00:00So, here it is, Sadiq Khan's 2024 Mayoral Manifesto.
00:05At times it's felt harder to get hold of than a JK Rowling blockbuster,
00:10but it's out today and Sadiq Khan has been talking about it here in Greenwich.
00:14In your manifesto you categorically rule out pay per mile.
00:18Why did you feel the need to do that?
00:20I don't think I've ever seen in a campaign as many lies, misinformation
00:26and disinformation that I've seen from the Tories in this campaign.
00:30And the concern we have is some Londoners may fall for these underhand tactics by the Tories.
00:36And so, to avoid the scaremongering, fairmongering and lies
00:40leading to Londoners believing that, we've been quite explicit in this manifesto, it's not happening.
00:45You did mention it in your book though, didn't you, and that was less than a year ago.
00:49Isn't actually pay per mile a really good idea?
00:52So, we were talking then about not expanding UNESCO to all of London.
00:56And so, the reason why pay per mile is not required in the short to medium term,
01:00and I've ruled out as long as I'm mayor,
01:02is because actually we've got the biggest cleaners zone in the world.
01:05We've got a situation now where I'm promising if I'm re-elected,
01:09not to wait till 2034 for our buses to be zero emission, but by 2030.
01:14We now have more than a third of the country's charging points,
01:17more than a thousand rapid charging points,
01:18but I'm promising if I'm re-elected to have 40,000 charging points by the end of this decade.
01:23We're also promising, by the way,
01:25to have more cycle parking for those who want to cycle 40,000 as well.
01:28So, we're doing other things, which means pay per mile is no longer on the radar or on the agenda.
01:33There is an argument, which you talked about in relation to other cities looking into as well,
01:37which is the issue of simplifying schemes for those who are driving.
01:41I'm quite clear that as long as I'm mayor, we're only doing PPM.
01:44So, what does this manifesto actually say?
01:47Well, there's a blockbuster pledge to continue providing free school meals
01:52for all London primary school children for four more years.
01:56This was begun about a year ago because of the cost of living crisis
02:00and has proved exceptionally popular.
02:03There's also a promise to try to maintain the fares freeze.
02:07Fares are currently frozen, at least partially, until March next year.
02:11And Sadiq says that if the economy allows,
02:14then he will maintain the partial fares freeze,
02:17which essentially means that single pay-as-you-go fares are frozen year after year.
02:22And thirdly, there's a big hint that he will try to bid for the 2040 Olympics
02:28to bring the world's greatest sporting occasion back to London.
02:31It was last year in 2012.
02:33Can it come back again to the Olympic Park?
02:35Well, Sadiq is going to give it a crack.
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