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Sadiq Khan takes pay cut amid warning on austerity after coronavirus

The mayor of London slashed his own salary as he warned of a £500 million black hole in the capital’s finances.

Joe Mellor by Joe Mellor
2020-06-17 10:59
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Sadiq Khan has slashed his own pay by 10% as he called on Boris Johnson to bail out local authorities facing funding black holes as a result of coronavirus.

The London mayor warned that authorities across the country faced a shortfall of business rate and council tax income.

In the capital that could mean cuts across the Metropolitan Police, London Fire Brigade, Transport for London and the Greater London Authority due to a shortfall of almost £500 million in funding.

Mr Khan is taking an immediate reduction to his £152,734 salary, cutting it by almost £15,300, and has frozen pay for his senior appointments at City Hall.

He said: “Londoners did the right thing to tackle Covid-19 by following the rules, staying at home and helping to save lives. But now the Government is punishing them with a new era of austerity.

“Covid-19 has had a devastating impact on London’s public finances which were in great shape before the pandemic.

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“TfL’s fares income has dropped by more than 90% and local business rates and council tax income has fallen off a cliff.

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“This is the worst possible time for a return to austerity – just when we need to invest in London’s recovery.

“Unless ministers act, the current number of police officers will need to be reduced and it will be impossible to tackle youth violence or make the changes to the London Fire Brigade that are desperately needed after the awful Grenfell Tower tragedy.”

The shortfall in tax receipts is due to a forecast reductions in the number of firms paying business rates and householders not able to keep up with council tax bills.

Mr Khan called on the Government to act on Mr Johnson’s promise that he would not return to austerity measures to balance the books as a result of the coronavirus crisis.

He warned that failure to act would jeopardise the Prime Minister’s commitment to recruit 20,000 extra police officers.

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Sadiq Khan has called on Boris Johnson’s Government to help local authorities (Yui Mok/PA)

Mr Khan said: “I didn’t enter politics to administer government austerity, and I will do everything in my power to persuade ministers not to force another era of austerity on local and regional government.

“Whatever happens I will protect the frontline services that Londoners depend on as much as possible – and it’s only right that I should volunteer for an immediate pay cut in these extremely difficult circumstances and continue not to take any pension contributions.

Freeze salaires

“In addition, I have taken the decision to freeze the salaries of my political appointments at City Hall.”

He will publish new budget guidance, which will outline the request for the GLA, TfL, Scotland Yard, London Fire Brigade, the London Legacy Development Corporation, Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation to report back by the end of November on how they could deliver significant savings.

With London elections due next year, and the added complication of Mr Johnson being a former mayor, the capital’s finances risk becoming a political football.

TfL has already received a £1.6 billion bailout as a result of the impact of coronavirus and Tory mayoral candidate Shaun Bailey has accused Mr Khan of “bad management”.

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