Sadiq Khan slashes his minimum ask for transport funding ahead of Labour’s Budget [Video]

Sadiq Khan has halved the minimum amount of money he is asking for from the Labour Government to fund major transport projects over the coming year, compared with what he asked for last year.

The mayor had asked the last Tory Government in 2023 for a minimum of £569m to pay for a range of infrastructure upgrades to London’s transport network – and complained after only £250m was given.

But in an interview with the Standard, Mr Khan revealed that he now believes it would count as “a win” to receive “anything more than £250m” from the new Labour Government for the coming financial year.

Ahead of the last Government’s autumn statement in November last year, Mr Khan had said in a letter to then Chancellor Jeremy Hunt that Transport for London (TfL) “needs £569m in capital support for 2024/25 to support critical network upgrades and investment in critical road …