{"id":26553,"date":"2023-12-18T09:49:34","date_gmt":"2023-12-18T09:49:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/berkshiredoulas.com\/?p=26553"},"modified":"2023-12-18T09:49:34","modified_gmt":"2023-12-18T09:49:34","slug":"sadiq-khan-used-londoners-as-a-cash-machine-as-ministers-step-in-with-250m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/berkshiredoulas.com\/politics\/sadiq-khan-used-londoners-as-a-cash-machine-as-ministers-step-in-with-250m\/","title":{"rendered":"Sadiq Khan used Londoners as a cash machine as ministers step in with \u00a3250m"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sadiq Khan grilled on police funding by Susan Hall<\/h3>\n

Sadiq Khan’s “mismanagement” of Transport for London (TfL) has meant that the Government has had to step in with a \u00a3250million rescue package to bailout the underground, the Conservatives have claimed.<\/p>\n

Tory London Mayoral candidate Susan Hall has accused Labour’s Khan of treating Londoners “as a cash machine” with the way he has used transport as a way of raising cash to pay for the black hole he has created in TfL’s finances.<\/p>\n

This includes hitting drivers in outer London with the hated \u00a312.50 ULEZ daily tax on vehicles which do not qualify under his tight regulations.<\/p>\n

Ms Hall said: “I am pleased that the Government has stepped in to ensure we get these upgrades, despite the Mayor of London\u2019s wasteful spending.<\/p>\n

\u201cSadiq Khan has spent too long treating Londoners like walking cash machines, ramping up taxes to cover his shoddy spending – he’s left London’s finances in a mess.”<\/p>\n

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She added: “As London Mayor, I’ll sort out TfL’s finances and make sure Londoners get a better deal than they are under Sadiq Khan.”<\/p>\n

The bailout has been agreed upon to fill in a shortfall in funding for key projects for the London transport network.<\/p>\n

The department said the package will be used by TfL for projects such as providing new Tube trains for the Piccadilly line.<\/p>\n

However, TfL is not allowed to spend the money on its day-to-day operations.<\/p>\n

Transport Secretary Mark Harper said that the cash had become necessary because Khan had left TfL short of money.<\/p>\n

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