Sadiq Khan exclusively reveals his three Budget demands for London after talks with PM

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Burford, R. (2026, October 23). Sadiq Khan exclusively reveals his three Budget demands for London after talks with PM. Evening Standard. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/sadiq-khan-reveals-budget-demands-london-andy-burnham-b1302142.html

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Evening Standard · collected 2026-10-23 · by Rachael Burford

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Sadiq Khan, London's Mayor, discussed his three main demands with Chancellor Andy Burnham and Economic Secretary John Healey ahead of the upcoming Budget. These include increased devolution of powers and resources for London, support for essential services like police and transportation, and additional funding to address housing issues, particularly rough sleeping. With nearly 13,000 people recorded as street homeless in 2025/26—a tripling from figures fifteen years prior—Khan emphasized the need for immediate action to reduce this figure significantly by Christmas.
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Lord Khan, the Mayor of London, has outlined three key demands after talks with Prime Minister Andy Burnham and Chancellor John Healey. The mayor seeks more devolution of power to London, additional support for core services like Transport for London and policing, and assistance in addressing housing issues. Specifically, he hopes for increased resources to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping, which affected nearly 13,000 people on the city's streets in 2025/26, a threefold increase from figures recorded 15 years ago. Additionally, an estimated 210,000 Londoners are homeless and living in temporary accommodation according to data from London Councils. Khan expressed confidence that these issues would be addressed in the upcoming budget.

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London Londoners Standard Transport for London Trust for London

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Khan PERSON · 3× Andy Burnham PERSON · 2× London GPE · 2× Andy PERSON · 1× John Healey PERSON · 1× London Councils ORG · 1× Londoners NORP · 1× Standard ORG · 1× Transport for London ORG · 1× Trust for London ORG · 1×

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They promise an improvement in delivery of public services and crucially give local leaders the ability to drive forward the infrastructure, housing and education that their communities and businesses need.
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🔮 The Mayor suggested he was confident more resources to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping in the capital would be announced.

Claims (22 extracted, 3 hedged)

Lord Khan said he had laid out the three key things he believes the city needs to boost growth and protect services. asserted
city → say → services
“I have got three big asks and I’ve been quite frank to Andy Burnham and John Healey,” Lord Khan told the Standard on Friday. asserted
Khan → get → Friday
“We need more devolution to London, more powers and resources given to London. asserted
We → need → London
“We also need support for our core services, whether it’s the police service, whether it’s Transport for London, whether it’s other services. asserted
it → need → London
“And the third thing is we really need some support when it comes to housing. asserted
it → need → housing
“Andy Burnham has talked about his passion, which I share, to reduce and end rough sleeping so I’m hoping for some good announcements there as well.” asserted
I → talk → announcements
The Mayor suggested he was confident more resources to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping in the capital would be announced. uncertain
resources → suggest → capital
Nearly 13,000 people were seen sleeping on city’s street in 2025/26, Trust for London figures show. asserted
figures → see → London
This is three times the number recorded 15 years ago. asserted
This → record → ?
An estimated 210,000 Londoners are homeless and living in temporary accommodation, according to data from London Councils. uncertain
Londoners → estimate → Councils
“On housing I’m hoping for some detail in relation to how we are going to reduce rough sleeping,” Lord Khan said. asserted
Khan → hop → sleeping
Read More “I met with Andy recently on a visit to a great project in Kings Cross, the Single Homeless Project. asserted
I → read → Cross
“I’m hoping we have next week details of more investment by this Christmas. asserted
we → hop → Christmas
“We’ve got ideas of how we can invest that [money]. asserted
we → get → ]
“We want to change the rules around verification and bedding down. asserted
We → want → verification
“We do a really good job once somebody’s sleeping rough on the streets, we have taken 20,000 people off the streets. asserted
we → do → streets
“Wouldn’t it be great if we stopped that getting on the streets in the first place.” asserted
that → stop → place
Ahead of the Budget, they appealed to Mr Healey to allow City Hall to keep more of the huge sums in business rates raised in the capital. asserted
Hall → appeal → capital
They also argued that the Mayor should be given new powers to borrow against future revenue from transport and other schemes as it could kick-start funding for developments such as the Bakerloo line extension and West London Orbital. uncertain
it → argue → extension
John Dickie, chief executive at BusinessLDN, said: “The plans to rewire the state through greater devolution have great potential. “ asserted
plans → say → potential
They promise an improvement in delivery of public services and crucially give local leaders the ability to drive forward the infrastructure, housing and education that their communities and businesses need. asserted
communities → promise → that
“Allowing more of the tax revenues raised locally to be retained locally will be key to enabling and incentivising decision-making that drives and unleashes growth.” asserted
that → allow → growth
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