Funding London’s priorities
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Discussion | Your priorities for London in 2026
The Mayor’s budget sets out how he will fund his priorities. Before he takes any final decisions, we would love to know what you think.
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- What do you think are the most important priorities to make London better next year, and why?
Help inform the budget and share your views in the comments below. We will share your feedback with the Mayor’s Office, Assembly Members and our Group Finance team.
About the budget for London
Through the budget, the Mayor ensures there is a sound financial plan to deliver his priorities within the resources that are available to the GLA (Greater London Authority) Group.
The budget goes through several stages, including scrutiny from the London Assembly, before it can be finalised.
Read more about the budget, what it covers and how it’s set.
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Log into your accountLiz Mann
Community Member 6 hours agoSupport the police and fire people to protect us and to cut crime. Support those helping the poor and the unhoused. Surely those should always be the highest priorities.
a82audhdl
Community Member 6 hours agoI moved to London this year: wanted to see what all the fuss was about.
The city doesn't seem to offer much opportunity in exchange for it's high prices. I will probably give it one more year and then move to Manchester where I might...
Show full commentI moved to London this year: wanted to see what all the fuss was about.
The city doesn't seem to offer much opportunity in exchange for it's high prices. I will probably give it one more year and then move to Manchester where I might actually be able to afford housing.
Show less of commentJeff666
Community Member 5 hours agoThat depends on what you see as opportunity.
a82audhdl
Community Member 5 hours agoThe big employers that make all the money to prop everything else up aren't expanding within London: they're staying stagnant. Some companies are de-listing and moving to the US. Others are opening offices outside London: JP Morgan has send...
Show full commentThe big employers that make all the money to prop everything else up aren't expanding within London: they're staying stagnant. Some companies are de-listing and moving to the US. Others are opening offices outside London: JP Morgan has send loads of people to Glasgow, Manchester is growing etc
But London isn't. The city has peaked.
Show less of commentLloyd1969
Community Member 6 hours agoI know he’s been looking but I wish the mayor would pay more attention and copy what the Mayor for Paris has been doing in the city. The transport transformation, which has taken place in such a short time is nothing short of unbelievable...
Show full commentI know he’s been looking but I wish the mayor would pay more attention and copy what the Mayor for Paris has been doing in the city. The transport transformation, which has taken place in such a short time is nothing short of unbelievable. The whole city has changed beyond recognition and become a cycling and walking utopia. The knock-on effects of this are less pollution, more nature, more green spaces, less people in hospital for obesity and other related diseases, thriving communities where people talk to, look out for and after each other. Most of the subjects that we’ve been asked to comment on would improve if we changed the city from one reliant and dominated by the motor vehicle and pivoted to one where walking and cycling are prioritised. I know London has changed enormously in the past 10 years but we don’t have the luxury of time at this pace. Stop all this slow transitioning, take the bull by the horns and make the changes we all need, now. Cities for people not vehicles.
Show less of commentkscterry
Community Member 4 hours agoNo thank you.
Invest in better buses and public transport. Buses crawl past some of the LTNs at peak times. I don’t catch the bus any more because they are so unreliable. A chicken runs faster than your average London bus at peak times
Cut...
Show full commentNo thank you.
Invest in better buses and public transport. Buses crawl past some of the LTNs at peak times. I don’t catch the bus any more because they are so unreliable. A chicken runs faster than your average London bus at peak times
Cut fares which are some of the highest in the world.
This nonsense makes life a nightmare for those not able to get around easily.
Transport for everyone, not just anti car fanatics
Show less of commenta82audhdl
Community Member 6 hours agoI'm frustrated that the survey put so much focus on social and affordable housing when the problems are clearly with high prices homes for average workers and renters.
Solving the problem for homeless and low income people isn't enough...
Show full commentI'm frustrated that the survey put so much focus on social and affordable housing when the problems are clearly with high prices homes for average workers and renters.
Solving the problem for homeless and low income people isn't enough. What about the rest of us?
Show less of commentAllotmenteer
Community Member 6 hours agoAgree. And the increasing use of our parks and green spaces for music festivals and the like - bringing lots of extra traffic and noise - is sometimes contrary to the quiet enjoyment of local people, both of their park and their...
Show full commentAgree. And the increasing use of our parks and green spaces for music festivals and the like - bringing lots of extra traffic and noise - is sometimes contrary to the quiet enjoyment of local people, both of their park and their neighbourhood.
Show less of commentMike Solomons
Community Member 6 hours agoI have one further suggestion, cut back your silly ideas to stop wasting our money.
Jeff666
Community Member 5 hours agoSuch as?
Mike Solomons
Community Member 4 hours agoTo Jeff 666
There isn't space - but please join me trying to persuade the Mayor to stop piling tax after tax, charge after charge on us. Remember the ULEZ racket forced huge numbers of perfectly decent vehicles off the roads. Many...
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There isn't space - but please join me trying to persuade the Mayor to stop piling tax after tax, charge after charge on us. Remember the ULEZ racket forced huge numbers of perfectly decent vehicles off the roads. Many Londoners are still fuming about that!
However you look at it, the cost has had to be paid by London businesses which in turn have had to increase prices that we have to pay.
Also look at "traffic calming". Vast amounts of our money is wasted by slowing traffic for our inconvenience and the inconvenience of everyone else using the roads.
Take a close look at the Mayor's team's policy of waste and inconvenience, then you'll see the "such as"
Show less of commentbg
Community Member 6 hours agoPersonally, I believe the only way to improve housing in the capital is to have more housing stock under local authority control. My local borough has no stock at all. That means they can’t house people without paying private companies or...
Show full commentPersonally, I believe the only way to improve housing in the capital is to have more housing stock under local authority control. My local borough has no stock at all. That means they can’t house people without paying private companies or other boroughs. Something they legally have to do. Additionally it means money cannot be reinvested. The mayor needs a strategic plan here. Maybe in a development 3-5% of homes built must be offered to be sold at cost price to the LA to raise the number of quality houses in the London stock. Alternatively, the mayors office takes on the day to day running of all housing across all boroughs and pools the pot of money back into the system, so that the funds raised can be reinvested to build our own homes without developers taking a huge slice.
Show less of commentMaybe I’m living in fantasy land, but ideas need to be made to fix the broken housing system.
Mike Solomons
Community Member 6 hours agoI don't agree. It would be far better to cut the Mayor's draconian hold that he has on us with multiple costs, charges and taxes. Then more Londoners would be able to afford to pay for their own homes
Show full commentI don't agree. It would be far better to cut the Mayor's draconian hold that he has on us with multiple costs, charges and taxes. Then more Londoners would be able to afford to pay for their own homes
Show less of commentTD
Community Member 7 hours agoas usual it is a shame that despite the Mayor's environmental commitments our parks and green spaces have a very low profile in this survey. The only way London will thrive in the future is if the Mayor starts taking a serious strategic...
Show full commentas usual it is a shame that despite the Mayor's environmental commitments our parks and green spaces have a very low profile in this survey. The only way London will thrive in the future is if the Mayor starts taking a serious strategic approach to our city's green and blue infrastructure, rather than just paying lip service to its importance
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