Boris: Initiative to save money across Met

On policing, Mr Johnson has assured the Assembly that while there are continuing investigations into how economies can be made across the Met, "there are no plans to merge Borough Command units… I am giving you a guarantee that there will be no merging of BOCUs". Quite clear on that then.

Offering support to a new law making squatting a criminal offence, the Mayor added "the rate of empty homes is down to the lowest since the 1970s".