Sadiq Khan is now demanding a jaw-dropping £25 billion from the new Labour government to cover the promises he made to secure his re-election. Despite already enjoying a hefty £21 billion annual budget, the London Mayor is not shy about asking for more from taxpayers to fulfil his manifesto pledges. Unfunded promises are a Labour trait…

Neil Garratt AM slammed his calls:

“The vast majority of the manifesto commitments Sadiq Khan was re-elected on depended on a Labour government being elected. Will Rachel Reeves now give in and fund the Mayor’s demands with £25 billion of additional borrowing? We should be very cautious about the taxpayer having to pick up Sadiq’s tab down the road and what demands will come next.”

Reeves would be wise to go through the archives on the ways Khan has splashed taxpayers’ cash in the past before she gives in: beach parties, drag acts, and £10 million to determine the colour of Met Police Officers’ personalities. Meanwhile, the £9 billion he was given – courtesy of the taxpayer – to fund building new homes only achieved 4% of the target. In his manifesto, Khan asked Londoners to “imagine what a Labour mayor and government could do together”. The answer is clearly: waste more of your money…