LABOUR, LIB DEMS, AND GREENS GANG UP TO STOP US PUTTING LONDONERS FIRST
Whilst we’re putting Londoners first, their priorities are all in the wrong place.
Sir Sadiq Khan’s finalised 2025/26 Budget came before the Assembly this week, and despite our best efforts to amend it to fix his poor choices, we were stopped. Read on to find out more about how we tried to put Londoners first - and how other parties worked together to stitch us up.
WATCH THE MOMENT THE ASSEMBLY VOTES DOWN OUR AMENDMENT
We had a fully-costed amendment that would have increased funding for the police, fixed potholes, boosted London’s nighttime economy, and more. It also included £4.49m to fund a London-wide grooming gang inquiry, so that we can find justice for the victims of these awful crimes. But despite us pleading that something needs to be done, Labour, Lib Dems, and the Greens came together to block us. Watch the moment they voted down our crucial amendment now:
CONSERVATIVES WANTED £15M FOR TACKLING POTHOLES
Did you know that 95% of the budget in the Mayoral fund for repairing potholes has been cut? Thomas Turrell AM put forward a section of our amendment outlining how we would fund £15m for pothole repairs, to get London moving and save Londoners on repairs to their cars. We will not stop fighting to make sure that TfL are working for everyone!
5 SIMPLE WAYS TO IMPROVE LONDON
Our budget amendment was an alternative for London: it was an opportunity to correct Sir Sadiq’s misguided decisions and wrong choices. Speaking at the budget debate, Emma Best AM put forward our suggestions and highlighted how these are straight forward things that go a long way to meeting the needs and wants of Londoners. Listen now:
NEIL GARRATT AM: KHAN CAN DO THINGS DIFFERENTLY
Labour are playing games, and Londoners are the ones who lose out. In his opening speech, Neil Garratt AM set out the vast gaps between what Khan has promised, and what he’s delivered. The Mayor’s Police and Crime Plan is not worth the paper it is written on, his funding priorities make no sense compared to what Londoners want, and we’re all worse off for it. But it doesn’t have to be like this: we can do things differently in London - we can do them better. Londoners deserve better.