
The row began after the mayor sought to blame Boris Johnson for the Met Police’s current funding gap
Susan Hall, a Conservative assembly member and former mayoral candidate, criticized London Mayor Sadiq Khan during a row over the city's finances. The dispute arose after Khan blamed Boris Johnson for the Metropolitan Police's funding gap, referencing a £22bn deficit in public finances. Hall remarked that she would "love to throw" Khan into the "black hole," while Khan defended his decisions, including a fares freeze for Transport for London (TfL), which Hall criticized for reducing TfL's revenue.