BORIS JOHNSON has put roadblocks in front of poor Londoners’ employment prospects, Labour’s London Assembly spokeswoman claimed yesterday.

According to a new report from Val Shawcross, high-density deprived areas of London are more likely to have poor access to transport.

She pointed out that Tory Mayor Mr Johnson has overseen a 40 per cent cut to bus subsidies since coming to office in 2008.

The report also raises concern that while between 2000-2012 the number of Transport for London’s bus kilometres increased by 38 per cent to 490 million, between 2012 and 2020 that number will go up by just 4 per cent.

This comes despite projected population growth of 1.2m and bus users still making up the majority of journeys on London’s public transport system.

Ms Shawcross said: “Throughout his time as Mayor Boris Johnson has continually prioritised grand vanity projects at the expense of the improving connectivity and fairness in our transport system.

“Flatlining growth in the bus system risks further entrenching inequality by making it harder for the poorest communities, including a disproportionate number from ethnic minorities, to easily access jobs.

“We need a coherent plan from the Mayor for a bus network which will keep up with demand and not leave deprived communities behind.

“Instead we have yearly inflation-busting fare increases disproportionately hitting bus users and a Mayor intent on wasting millions on vanity projects such as the Thames cable car and a pie-in-the-sky estuary airport.”