The Mayor’s Budget for 2024-25

• By Building more council homes and the homes Londoners can afford people would be able to afford to live in the city, young people would be able to leave home and build their own lives instead of living at home beyond their 20s.
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• By Investing in green projects so we can continue to lead the way on tackling air pollution and the climate emergency – from making our buses zero-emission to planting over half a million trees that will improve people's well-being.

 A world-class transport network in London, buses should be free for the unemployed and low-income.

• The Met should be disbanded and a police force we could trust be reimagined, currently they are not trusted and out of touch with Londoners. 

     

Pollution, both air and noise.

Creating wealth opportunities as well as work.

Affordable housing everywhere and pronto!

Social unrest is getting closer by the day and national government is broke, as is  Britain!

Crime is often caused by disconnection and feeling unheard. In my opinion it is pointless prioritising this before tackling the underlying issues - financial and emotional support available for those that need it, proper training for the unemployed, real positive opportunities for young people and a home for everyone. Even tackling climate change must take a lower priority, despite it being the number one Global issue, but probably not for a City.

I appreciate the term "being tough on crime and the causes of crime" sounds like a vote winner and suggests a strong leader, but in reality the "causes of crime" never get a look in. I understand the phrase, "being tough on the serious crimes of murder, rape, domestic abuse, paedophilia and trafficking (etc.) and working hard to discover and solve the causes of other crimes" is less of a soundbite, but it is much more authentic.

Agree with all except the last one. There is no climate emergency, if they stopped the chem trails it would help. Yes to planting for trees the ridiculous 20 mile an hour limit needs to be scrapped as do the LTNs most of the traffic is pushed to the main roads. Many residents have to drive further to get home. 

Agree with these priorities but would also like to mention 

- Tackling air pollution across the city and on the underground. Public transport is so expensive it is often cheaper to drive than catch the train (especially when multiple people are travelling together). The congestion charge should be increased for the most polluting cars (SUVs).  

- Improving mental health including free access to green spaces and exercise facilities including public swimming pools. There is also a pandemic of loneliness across London across all age groups. There is a need to create more free/cheap facilities and activities to enable people to come together and form friendships (e.g. free or cheap exercise classes in under used libraries and churches, evening classes in financial education or maths). 

- Tackling homelessness is not just a matter of building more homes but also tackling the sources of the problem including e.g. a lack of free education for adults, lack of support for drug addiction and mental illness.

- Public toilet provision in parks and at train stations.

1. Green Initiatives. I fully support investment in green initiatives, but why do so many underground stations have electric advertising on platforms and at the side of escalators? This is not energy efficient and using them is hypocritical.
2. Noise. London is becoming a noisy city. Excessive horn use. Ban the unnecessary use of horns in residential / built up areas. Introduce on the spot fines.
3. Police Resourcing. The Police alway complain about a lack of funding. They could save a lot of money if officers retired at the same age as everyone else. The current situation is ridiculous. Officers retiring, then taking on another job while receiving a generous police pension.
4. Council Homes. More Council homes are needed, at a reasonable cost, but not if they are later sold off / given away, as they were in the 1980s.
5. Private Renting. The private rental sector needs regulating, so that tenants: (a) are no longer exploited, (b) are not charged exorbitant rents, (c) are not compelled to live in substandard conditions and (d) the properties are well maintained and dot not contribute to urban decline (as many now do).
6. Transport. Investment in the underground is badly needed. The Piccadilly Line in particular has become very grubby. This is not about tarting up stations. It was a mistake some years ago, to remove old tiles from stations, when they were in perfect order.
7. Education. It is a disgrace that many Local Authorities (including my own, Haringey) no longer offer decent adult evening classes. There is too much focus on computer skills. It is impossible to find classes in modern languages.
8. Environment. Encourage people to plant their front gardens. We allow too much garden space to be converted to car parking. It degrades the street scape and is bad for the environment.
9. Pavements. Can we have the pavements back for pedestrians - not for advertising, sign posts, car parking and people’s bins.
10. Cycling. Conditions need to be improved across London. More cycle lanes and secure parking.

A lot of the problems we have in London stem from over population.  We have not learnt from the mistakes of the past such as high density population in the Victorian era resulting high levels of infant mortality, low life expediency, high levels of crime, violence and what we now call mental health issues.

We need more green space and reduction in high rise living.

I think that the Mayor should be concentrating on those priorities that are achievable in the short term as it is obvious that the current government have abrogated their responsibilities for maintaining the Capital It is imperative that the Mayor sets and maintains a realistic budget mindful of the fact that there are boroughs within his juristiction that are already under duress due to previous council mismanagement and will not look kindly on extra financial burdens being imposed on issues that could be seen as politically motivated.

The TFL policy for London is failing in many areas. As a mostly pedestrian traveler I find the tubes are noisy, over hot and crowded. Whoever granted the licence for non tethered motorised bicycles that are abandoned in the middle of the pavements all over London had no idea of the inconvenience caused to the disabled. Traffic is made worse by local restrictions and the jams caused by narrow car lanes and overly wide bus and bike lanes has increased pollution. The brake dust from electric cars and buses is worse than the particulates from diesel vehicles and a 20mph limit means cars are running at a speed at which the engine is below maximum efficiency. Finally local shops are closing because of the difficulties in reduced parking spaces, high parking charges and ULEZ fees. People are put off coming to London and tradespeople prefer to work locally rather than come into London. Claiming that London has a world class transport system overstates the case massively when compared to Paris, Amsterdam, Berlin or Tokyo. The only areas I would agree with is that London needs more affordable housing and more Trees!

Ref being tough on crime and the need for Met resources to reform and serve effectively. 

There is little point in allocating more resource when the Police are afraid to do their jobs effectively in fear of prosecution. To be tough on crime requires a less liberal methodology. If the police arrest someone for serious crime the courts often fail to apply a fitting punishment; reform needs to start with the justice system but any change takes them too long. Until such change happens public perception will continue to see the current policing as being ineffective. 

To be effective the priority for Building more council homes and homes Londoners can afford needs to be coupled with "Quality Affordable Homes". Our building standards have dropped and low cost often means low quality which, after short periods, brings other community and expense issue to the fore. 

Secure affordable social housing will help with living costs, reduce homelessness and help relieve child poverty.

Reliable, affordable (cheap or, ideally, free), green public transport will reduce car usage, reduce pollution and improve the environment.

Why does this survey allow me to post more than one comment? 

Affordable, environmentally-friendly housing should be a priority. 

Tackle the issues around drugs and knife crime.

I'm fine with the ULEZ because clean air is a priority, but some of the LTNs are working against that by creating terrible congestion, for public transport and private vehicles alike.  Streatham is a complete shambles at the moment.