can put the talents learned from schemes to good and practical use, otherwise what they have learnt would be a waste of money and their time.