London's health service was described as being at crisis point - and London Mayoral candidate Sadiq Khan pledged to be the one to provide real NHS leadership.
In a speech made by the Tooting MP on Tuesday (April 19), he warned that "NHS staff are overstretched and overworked"
Addressing an audience at Lyric Hammersith , Khan criticised the changes to services across London and pointed to a £100 million cut to London's public health budget.
According to the Labour party's research, London’s hospitals spend on agency nurses has increased by 156% over just four years, with one in six nursing posts now vacant.
The mayoral hopeful said NHS staff had helped treat his adult asthma and promised to prioritise tackling health problems such as the city's growing mental health crisis.
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Khan's new pledges come as Conservative party candidate Zac Goldsmith promised to pump £20 million into London's high streets .
As part of his "Action Plan for Greater London", Zac hopes to bring empty shops back to life after he identified expensive rents put independent shops at risk of closure
London has over 600 High Streets across London but over 3,400 empty shops across the city.
New measures are to include the "Stop and Shop" plan to allow 30 minutes free parking for areas such as Fulham and appointing a new retail "Tsar" to back regeneration across the high streets.
On the new plans, he said: "London depends on the success of our local high streets and independent shops – they are the heart of our communities and the building blocks of the economy.’
"My Action Plan for Greater London will deliver for our high streets a with new £20m fund to secure Greater London’s economy. And I’ll deliver it while protecting family finances and freezing mayoral council tax."
