London budget 2019-2020

What do you think about the Mayor’s draft budget for 2019-20?

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What do you think about the Mayor’s draft budget for 2019-20?

Did you take our budget challenge? Were there any parts of the budget that surprised you?

The discussion ran from 10 January 2019 - 25 March 2019

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It is very ambitious budget I hope it will be useful for the Londoners 

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It is very ambitious budget I hope it will be useful for the Londoners 

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 I think the young Londoners have to participate to improve the city life,but the people are very depressed paying very expensive living in London & that desmotivates them to get involved in things that matter 

Such as housing benifit or...

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 I think the young Londoners have to participate to improve the city life,but the people are very depressed paying very expensive living in London & that desmotivates them to get involved in things that matter 

Such as housing benifit or #keepCityClean

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I am 70 years old I still work full time, I was brought up on a council estate in Peckham and have worked on one for over 30 years. I have never felt so sad for London - so much poverty, homelessness, violence, lack of affordable housing...

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I am 70 years old I still work full time, I was brought up on a council estate in Peckham and have worked on one for over 30 years. I have never felt so sad for London - so much poverty, homelessness, violence, lack of affordable housing, lack of access to all services.
Mr Khan you are not representing ordinary Londoners - the privileged maybe but not the rest of us.

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Very true and so sad. I work in housing estates and I see tragedy every day due to failure in public services. I come home at night completely exhausted and cry myself to sleep.

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Very true and so sad. I work in housing estates and I see tragedy every day due to failure in public services. I come home at night completely exhausted and cry myself to sleep.

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This affordable rent is not that affordable for some it is height for those on low income and those that work part time and those who may never in a life that can ever afford a their own home specially when your a single person. It’s also...

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This affordable rent is not that affordable for some it is height for those on low income and those that work part time and those who may never in a life that can ever afford a their own home specially when your a single person. It’s also very hard for when your in affordable social housing association to swap home because the rent is too high I am a person that will never have my own home. 

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I think the TFL fares have not been frozen. That's a lie. Zone 1-4 just went up by £6 per month... it was £188 and not it's 194. Bus pass had an increase as well. Hilarious especially at summer time when it's boiling on the tube, boiling on...

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I think the TFL fares have not been frozen. That's a lie. Zone 1-4 just went up by £6 per month... it was £188 and not it's 194. Bus pass had an increase as well. Hilarious especially at summer time when it's boiling on the tube, boiling on the bus plus, the whole tube system is rubbish. Just check your nose when you blow out after a journy and you'll see how much dust went just under 15-20 mins travelling by underground. 

Also, where are the bloody public toilets? I don't see any of them! Why did you remove them? Shall I pee on the wall? What if someone - like me - has an IBS? You just made my life much harder.

Also, I don't see enough police officers on the road walking or by car.

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Public loos were closed by councils during Thatcher's period of government when she abolished the GLC and squeezed local government funding as hard as possible to prevent Labour authorities doing anything to counter her policies. Public...

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Public loos were closed by councils during Thatcher's period of government when she abolished the GLC and squeezed local government funding as hard as possible to prevent Labour authorities doing anything to counter her policies. Public loos are outside the control of the Greater London Authority that the Major is responsible for.

You don't see enough police officers because there are not enough police officers. The latest Tory government lead by Cameron with May as Home Secretary and then Prime Minister cut funding for the Met Police and thousands of police posts were lost as a result.

In 1971 when I first travelled on the Northern Line if you blew you nose after only a few stops the result was black. Some of the tube system dates back 150 years so it is not all state of the art for sure.  It was neglected badly in the period after the GLC was abolished and before the GLA was formed to replace it.  But it is better now than in 1971....

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Yep, only froze single fares not travelcards. Great for tourists and daytrippers, not so good for those of us who live and work in London and actually vote for the Mayor of London!

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Yep, only froze single fares not travelcards. Great for tourists and daytrippers, not so good for those of us who live and work in London and actually vote for the Mayor of London!

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I took the challenge but only scored 3 out of 8.

I was most surprised about the sources of revenue for the Mayor's budget.

