Labour's Anti-London Spending Review Leaves Khan Empty-Handed as Manifesto Promises Crumble

City Hall Conservatives today have accused the Mayor of London Sir Sadiq Khan of spectacularly failing to deliver for London in Chancellor Rachel Reeves' latest spending review, leaving the capital with almost nothing despite urgent funding needs across policing, transport, and housing.

The “anti-London” spending review represents a devastating blow to Khan's credibility, and looks likely to force him to break manifesto promises after repeatedly assuring Londoners that a Labour Government would herald a new golden age for the capital.

Critical funding gaps remain unaddressed:

• The Metropolitan Police Service faces a catastrophic £200 million black hole in its budget, threatening public safety across London at a time when residents are already concerned about rising crime levels.

• Transport for London continues to struggle with crumbling infrastructure whilst seeking vital investment for DLR and Bakerloo line extensions that would unlock economic growth and improve connectivity for millions of Londoners. The TfL settlement outlined in the Spending Review talks about the “potential” of these projects – but fails to provide any specific funding. 

• The housing crisis deepens as Khan faces an impossible 17,000 affordable homes target by 2026, with an annual target of 81,000 homes across London remaining a pipe dream without Government support.

City Hall Conservatives say that “broken promises and betrayed trust” is increasingly becoming the strapline to Khan’s third term as Mayor of London. Throughout his campaign and tenure, Khan repeatedly promised that a Labour Government would transform London's fortunes, painting a picture of increased investment and support from Westminster. Instead, Londoners face the harsh reality of higher taxes and job losses whilst the Mayor is forced to abandon his core commitments.

Susan Hall AM, City Hall Conservatives Leader, said:

"Sadiq Khan has been completely snubbed by his own party in Government. After years of promising that Labour would be London's salvation, he's returned from this spending review with absolutely nothing to show for it. Londoners deserve better than a Mayor who can't even secure basic funding from his political allies in Westminster. Labour have done our city down today, and it is Londoners who will pay the price as crime soars, TfL services degrade, and people’s rent and mortgages climb."

Alessandro Georgiou AM, City Hall Conservatives Economy Spokesman, commented:

"If we in the Conservatives are disappointed that Labour have given London nothing in this anti-London spending review, Khan must be absolutely furious. He staked his entire political reputation on the promise that a Labour Government would deliver for London, and now he's going to have to betray every single one of those promises as a result. This is a humiliating failure of leadership at the very moment London needed him most. My advice Sadiq – think about joining a political party with a track record of delivering for our capital and our country."

The spending review's failure to address London's pressing needs exposes the hollow nature of Labour's pre-election promises and leaves the Mayor facing an impossible choice between going to Downing Street with a begging bowl, or abandoning his manifesto commitments entirely.