The Mayor’s Budget for 2024-25

Stop providing additipnal support, plenty of second jobs around.

Stop mentoring, those that need it aren't interested.

Stop spending on "greenprojects", this can happen with normal renewal time scales.

Make public transport services more self sustaining and not blindly subsidised.

Investing in green projects improves our environment, our health and is a very effective way to create jobs.  London has a housing crisis as well and action is urgently needed there.

As the levels of air pollution on the underground network, particularly the Victoria and Noethern lines, are many times worse than those at street level, this should urgently become a priority.  It is much more harmful than street level pollution.

Policing has become so under-resourced and inexperienced that the quality of service has noticeably reduced.  An essential element in putting this right is adequate funding.

Local authorities would comply law and order on based on international standards to provide security to public in London through the law and stop defence for criminals traffickers to bcz abuse of law and position could be result of prosecution and law is qual for every body . So broken law is a serious criminal offence for same to authorities as well . Public sectors Need assessment to hold public service work for public interest for well being of all London’s same equal , rights, freedom and justice. Thanks 

The price of the tube is an extortion. I have to go to work, so I have to take the tube. £7 a day is outrageous to travel in your own city. This is an abuse to your citizens. Houses are unaffordable and not meeting the standards of decent living. They are certainly not value for the money spent, especially considering that as soon as you step outside, the levels of crime are on the rise and the streets are dirty. You guys need to do something. You are failing your citizens. You care only about the most trivial things and the real problems are forgotten.

1.  Safety:  more police visibility and keep police stations open , including station in Notting Hill .   Have police enforce shoplifting/ stealing laws.  Staff in local shops like such as Tesco and Boots should have support from police. Shoplifting costs everyone. 
    
2. Transport :  stop cutting routes in west london RBKC which serve residents to get to schools and hospitals
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3. Housing :  support the Government to change planning laws so more homes can be built affordably.  

Public safety is becoming more of an issue with rises in street crime.  But how do you discourage youngsters (kids) from carrying weapons such as knives and discourage then from attacking other kids.  A serious issue and challenge.  Need to look at what other large cities do to manage this.  This also ties in with mentoring young Londoners.

The Met and Fire Brigade need more public support and less criticism.  They need more people joining them so they can provide a greater service.  But they do need positive recognition.   And less of woke and brainless influencers who have their own agendas that do not fit with the vast majority of people. 

With so much of the ideas and and priorities there's significant cost which can only be funded by increasing taxation of Londoners.  Some ideas such as green projects and other fashionable items need to take a back seat so that more critical items that have much broader benefit and support can be accomplished.  

The Mayor must invest more into active travel schemes. Report after report keeps telling us that active travel is closest thing we have to a magic bullet for helping to cure so many of society's ills, and will save society money in the long run thanks to active travel having a high value return on investment (£4.30 for every £1 spent, according to DfT's latest figures). We literally cannot afford to cut back or slow down on building more cycle tracks, implementing more LTNs and other interventions. 

The affordable homes scheme needs rethinking I barely hear of anyone been successful and you have to earn a lot to be eligible and the prices are still extremely high so it's not affordable and shared ownership is becoming more unaffordable with high services charges. Most young people are considering leaving as we can't afford to live here 

The priorities are fine - thoguh would put the green priority much higher up.  By being greener with Living Streets, we not only improve our air and reduce CO2, improve our health and wellbeing but also reduce crime and improve the sense of community.  It's a win-win-win.  The GLA and TfL still hold omtop far too many undeveloped or under-dveeloped sites across London losing valuable revenues, as well as holding back opportunities for new social housing, green space and businesses.  Station sites, vast unnecessary car parks (2300 spaces allocated to the O2 on Greenwich peninsuila alone) could all be redveloped for housing or green space.  And much of the GLA estate (apart from heritage areas) could be covered in solar panels reducing running costs, CO2 etc.

