The Lib Dem GLA team have submitted their amendments to Boris’s budget. Lots of useful suggestions to save lots of money from what appears wasteful or overly generous staff perks – such as free housing for senior Police officers to free travel for TfL friends and family.

This budget would see £10 less taken from every London family every year while providing the following extras:

• Reinstate the 150 sergeants -I’d hope we’d get our East Dulwich sergeant back again.
• One PCSO within each Safer Neighbourhood Team to work with young people.
• Fund  more Safer London Foundation to boroughs with the highest levels of gang crime.
• Improve cycle safety including vital junction safety improvement works.
• Better and fairer fares package: the One Hour Bus Ticket to allow passengers to change buses and only pay one fare; part time Travelcards to stop the discrimination faced by those who only work part of the week; reintroduce a Zone 2-6 one day Travelcard to save people having to pay Zone 1 fares when not required; and to help those often low income earners, we will introduce an ‘early bird’ fare for the Tube, TfL rail and DLR.
• Promote walking.
• Ensure continued operation of the London Fire Brigade Museum and develop a ‘Blue Light Museum’.
• Protect environmental projects and speed up the rate at which London’s buses and taxis become cleaner and develop a central Clean Air Zone where pollution is worst.
• Guarantee the roll-out of easy-to-install energy efficiency measures.
• Tackle rogue landlords establishing minimum standards for private rented housing.
• Take effective action to build more affordable housing in London.

All in all a great budget amendment to make London a better place.

What would you do to make London work better?