Have your say on the proposed London Budget for 2021-2022

I support the measures introduced so far to tackle air pollution and encourage active travel. I would support further aggressive measures to reduce the volume of vehicle traffic including private vehicles, but particularly HGVs and other long vehicles which pose the greatest threat to cyclists on the carriageway. I would support greater use of TfL's powers, where appropriate, to repurpose space currently reserved for vehicles and reallocate it to pedestrian, bicycle and pavement use. 

Here at the points I wish to submit:

1. Money should be put into the police force considering that unemployment and poverty has shot up in London, crime was rife before Covid. How is the mayor planning on tackling crime rates? I live in Lewisham and Im too scared to even leave my home incase I get mugged or burgled.

2. Its obvious that the Mayor is out of touch with the community in regards to roads as not only has the changes caused more pollution and congestion, but also has caused restrictions to emergency services and disabled persons whilst the councils have pocketed on fines. London is now extremely difficult to move around and the roads are more dangerous. Again people living in poverty suffer the most as they are forced to use risky public transport during covid pandemic. This policy needs to be reversed and cyclists should have their own personal insurance covers.

3. Additional support needs to be provided to businesses that have been opened for less than 3 years, including online businesses.  
 

4. A London living allowance for all Londoners as the cost of staying at home is too expensive and many have lost their jobs.

5. Bonuses for all key workers including - doctors, nurses, teachers, delivery persons, postmen, supermarket workers.

6. More affordable houses in London. Stop ruining our skyline with blocks of flats. Its also clear with covid living in flats is more risky with communal areas that cant be avoided. 
 

7. Refuse collection needs to be more often.

8. Public needs more transparency and consultation on changes.

9. Get rid of the mayor and have local councils manage their own budgets.

Overall, the mayor should be embarrassed about the way he has managed Londons finances and priorities. 

Transportation and Travel, while ok so far Guys it was SUSCEPTABLE to COVID19 issues while seats on buses were limited and bus drivers ensured that red Sticky tapes or the black and yellow ones were the true Litmuses of Social Distancing....The underground became auto altr- algorithm IC for people did not get the same sticky Revolution..and  floors on the underground sang the chorus , there was no such luck iin the carriages ,I mean ,Some did not understand what part of making an ESSENTIAL JOURNEY WAS and while key workers of the NHS did , they had the issue of owning it ,  due no self evident sticky Tapes to physical ly sign posit on the seating upholstery it self,,. Some people took liberties....I also seek WITHOUT urgency some resolved on this annual Christmas issue called no buses ever running on CHRISTMAS mas day it's understood for Christian purposes I know ,but ..EVEN THE 3 WISE MEN RODE ON THEIR Camels to visit Jesus in the stable to give him gifts...some of us this year did not get the opportunity ..pre Christmas week to get presents  for loved ones because of Covid19 restrictions...but seriously had to WAlK Miles  On the Day? And no a car was not available because some had been locked down??? HOPE SOME SORT OF SEEVICE will operate nex time.

The Covid-19 pandemic has been just terrible with the loss of life, loss of jobs and the mental health anxiety of those living alone.  Using public transport has been very difficult because of limited numbers being allowed to use the same at any one time.  So, many people have turned to using their own transport to commute to and from their place of work.  The Mayor seeks to charge for using more of our roads than ever before.  How are people supposed to keep paying these charges, and increased existing charges, when many of us have lost their jobs and income?  Are we not allowed to live our lives as we should be able to anymore?  or does the Government want to "govern" everything that we do?

I dream of London leading the way in the climate emergency. Ban all cars apart from taxis from central London. Ban all plastics. Promote local shopping, the idea of a15 minute city and cherish and seek more common land for Londoners to share. We need to understand that covid is not unrelated to the climate emergency. 

I understand the Major intends to reintroduce free travel for the over 60s although I could not see that in the budget. It is desirable to reduce all travel by motorised means and encourage active travel, and charging is one way to do that. It does not seem reasonable to provide free travel for the over 60s, in the peaks. Peak capacity is very expensive to provide and should be reserved for those in work. Either those in work over 60 should pay in the peak or free travel should be limited to those over pension age. This would save TfL a lot of money. 

In this discussion i would like to give some informations, practicle and reduce the covid19 patient admiting to the hospitals that can covid19 patient and non patient can do within the situation.

First of all i have hearer in the news currently 30 seconds for one patient covid19. We can reduce this, socially, economically, correct medications having healthy diets and lifestyles. Socially the covid19 rules are breaking if we go outside, at this moment we need to keep ourselves in the houses. But many people need money to live. So they work, in this situation savings are important than income. For simple example, one person earn $10, but if this person has expensive diets, he needs to go outside. But at least week a day if a person can go to job, of course he can protect his job also. Other important fact is we can save $8 if we can eat toasted bread and butter. 