Easy to criticise Sadiq when discussing the knife crime situation but cutting police numbers to this extent can't...

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I took the challenge but only scored 3 out of 8.

I was most surprised about the sources of revenue for the Mayor's budget.

Easy to criticise Sadiq when discussing the knife crime situation but cutting police numbers to this extent can't help but have a shocking effect on law & order in the city.

Neither he nor the Met can hope to sort the problem out if police numbers are the lowest we've had since the 90's; what's the point of blaming him for that? The government have cut the funding & the price is being paid by young kids on the streets.

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Fair point but the Major’s knee jerk media focused response to fund and add another team will not address the problem effectively. He needs to address the real problem and support existing police services not add yet another layer?

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Fair point but the Major’s knee jerk media focused response to fund and add another team will not address the problem effectively. He needs to address the real problem and support existing police services not add yet another layer?

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The Mayor’s priority should be tackling crime, especially knife and violent crime. This is by far the most important issue in London today and Mr Kahn should be flooding our streets with police, instead of frittering our money away on...

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The Mayor’s priority should be tackling crime, especially knife and violent crime. This is by far the most important issue in London today and Mr Kahn should be flooding our streets with police, instead of frittering our money away on future vanity projects. London is losing its’ attraction to visitors and no longer feels a safe city. Give the police the numbers and the tools they need to protect us.

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Thanks everyone for taking part in this discussion. A few of you have mentioned transport and air pollution.

The budget supports the Mayor’s Transport Strategy, which aims for 80% of journeys to be made by foot, bike or public transport. This will be achieved through upgrades to the Tube, bus and cycling networks in the coming years.

Which improvements to London’s transport network will make the biggest difference to you?

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What about the numerous comments that questions the Mayors integrity!

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What about the numerous comments that questions the Mayors integrity!

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The Mayor spends HUGE amounts of money every year on PR. He has doubled his annual PR budget since 2016. It sickens me that the mayor spends so much on this, yet lays off hard working police staff, is cutting buses and failing to keep his...

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The Mayor spends HUGE amounts of money every year on PR. He has doubled his annual PR budget since 2016. It sickens me that the mayor spends so much on this, yet lays off hard working police staff, is cutting buses and failing to keep his promise to freeze fares for those of us who use a travelcard. I also am stunned as to why the mayor is spending so much more on culture. So many more worthy investments of the mayors budget exist

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Hi Ksterry

Thanks for your comment. City Hall’s PR budget has not doubled since 2016. More information the Mayor’s annual marketing and communications budget can be found on this page.

City Hall’s budget for marketing and communications supports campaigns that deliver the Mayor’s priorities for London, such as tackling rough sleeping, knife crime prevention and the London is Open campaign, and informs Londoners about issues that affect them. It also funds City Hall’s Public Liaison Unit which handles Londoners’ correspondence with the Mayor,  and covers promotion of a wide-range major events in London like Pride, Carnival, celebrations in Trafalgar Square, and the 7/7 commemoration.

We hope this helps. 

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If we don't provide car free routes across London It will fail to meet its clean air commitments because it far too scary and dangerous to cycle and ugly and noisy to enjoy walking. 

It is not reasonable of government to deal with...

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If we don't provide car free routes across London It will fail to meet its clean air commitments because it far too scary and dangerous to cycle and ugly and noisy to enjoy walking. 

It is not reasonable of government to deal with transport pollution by expecting cyclists to to be terrified and in constant danger every time we travel. 

When is it reasonable to expect terror, being knocked to the ground in moving traffic and have near death experiences just to get from A to B?

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I agree! We need more car-free streets! And pedestrians and cyclists need priority on the roads. That costs very little! Paint a few more zebra crossings and enforce speeding and parking violiations. That should also fund some of your...

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I agree! We need more car-free streets! And pedestrians and cyclists need priority on the roads. That costs very little! Paint a few more zebra crossings and enforce speeding and parking violiations. That should also fund some of your police officers!

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Much, much, much more need to be done for the environment

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Much, much, much more need to be done for the environment

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Hi Nicesette

Thanks for taking part in this discussion. 

