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Sadiq Khan said to be furious over lack of spending review cash for London | Sadiq Khan

Sadiq Khan said to be furious over lack of spending review cash for London | Sadiq Khan

By: Jessica Elgot Deputy political editor | Published: 2025-06-09 10:49:00 | Source: www.theguardian.com

Sadiq Khan is understood to be furious at the chancellor, Rachel Reeves, over a lack of funding for London in the forthcoming spending review, with sources close the mayor suggesting the capital will get none of its key transport asks.

The mayor is also understood to share the concerns of senior Met police officers that London will not get a substantial uplift in funding.

The Met police commissioner, Sir Mark Rowley, has already written to the chancellor warning about the effects on tackling crime if there is no serious increase in policing budgets.

A city hall source said it would “unacceptable if there are no major infrastructure projects for London announced in the spending review and the Met doesn’t get the funding it needs.”

Khan is also understood to have asked for powers to…

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