By Neil Garratt AM

In the heady days of 2024, Labour promised a “decade of renewal” while Sadiq Khan promised Londoners that a Labour Government would put the wind in our sails.

Today’s budget leaves London becalmed. Did the Chancellor mention our great capital city even once?

The silence speaks volumes. Instead of 1300 extra police, the Mayor is cutting 2500. Of the 3 big hoped-for transport projects, we have nothing: no mention of the Bakerloo Line or West London Orbital, and only a vague claim of “support” for the DLR extension to Thamesmead, and no money to pay for it.

No mention, either, of the UK Shared Prosperity Fund, last year worth £63 million to London. It paid for business development, skills, and growth projects across the capital, but all that........

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