Trees play an important role to help clean London’s air. The Mayor has committed £5m across this term to support tree planting and new woodlands. Which parts of London would you like to see more green space or trees? Where do you go for these now?

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just what  we need more on the mayors pay roll . i can just hear them now we need to have more money from the tax payer

to fund our snowflake schemes. if you can't bulid a railway with out knowing how long it will take, why o why do you...

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just what  we need more on the mayors pay roll . i can just hear them now we need to have more money from the tax payer

to fund our snowflake schemes. if you can't bulid a railway with out knowing how long it will take, why o why do you think 

our mayor can run london, he's good at wasting our money going round europe doing down our country and our people.

new tax's are only paid by the poor not the rich and big multinational 

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London needs a radical overhaul in governance and its ability to raise revenue. 33 boroughs duplicate services and fight amongst themselves and thus preventing a London wide strategic vision for housing and other essential services. It's...

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London needs a radical overhaul in governance and its ability to raise revenue. 33 boroughs duplicate services and fight amongst themselves and thus preventing a London wide strategic vision for housing and other essential services. It's time to get rid of the boroughs and bring back city wide government that is more efficient and strategic. Additionally the council tax system is regressive in how it is no longer linked to the true value of homes in London - a land value tax is long overdue. A move to land value system would see a fairer redistribution of taxes that would relieve the stress on those most vulnerable and on our small and medium business who employ the majority of Londoners and are the foundation of this city.

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The previous two posters have noticed.
Khan is well on the way to bankrupting TfL with his idiot "fares freeze" & the ULEZ-extension proposals will hit private car owners very badly - he should concentrate on the reall polluters -...

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The previous two posters have noticed.
Khan is well on the way to bankrupting TfL with his idiot "fares freeze" & the ULEZ-extension proposals will hit private car owners very badly - he should concentrate on the reall polluters - commercial vehicles, including ALL taxis, buses, & vans.

I will NOT be voting for him at the next election.

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how many press officers does a mayor of London need.. Boris and Ken had two....

this parasite has 15!!! Well done for the typical socialist job creation for the champayne socialists of course,

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how many press officers does a mayor of London need.. Boris and Ken had two....

this parasite has 15!!! Well done for the typical socialist job creation for the champayne socialists of course,

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Spot on. I’m not a Tory supporter but this Labour Mayor is a sycophant. No wonder he brought in the bus hopper; he jumps on any bandwagon that he thinks gives him “political fame” using public money! 

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Spot on. I’m not a Tory supporter but this Labour Mayor is a sycophant. No wonder he brought in the bus hopper; he jumps on any bandwagon that he thinks gives him “political fame” using public money! 

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Whatever the mayor does with the budget the poorer people will never benefit, the money is to line the richest people pockets that is why the mayor penalise  the poor he would never have to worry where his next meal is coming from or have...

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Whatever the mayor does with the budget the poorer people will never benefit, the money is to line the richest people pockets that is why the mayor penalise  the poor he would never have to worry where his next meal is coming from or have to worry can he go to work because he cannot afford the pay the charges to drive even if he pays with the sought of salary he gets he is never affected with money worries, he wants to get out in the real world and help where needed. Get more police on our street not cut them back make the money available for more police and for the poorest people, it is about time the mayor left office and new blood come in, it can never be as bad as it is now, perhaps that will take the sneer off his face, he is the worst mayor London has ever had, cannot wait for 2010 and get someone new that will be different from him, he is all talk and no do.

I bet he will benefit from the budget.

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who is standing? unless they can declare from an early date only those with some public profile will stand a chance. It keeps real Londoners out and cronies of blue or red in!!!

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who is standing? unless they can declare from an early date only those with some public profile will stand a chance. It keeps real Londoners out and cronies of blue or red in!!!

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To blame one man for the failure of central government to fund the police is unfair. If we as Londoners are to be cut loose by central government then we need to be free to organise and keep our money in London to pay for our police and...

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To blame one man for the failure of central government to fund the police is unfair. If we as Londoners are to be cut loose by central government then we need to be free to organise and keep our money in London to pay for our police and services. London needs to take back control from Westminster

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