But in an interview with the Standard, he cautioned that this did not mean the policy was now a permanent fixture, due to a lack of dedicated funding for it each year.
Mr Khan has repeatedly said it is his “aspiration” for the policy to be kept in place indefinitely, but that he cannot make such a guarantee under City Hall’s current funding arrangements.
Conservative mayoral candidate Susan Hall has said she would keep the policy going “until the cost of living situation improves”.
Speaking at Torridon Primary School in Lewisham, the Labour mayor said he had been “candid with Londoners about how we’re going to pay for things”.
Sadiq Khan visits Torridon Primary School in Lewisham
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He said City Hall had been able to find £135 million to pay for the policy last year “because of the way we’d been prudent with our budget”.
The money for the first year of the scheme came from higher than expected business rate receipts.
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