Have your say on the proposed London Budget for 2021-2022

The draft budget is missing the point. The Mayor needs to devote more resources to making London safe from crime. Second, to counter the financial impact of Covid he should focus on improving road traffic flow. London's road network is too congested, a problem exacerbated by Low Traffic Neighbourhoods and ill thought out new cycle lanes. This is not the time to introduce such Green measures.

Consequential traffic jams not only increase pollution but if people who need to move themselves and goods around London for work can't do so - businesses suffer. We are in an economic crisis. The key point of London is that it is a City of trade. To protect and create jobs on which we all depend, the Mayor’s focus must be to enhance the ability of our capital to trade and do business as best as possible. Get London moving. Crack down on crime. Please.

On the strength of this, Mayor Khan, you should return to the political backwaters. It's health, our families, social relationships and our economic well-being that are fundamental to us Londoners. You're not just penalising those 20%+ of us who are presently at high Covid19 risk by stubbornly refusing to postpone the ULEZ extension; you will damage each of these priorities for most good citizens of this fine city. Go on, force us to use a sub-standard, unhealthy public transport network, despite the fact that most of us cannot afford to sell our current cars, never mind buy a new one. Most of us have already suffered with major losses in incomes; we've all experienced a decline in our well-being; many have lost loved ones. Go on, charge us an extra £700+ a year for one car trip per week to visit friends and relatives; yes please - slap on £4,000 for a daily business trip/commute; and while you're at it - on Saturdays and Sundays why not charge us an extra £1,400 a year to take our children across town for their hard-earned, health-giving, confidence-boosting, socially-rewarding sports training, matches and competitions (when Covid19 allows). Thanks and goodbye, Mayor Khan - roll on 2022. 

How can a Labour Mayor and a Conservative government ever work, they are in conflict and always points scoring.

I commend the extensive work on equalities and human rights over the last few years and hope it is not only continued but expanded. I commend the multi-year fare-freeze and fare-simplification on TfL run services and the introduction of ULEZ and it's scheduled expansion, I hope that isn't delayed. I think the Silvertown Tunnel should be scrapped and the money used instead on walking, cycling and other communal public transport. Finally London's creative, arts, entertainment, culture and night-time industries have been massively affected by the covid19 pandemic and should be very high on the agenda to be helped and nurtured back into its former glory.   

For more green spaces, mayor has failed in green spaces so far. TFL has to be improved becase we, the londoners are exhausted from the delayed services or overground clousers almost every week. Eventhough we are paying the most expensive public transportation in Europe our service is awful. We should value more on the indiviual freedoms, nothing can justify blocking our citizens' and residents'  right to protest, we have a proud history of peacful protests in the UK. I don't want to see mayor of london using pandemic as an excuse to divide and discriminate certain groups of public. 

Build more Council homes.  Get rid of cycle lanes that cause buses to stop in middle of main roads. Support build of new schools, walk in clinics, nursing homes.  Green is great but at the rate we’re going there’ll be no economy or healthy residents left in London.  

Well I propose you stop this farce of a consultation and wasting money. I also propose you do it on the basis of we have London Elections in May 2021 (if it's not cancelled again). The new Mayor and London Assembly may have very diffrent plans to what are being proposed so stop this stupidity now and save money and come back after the election.

The way to make London better for all is not by investing into a failed economy:
-"Gig" economy
-"Free market"
-Building madness

Instead, reduce London emissions, restoring proper shrubbery and green spaces, interspered with water features and create parks
instead of more huge, unhealthy high rise buildings.  There must be a message that London's excessive growth in population (6M in 1990 - 10M in 2020) is entirely unsustainable.
There must be a message that London needs a new style of economy and layout that creates a quieter and healthier city.

Covid infections are not going to disappear overnight because of the vaccine. Nor is there yet evidence as to whether those who are vaccinated can no longer be carriers. Hence the desire to avoid public transport if possible will remain.

Car drivers do not own the road space; it is for everybody. Drivers who use their cars for  1/3rd  of car journeys in London for short journeys of up to 2Km (1.2 miles) have to stop and think of their responsibilities to the environment.  To use their car just to buy a newspaper should NOT be happening.  We need space for walking and cycling infrastructure.

The shift to electric cars is already happening, both private and delivery vehicles. One of the new taxi models celebrates that it is electric/hybrid but the facts are that the average cabbie will do about 100 miles/day and these cabs only have a battery range of 60 miles so the rest is done using the petrol engine to re-charge the batteries. There should be a rapid increase in fast charging points for taxis as well as private vehicles. Let's not kid ourselves, the traffic danger and congestion will not disappear just because there is a switch to electric. The short car  journeys should be eliminated. Good cycle tracks connecting with schools would help eliminate the school run by car with the kids. As a result of increased cycle use there needs to be an increase of facilities for cycle parking.

