Have your say on London's budget for 2022–23

These affordable homes are not given to Londoners on a waiting list or rough sleepers. So called asylum seekers are given given first priority for accommodation they are causing the housing shortages around the UK adding to the population. and putting local councils under pressure to build thousands of homes everywhere. countryside woodland and green belt will vanish including wildlife animals pushed to extinction. People are already experiencing wildlife animals entering their properties to find warmth because their habitats are been destroyed on a daily basis for large housing developments . In a 100 years time the whole of the United Kingdom will look like a third world slum. Not that khan or the FAR LEFT care

That is the problem with London we have a mayor who hates the motorist for some reason they make money from them because they don’t have a choice it is like picking on the vulnerable I was a labour voter all my life until the last mayoral election and I voted for someone else because of his constant attacks on the motorist

Completely unacceptable! If the mayor is honest about helping the Londoners than he shouldn’t suggest such increase in council tax. My Labour council isn’t doing anything for the people why should I pay more for TFL?? Not my responsibility.

Totally incompetent transport policy - wasting untold millions on road traffic schemes, particularly cycle lanes, and pricing Londoners out of going into town with the extended hours and massive increase in the congestion charge.
Redress the balance and give the motorist some breaks!

I don't understand how giving a frankly eye-watering £800m+ to the police will help solve 'the causes of crime'. The bulk of this money would surely be better allocated towards community support, into the New Deal for Young People or anything that will actually support citizens rather than further enable the police force.

I do not Live in London however i travel there at least twice a month with work and i hate driving in the centre which i always try to avoid if i can as you can not fart with out getting caught, I agree with a lot of comments on here ie all the extra cycle lanes and which idiots thought it was a good idea to build some in the middle of the roads, a lot of cyclists and people on scooters are Idiots and have no road sense at all and all and i am surprised more are not killed every year as they just weave in and out of the traffic, also damaging cars as they do so, Transport for London and the Mayor are a joke and just think about making money they also do not cater for people outside of London and how the people that live there i do not know how they manage, some of the roads and the junctions off them are a pain more so when its busy and if you don't know the area and have to change lanes half way round them and cant so end up the wrong way and have to back track or find another route. My last trip just before Christmas i ended up near Hyde park going from south West London to go back north a journey of about 20 mins took me 2 hours, hence why i visit London for Pleasure i book and stay outside and use the bus as it is easier and cheaper, All this congestion charging and the low emission zones are a joke and just a rip off, as i feel it does not make a difference and the amount of busses on the roads can not be doing any good.

Regards Tony

Regarding air pollution , the expansion and building of second incinerator in Belvedere , east london should have been stopped.
This area is just upcoming with crossrail expansion to nearby abbey wood.
Residents will now have this new eyesore along with pollution.
Such a facillity, should be belt far away from large residential population.
I understand the mayor tried to stop this and the goverment proceeded , I belive the mayor should try harder to stop this and then will win my vote.

Are you having a laugh a good mayor he has alienated every motorist in London with his policies all he worries about is cycle lanes that cause more congestion and pollution because of backed up traffic and which are empty most of the time people cant afford to come in to London so less people spending which effects the economy of London just look at the big drop in footfall in central London

I agree with 'gjc', Sadiq Khan is doing remarkably well in the face of a hostile and incompetent national Government that constantly strives to undermine him, and us, the people/ratepayers of London.
His budget is indeed realistic in the current given circumstances.
My only criticism is far too many (and too large) cycle lanes which very few cyclists actually use!

Furball has hit the nail on the head; the mayor gets the blame for the TfL fiasco when, in reality, the situation has been directly brought about by a fiercely hostile government which is trying its hardest to undermine Sadiq Khan without caring about the consequences of their political shenanigans for those of us who depend on the tube and bus network.
This is a realistic budget given the constraints forced on the GLA and I hope that in 2022 our mayor gets more credit than he's been given up to now, for how well he's coped with everything that's come at him.

This mayor has not got a clue he moans that tfl had no money and he doesn’t realise the people he asked to get to work by bike are the thousands who used to use public transport. His green agenda is rubbish if he was concerned he would ban polluting cars from London but they can still drive into London if they pay for the pleasure how does that make sense

The problem is not the money, it’s how it’s spent. Affordable housing that is anything but affordable and most of the time barely fit for purpose if at all, wastage on paying hiked pricing to so called preferred suppliers who give no value for money. The fares are down for TFL but the companies running the services aren’t meeting the standards required yet we get to pay more for them. Millions to develop a green deal that won’t work and will cause more delays and pollution by lengthening journeys. Even the budget outline is just a political statement rather than stressing why this increase is really needed, a disgraceful proposal from a disgraceful mayor. The sooner he is gone and someone with a clue how to budget and run a city properly the better.

I hope the £4bn for "affordable" housing will be invested in housing that is really affordable to working people, i.e. at a "social" housing rent.

Yes the Council Tax increase is necessary, and at least we know what it will be spent on. The best course of action for Londoners is to vote the Tories out of office. The current government has turned funding Transport and other London services into political issues when they are actually economic issues vital to the whole country.

Training for young people ( and others) should focus on skills for a circular and sustainable economy in particular there seems to be a massive skill shortage in the area of retrofitting housing and insulation installation ( cladding etc) esp for the huge stock of Victorian & Edwardian housing that London has. Fuel poverty and net zero will not end without insulating our housing stock & we need to get on with it rapidly.

Too much outsourcing of services leads to higher profits for private companies and lesser services. You only have to look at what Violia providing for Merton to see that. Bring important services back in house and provide the quality of service that the same money would provide.

Please extend the ULEZ Ultra Low Emission Zone to the M25 for it to have a really positive impact.

£2.66 per month increase Council Tax, they may not be a big amount to many people if your earnings is enough for all these increases,it will not affect high earners. we have energy bills increasing and the Tax which has to be paid in April, that is without cost of living such as food and the water rate will increase, and the yearly rent increase and probably other increases, I really don’t know how we are expected to find the money for this.
I am retired, my husband should have retired 10 years ago he is now 75 and only earns a low wage, although earnings are low we cannot afford for him to retire as we could not exist on State pensions.
I don’t know what the answer is but we are struggling like many other people.
My husband has to buy a Oyster card just to go to work because he travels before 9am at a cost to him. This is because you stopped free travel before 9am every day.
IT SEEMS ALL TAKE BUT NOTHING GIVEN BACK.
VERY WORRYING TIMES.

Please offer affordable housing for flats and houses that are freehold, not shared ownership, and don't have extortionate maintenance and management annual fees.
Why are regular people paying higher council tax in 2022 instead of taxing the top 5% or 10% of the people with millions, like ceos. Or taxing the millionaires abroad who have purchased tons of property in central London and driven up prices.