Sadiq Khan: Mayor of London ‘hopeful’ over upcoming budget

Khan said he would be disappointed in a “number of things”.

“If this budget is a budget that is one of austerity, where the government is saying that actually we don’t believe in the power of the state to do good, we don’t believe in the importance of the NHS, of education and so forth, and there’s massive cuts, that’s a problem for me,” he said.

“I don’t mind the chancellor and the government making tough calls this year to fix the foundations to get growth going, to get businesses thriving, so you get more people working and paying taxes.

“I’m hoping Rachel Reeves shows she’s going to fix the foundations – and we can have hope going forward.”