Is that it? One question about a budget of millions when Khan has already brought the city to its knees? The crime epidemic which he allows to grow, TfL bankrupt and refusal to restructure, the gridlock on the roads, the destruction of business and jobs so he can grandstand on his political agenda and score  points with his media circus? There is one better question and that’s who to vote for in May to stop the rot. 

I believe these are worthwhile ambitions. I would support the Mayor and his team to help achieve these 

The priorities appear to cover the most essential areas of concern, but I believe that providing more affordable housing should be the top of the list. Without safe, affordable homes Londoners will be unable to afford to pay for their travel and leisure activities,  which impacts crime levels and prevents young people from settling in the city. Improving the wealth of the population enables more local services to be bought and used,  which helps to grow the local economy. Sky high rents and house prices are a major issue for London and action needs to be taken to intervene in the market. With sensible planning policies for new homes and a strengthening of building regulations, a rebuilding programme can also offer benefits for climate change. London could lead the country in developing and Implementing a renewable energy, eco efficient, approach to new build if there was the impetus to do so. Barriers, such as the prevention of planning approval for solar panels on roofs in conservation areas should be removed to encourage more renewable energy projects. Investing in services for young people is also a priority. Youth services are at an all time low, but demand for such services remain high. London could and should harness the energy and enthusiasm from volunteers and voluntary groups to enable more services to be provided, help with capital funding to improve community buildings would make a huge difference. Our Scout Group needs capital funding to improve our site and buildings, but it is really difficult to get any help. An improved site would enable other services to be provided for the whole population to enjoy. Reducing isolation, improving fitness and health and well being as well as providing for young people. The cost benefits of such investment would prove to be well worth it. 

I really appreciate the Mayor's efforts to tackle pollution in London despite getting a lot of pushback. I hope he can save the LTN currently under threat in various boroughs including Tower Hamlets. I would like him to continue all the green initiatives- unlike all the politicans in Westminster he is rare in actually doing something towards mitigating the effects of Climate change.

 cannot see where crime has gone down. All I see is stabbing/ shooting/ violence on public transport/ and a lot of anti social behaviour.

It's great that the Mayor wants to build more housing but what about the infrastructure that also needs to be upgraded due to these new homes.

My wife and I are pensioners and I am disabled, these proposed increases does not take into account what the local councils new rates will be.

it seems that council tax could actually increase by nearly £10.00 a month, how on earth do you expect pensioners and the low paid  pay these increase?

The proposed council Tax does not take into account extra price increases for, food, heating, and day to day expenses that go up at the whim of increasing profits.

My comment here is that we NEED to get rid of Khan, the sooner the better he has ruined London with his ridiculous Ulez, road narrowing and shutting streets to traffic.  Does the idiot not realize that by doing all the measures in the name of 'Cleaner Air',, he is in fact making the air far far worse by causing all the traffic to back up and queue, spewing our noxious fumes.  He is not going to stop traffic in London, it is a working city, hes just making air quality far far worse.  He needs to get traffic moving freely again.l What is the point of the Park Lane cycle lane,????? for gooness sake cannot he not see how the traffic is taking hours to crawl along there now.  There is a PARALELL cycle lane in Hyde Park, what is the matter with him???

We need to address the cost of housing and concomitant homelessness. As well as regulating overseas  ownership we should clamp down on developers who sit on unused land as an inflation-hedge strategy and who renege on their affordable housing and Section 106 duties. To help fund improvements we need to tap into the private wealth held by millions of better-off Londoners . Why not a ‘London Bond’ which better-off people like me can invest into to fund new social-rent housing, refurbishing derelict and empty buildings? 

Being tough on crime has a long history of not working, probably because the problem has already occurred by the time people commit crime. You need to get in earlier to stop people becoming criminalised, and offer then a good life without it.

The Met is probably in an even worse state than it was this year, and is now gaslighting us with lots of adverts talking about how diverse it is. I don't think it should get any more money, or even any money, without a complete overhaul.

There is enough housing in the UK, the problem is that all the jobs and money are in London, if we spread that around a bit I think the problem disappears.

The UK is a rich country, we should be able to do better for homeless people.