New mayor Boris Johnson has promised Londoners he will phase out bendy buses, ban alcohol on the Tube and set up a Mayor's Fund. Read his key manifesto pledges here.

TRANSPORT

* Wants the unions to sign up to a no-strike deal in return for binding arbitration. Will expand air conditioning and manage the infrastructure better.
* Will phase out bendy buses and replace them with a fleet of hybrid Routemasters that he now estimates will cost up to £100 million.
* Wants to fine utility companies that dig up the roads, “reform” the congestion charge, rephase traffic lights and bring in monthly billing.

CRIME

* Will chair the Metropolitan Police Authority and “tear up red tape”, as well as holding the MPA to account
* Would make the transport network safer with 440 extra Police Community Support Officerss and 50 extra British Transport Police paid for by slashing advertising budgets
* “Payback London” scheme requiring antisocial under- 18s to earn back their right to free travel when passes are confiscated
* Ban alcohol on the Tube by amending the conditions of carriage to help reduce anti-social behaviour and cut the 40 per cent of crime that is alcohol-related.
* Mayor's Fund would use the private sector to pay for schemes including fighting youth crime, bring in handheld scanners and neighbourhood crime maps.

ENVIRONMENT

* Would protect the green belt and invest £6 million in making open spaces cleaner and safer.
* Would work to help cut London's carbon emissions by 60 per cent from their 1990 levels by 2025.
* Opposes third Heathrow runway. Has suggested a new airport in the Thames Estuary instead.

HOUSING
* Will drop the Mayor's current target of 50 per cent of all new homes in London to be affordable and build 50,000 more new homes instead.
* Would release GLA-owned land and £130 million from the Regional Housing Pot to launch a new First Steps Housing Scheme.
* Invest £60 million from the Regional Housing Pot to renovate the capital's 84,205 empty properties.

CITY HALL

* He has promised not to stand for more than two terms as Mayor and to lobby for a change in legislation.
* Would publish the biographies, responsibilities and contact details of mayoral advisers online so public can see their role and get in touch.
* To make the London Development Agency grants process much more transparent by publishing details of all funding over £1,000.

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Columnists

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Andrew Gilligan

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Chris Blackhurst

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