CITY HALL CONSERVATIVES CALL ON SADIQ KHAN TO FIX LONDON’S ROADS IN NEW REPORT

A new report by City Hall Conservatives has found that it will take Sir Sadiq Khan more than 1,200 years to meet his target of 0 people killed or seriously injured on London roads, based on his current progress. 

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The report, LIP Service: London’s Crumbling Roads, is the work of Conservative Assembly Member for Bexley & Bromley, Thomas Turrell AM, who serves as City Hall Conservatives’ Transport Spokesman. Compiling data not previously published together paints a picture of how councils that are trying to plan road infrastructure to minimise or prevent deaths are instead being forced to shoehorn in anti-traffic measures such as LTNs or 20mph zones, which focus on reducing cars rather than increasing safety. 

LIP Funding, the means by which Transport for London funds local councils’ road works, has fallen in 2025/26 to just 60% of the £125m figure it was annually when Khan took over as Mayor of London in 2016. Finance for Principal Road Networks, the money which ensures main roads in London are maintained, has fallen 92% from the £21.8m figure in 2016 to only £1.7m in 2025/26, which City Hall Conservatives say is a result of the Mayor pursuing an anti-car agenda. 

In his findings, Thomas Turrell AM recommends:

• Vehicle Excise Duty should be devolved to London, so that road tax raised in the Capital stays in the Capital for the purposes of maintaining the roads.

• That Mayoral priorities - such as LTNs or 20mph zones - be funded from a different pot of money to LIP Funding, which should be used for transport network improvements rather than political projects.

• £15m should be allocated in the Mayor’s budget for a Pothole fund to tackle the worsening state of London’s roads, which costs councils millions annually in compensation payments arising from damage.  

City Hall Conservatives attempted to reform the Mayor’s annual budget in late February to include the £15m pothole funding but were ultimately defeated by a coalition of votes from the Labour, Lib Dem, and Green parties at the Assembly.

Thomas Turrell AM said:

“Under Sadiq Khan’s Mayoralty TfL has become institutionally anti-car. This is grinding London to a halt, driving up prices, and costing jobs and leaving critical infrastructure to deteriorate. Since 2016, Sadiq Khan has cut £20 million from the money paid to councils to fix potholes and cut £48 million from road safety funding. Sadiq Khan is prioritising congestion causing anti-car measures instead of listening to the evidence, instead of listening to councils, instead of listening to hard working Londoners Sadiq Khan is trying to force congestion causing LTNs onto more and more roads. All while pulling the rug under the feet of councils in road maintenance. It is anti-car zealously and unsustainable for our great city.

My report is not just about funding, it is about attitudes. It is about taking TfL off transmit, and urging them listen, so that we can end the war on the motorists, get London moving, Make London safer, and fix our roads.”