Secondly, economocally, goverments can make more budget allocation to the bread industry, also to fruits like apples, oranges. Of course governments can make price control methods, and marketing to the industry, moreover, peoples attitudes are essential, again they have to learn the time management, need to keep journal, eventhough drinking too much milk will affect to increase the humans fatty. Better need to drink coffee with little bit of milk.

Thirdly, correct medications will reduce covid19. This included how governments spending the money to hospitals, of course not just for the vaccines, covid19 patient can save his life increasing, his or her immunity system. In the market there some other madicale systems, for examples therapy systems, these systems can increase patient immunity system.

Finally, governments and people must increase knowledge about the covid19, then people, governments can spend money for the covid19 education, and medication. In this situation expenditures must need to carefully used. Because make incomes will too hard.

As far as i can see, the Mayor has done absolutely nothing to attempt to defeat Covid 19 in London.  He has continually criticised the Government for all they are doing, constantly asked for more money and generally moaned but without doing anything positive himself.  It is a similar stance with the budget and the lack of funds that he currently has due to serious and careless overspending. Citing TFL where he and TFL have spent all their money on badly researched and rushed-through vanity projects like Cycle lanes and LTNs which have caused havoc for no benefit - and certainly no increase in cycling.  We all know given the slightest reputable research that very few cycle in to Central London from the outer suburbs but spending £43m on  cycle lanes in Enfield which are very rarely used, using temporary planning measures, was a complete waste of money.  Unused, but resulting in congestion, lack of footfall in Town and High Streets because of queues (pre-Covid) to get there, no parking because Enfield Council is on the Cycling bandwagon too and is closing car parks, and many knock-on effects.  These include pollution from idling cars, clogged roads, introduction without consultation of LTNs to try to ease the rat-running caused by the cycle lanes, but actually causing more clogged roads as people can't get to where they need to go without travelling along main roads increasing journey times, no access for emergency vehicles and loss of income to local businesses.  No commuting cyclist uses the badly planned cycle lanes -using back roads as they have always done. The only one benefitting from this whole mess is Enfield Council now bringing in £ms in fines from the LTN cameras!  And now the Mayor wants to recoup some of this bad management by extending the Congestion Zone right out to the M25!    Sadiq Khan is a disaster - thank goodness for the upcoming elections!

A certain percentage of cyclists think they own the road, they do not. Why are they not registered and insured like vehicles?

London needs to install traffic lights at cyclist level with cameras so they get fined and banned like vehicle drivers. A few are so dangerous for pedestrians. Roads were built for vehicles and not cyclists, it has gone far enough.

Also rubbish dumping needs serious fines, the state of some areas is disgusting. 

1. There needs to be more information on the distributional consequences of the draft mission budgets - how will this affect different groups, geographical distribution across London; impact on those who are most deprived etc etc .

2. The draft mission action plans are quite varied in quality and scope and in some cases look to be not really oven ready in terms of thinking and analysis (understandably as we're still in the pandemic and not strictly in "recovery" phase ), but these are at the heart of assessing  spending priorities and need to be costed with more detail. Moreover KPIs on the missions look rather weak and hurriedly put together but these should be key to assessing the impact  and effectiveness of spending.

3. The EDI group which is meant to be scrutinizing the mission work is rather opaque and meetings are not very transparent ! But this is where groups representing those with protected characteristics need to be able to see that due EDI diligence is happening properly. Papers are evidently "Restricted " and not available for FOI and feedback from this meeting doesn't seem to be happening. This is important in getting all Londoner's buy in to recovery work rather tha it ending as a bureaucratic type exercise with not having the  necessary critical challenge. 

4. It's important that across the missions there is a clear recovery plan targeted at older Londoners and this needs to be fully costed. At present the mission action plans are conspicuously weak on the implications for older people's needs - a major problem which needs to be addressed. 

5. There is a need for some plain english in communicating the missions - at present this restricts engagement. 

Can you please abolish lease lengths on current on new build apartments? Some leases are only 125yr or 250yr. How can you pass this onto the grand kids one day or even resell it in the future?

Please also abolish shared ownership and allow people to have 100% ownership of property.

Houses are freehold and apartments should be too.

Also give affordable new build properties at better prices to buy for people working and living in London and Greater London. 

TfL will need a great deal of support to meet the needs of Londoners once the vaccine begins to have an impact and lockdown is eased. Probably the best way to release about £2bn is to cancel the Silvertown tunnel. Not only will this help greatly financially, but it will help to limit the flow of traffic into London, which is essential in meeting Carbon Reduction and pollution targets.