The body of opinion who are against cycle tracks (eg what happened in Kensington High St) fail to follow the facts and the logic that the cycle tracks INCREASE retail footfall. The High St Ken tracks were being used by up to 5,000 cyclists per day until RBKC Council shockingly drafted an objection letter for the Chair of Kensington Business Forum to be issued on behalf of local business.  Recent survey showed that vehicle traffic is now slower without the cycle tracks.     

Homelessness must be a key issue to be addressed. Many people ended up dying on the streets of Central London after losing their jobs and homes due to the pandemic. 

if we are for environmental progress and safety, remove the crazy cycle lanes recently installed in Enfield without consultation. These are causing huge traffic problems where traffic becomes stationary for much of the day. High curbs have been erected at busstops which would rip the suspension off any vehicle that hit one and cause it to swerve into any group ay a bus stop. The rubber supports where small lane poles become dangerous slopes when the poles get snapped off. Cyclists still use the pavement very few use these lanes. The spaces between clcle lane poles have become parking areas for take aways and delivery drivers. Emergency vehicles cannot now get along the highroad due to the reduced space created by stupid cycle lanes. The above is happening NOW when lockdown finally finishes the problems will be even worse.

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Have large signs printed saying "PRIORITISE EMERGENCY VEHICLES" and position them outside Ambulance stations, Police stations, Doctors' surgeries, Fire stations and all hospitals.  Cost negligible, lives saved, many!

I do not agree with prioritising groups, e.g. the young.  Safety is an entitlement for everyone.

I have become aware of a great deal of waste over the past year.  Let's have less waste this year.

Reopen the roads tariff free but make them suitable for use.  This will reduce pollution by removing traffic jams.  No, you can't remove jams?  Try harder.

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Make safe walking a priority. Many have had to increase walking as part of their commute or excercise options. Pedestrians need safe spaces without bikes endangering them - people with mobility issues don't all use wheelchairs and those with sight or hearing issues are also impacted by cyclists. Some of us even just want to walk lost in our thoughts but pavements have become hazardous!

Affordable housing, low rise and with safe outdoor space should be available for all. Cities wouldn't work if only rich people lived in them so the rest of us need access to decent homes within an ordinary budget.

Concentrate on green options for building and renewal. The next generation cannot afford our mistakes.

I believe that the developments planned for 2020 onwards should be stopped.

  We cannot afford them due to covid19. Hopefully this will make us think about what kind of London we want.Powers that be want to continue as normal but we cannot afford to.

I live in North London and there is so much residential building going on which will only increase congestion and pollution.This is happening all over London.

Also the high speed link to the North is going to weigh heavily on London as there will be very high maintainance costs for the system.

We will become another Mexico City or Bangkok⁵

There has to be a purge on wasteful expenditure. For example in our suburb tarmac pavements are being replaced by paving stones. The tarmac pavements are perfectly usable. The paving slabs can break over time, they become uneven thus requiring maintenance/replacement. This is unnecessary.

There must be a review on the areas where expenditure is not important and are cosmetic. Money is tight.

Good to see the Climate Crisis top of the list.  This is the most important issue London is facing in 2021 & beyond.

London has never had so many rich and super-rich residents as it has now . These people should make very substantial contributions to the welfare of their 9 million fellow-Londoners . Indeed it is their duty to do so . If they want to enjoy the multiple benefits of living in London -- and they obviously do -- then they should feel compelled to give very generously this year to maintain the benefits for all and to very actively support the recovery of London from Covid . 

What I'm saying is NOT rubbish. Read the report!

Also, if you look at TfL's showcase scheme, the Embankment, its claims of success apply only to very limited peak hours - and then it is only 5% on average (which is a flattering description of the raw data). However, if you look at overall people throughput across the whole day, the introduction of the cycle superhighway cut the numbers able to travel along that route by around a third. That's not what good looks like.

The cycle schemes increase congestion; they inconvenience over 95% of road users, they are NOT safer for cyclists, they attract a relatively tiny number of additional cyclists and they are an extremely bad way to spend public money.

I personally will be delighted to give up driving and return to public transport when it is safe to do so. But I am thankful to have a freedom pass so that helps. Also viruses may be with us for some time yet so improvements to public transport to reduce overcrowding and improve ventilation and disinfection should continue as a public health priority. Electrification of road vehicles should likewise be supported with charge points and incentives to clear pollution from our city air. Anything that can be done to improve access to safe and affordable housing would help. I would not like to live in a city without sensible rules and plans to which the libertarians would probably say good riddance, but I think many people would agree with me.