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Boris Johnson has told the Conservative party conference that investment in London is vital to the country’s economic recovery.
The mayor of the capital said the coalition government had shown "common sense" in investing in Tube upgrades, Crossrail and Thameslink, "which is going to be as fantastic as Crossrail".
"I will not allow that investment and these vital improvements to be jeopardised for a short-term political gain," he said.
Johnson, who is running for re-election next year, then compared his plans to those of the US president during last century's Great Depression.
"Franklin D Roosevelt offered a New Deal," he said.
"I give you the wheel deal: you help us to invest in transport infrastructure and we in London will supply the locomotive of the UK economy."
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