The Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC) and Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) 2024-25 Budget identifies a funding shortfall of £41 million [1].
What impact will this have on policing in the capital, and what will the reprioritisation of services look like?
The London Fire Brigade (LFB) is projected to use £22.5 million of reserves in 2024-25, with an additional drawdown of £12.8 million forecasted in 2025-26 [2].
This will result in a reduction of LFB reserves from £108.6 million in March 2023 to £39.5 million in March 2026.
What impact will this use of reserves have on LFB budgets now and in the future, and is the draft budget too reliant on reserves?
As part of its annual scrutiny of the Mayor’s budget, the London Assembly Budget and Performance Committee will meet on Monday to discuss the draft 2024-25 budgets for LFB, MOPAC and MPS.
LFB – from 10am
- Fiona Twycross, Deputy Mayor for Fire and Resilience
- Andy Roe, Commissioner, LFB
- Mostaque Ahmed, Director of Corporate Services, LFB
MOPAC/MPS – from 1pm
- Sophie Linden, Deputy Mayor, Policing and Crime
- Lib Peck, Director of the Violence Reduction Unit
- Diana Luchford, Chief Executive, MOPAC
- Lisa Kitto, Chief Finance Officer, MOPAC
- Annabel Scholes, Interim Chief Finance Officer, MPS
- Clare Davies, Chief People and Resources Officer, MPS
The meeting will take place on Monday 8 January from 10am, in the Chamber at City Hall, Kamal Chunchie Way, E16 1ZE.
Media and members of the public are invited to attend.
The meeting can also be viewed LIVE or later via webcast or YouTube.
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Notes to editors
- Mayor's Consultation Budget 2024-25 (london.gov.uk) P54
- P87, 2024/25 Budget Submission (london-fire.gov.uk), 24 November 2023
- Read the agenda papers.
- Neil Garratt AM, Chairman of the Budget and Performance Committee, is available for interview.
- Find out more about the work of the Budget and Performance Committee.
- As well as investigating issues that matter to Londoners, the London Assembly acts as a check and a balance on the Mayor.
For more information, please contact Tony Smyth in the Assembly Media Office on 07510 488715. For out of hours media enquiries please call 020 7983 4000 and ask for the Assembly duty press officer.