The Mayor’s Budget for 2025-26

Whilst The Mayors focus on crime is what we need. However his earlier move on local policing is in tatters.

We are now down to 1pc and 1pcso per ward instead of 2pc`s and maybe 2 pcso`s and when they are in post as supposed DWO`s they are then abstracted to other duties and some outside the Sutton Borough. Leaving local policing almost none existent. Then there is a fast turnover of personnel some leaving before a replacement is found causing a breakdown of continuity and local knowledge lost which has to be learnt all over again by the replacement PC. Not only are Pc`s abstracted but also their Sergeant and Inspector, seriously damaging the management structure.

Safer Neighbourhood police should not be in post as a reserve for other duties but dedicated to the ward or area they are stationed.

Building more housing should be a priority - as we know there is a huge housing shortage in London. 

The survey asked if "increasing the availability of affordable housing" should be prioritised. The answer is yes, absolutely - but it depends on the methods used to increase availability. We should not introduce any new or expand any programme to subsidise existing housing: all this would do is subsidise demand in a market that is already very supply constrained. The mayor should focus their efforts on building as much housing as possible at any price point. 

Environmental measures vary widely according to which council you are with. Too many are cutting down trees, show unsympathetic or lack of care for green spaces, and unawareness of how important greenery and habitat for birds and insects are in our urban environment. We need solar panels, green walls, white roofs and less paving over of (or plastic grass in) gardens. Better sewage treatment and flood prevention – in West London we are at great risk if the Thames barrier should fail in the coming years, the plans seem worryingly out of date.

Easy to say how to spend money. Nothing about how money is raised ( from citizens) and the ballooning mayors budget. Stop the privileges for lawless cyclists who seem to be dictating road policy as well as facilitating e bike crime.  After all the protests about ULEZ and draconian LTNs no chance for people to comment on these divisive and money grabbing policies. Just vague objectives and blue sky so the mayor can do what he likes as usual. 

I'll be pleased when our Mayor distinguishes between economic growth and productivity;  The first just fuels climate threats and lines private pockets but the latter works to provide more to all of us.

A small but important contribution both to helping the city overheat less in summer and to lessening flooding risk would be if the Mayor of London were to support campaigns urging people NOT to pave over their front gardens (and, if they are already paved, to remove the paving). In many areas, more and more front gardens are being paved, increasing summer heat and also flood risk, as the water cannot sink into the ground. There is already a London movement campaigning for this, I believe, and there has been a DEFRA report showing the benefits of fewer paved gardens. Support from London's Mayor would make an important difference.

Zero tolerance policing on all crimes 5 years minimum for carrying a knife stop treating these thieves and criminals with kid gloves . Get London moving stop the ridiculous traffic schemes traffic that flows reduces emissions but this mayor is so anti car we have no chance!!!

Victims of serious crimes left outside and alone. With no support what's so ever. They can provide food vouchers instead, if you approach them correctly. 

I'm more than sure that they need to start from themselves as a corruption is too high. And absolute incompetence of Metropolitan Police putting people's life at danger. It is simply like a joke,their service ICOMPETENT . I'm more than concern, and i been contacting my MP for City Of Westminster, who wasn't help at all. Despite providing evidence of a crimes, she clearly stated that MP has no influence over Met. 

Why is growth and cost of living support put together.  Surely each of these should be judged separately.

Public transport needs sorting. Many people work in the public sector (nurses, doctors, police, etc) that provide services on Christmas Day but have no public transport available. If you commute you are rammed in conditions that would not be allowed for animals. Yesterday it took 3 hours to get back to Isleworth in West London from a station between Windsor and Henley. And it all costs a small fortune. Maybe we should re-nationalise public transport, this version is not working. 

I think the Mayor does a wonderful job in difficult circumstances.  I would like some of the budget to go towards social and community provision to help the lonely, disabled and aged. I would like more provision for those in poverty,  the homeless and the children.

More social housing should be a priority including some reserved for people over 50 and for single people. It might also help if Londoners with high housing needs could join social housing registers outside London because London has more housing pressure than anywhere else. Also tackling crime needs to be a priority with more police on the beat and better support for victims including victims not going through the criminal justice system. I also agree with the comment below about LTNs and general lack of elderly and disability accessibility. 

London seems to be suffering from a very high level of low level crime.  For example, London is increasingly covered in graffiti. Just look at the area around Waterloo Bridge where the indulgence of skateboarders to spray graffiti in the Undercroft under the Royal Festival Hall has led to an epidemic of graffiti around the whole South Bank, the bridges across the Thames (notably but not exclusively Waterloo Bridge) and Waterloo station.  The whole area now feels shabby and frankly unsafe. 

It seem incredibly difficult to get this removed with the buck between passed by (inefficient) councile, TfL and the Mayor's Office.  This is just an example of low level crime. There are others. For example, it is also now routine to see people wandering the streets of London smoking dope. Shoplifting is blatant and rife.  All this matters because it gives the impression that anything goes and no one cares in London, which of course means that much more serious crimes are likely to happen. More than that, it gives the impression of a city on the skids.

I’m generally in favour of the priorities, but increasingly concerned that LTNs etc are creating oases of privilege in already privileged areas, decreasing the viability of using public transport due to increased congestion/unreliability outside LTNs, increasing congestion and pollution in areas that are already least advantaged and making it difficult for people who can’t walk far/cycle (but are not registered disabled) to access all areas. London is becoming increasingly difficult to navigate for elderly non car drivers, for example.