Sadiq Khan is accused of using rising youth violence to 'bring out the begging bowl'

Sadiq Khan gave a speech in Bermondsey today where he said there is a clear link between austerity in poor London boroughs and violent crime Sadiq Khan was today accused of using rising youth violence as an excuse as 'bring out the begging bowl' yesterday after he suggested knife victims were the 'human cost of austerity'. The London Mayor claimed there was a direct link between poverty and violent crime as he published new City Hall data on crime rates in deprived areas. Forensic teams pictured at the scene of a double homicide in Whitton, south west London on Friday - the 77th and 78th murders in the capital this year The mayor said the lack of youth services, rising school exclusions and the menace of the drug trade was fuelling an epidemic of youth violence, adding: 'The next Prime Minister can't continue to turn a blind eye to despair and the human cost of austerity.' LONDON'S MURDERS IN 2019 Where the 78 murders in the capital so far this year have been committed Jan 1: Charlotte Huggins, 32, Camberwell Jan 1: Tudor Simionov, 33, Mayfair Jan 4: Simbiso Aretha Moula, 39, Rainham Jan 6: Sarah Ashraf, 35, Isle of Dogs Jan 7: Jayden Moody, 14, Waltham Forest Jan 11: Asma Begum, 31, Canning Town Jan 27: Kamil Malysz, 34, Acton Jan 29: Nedim Bilgin, 17, Islington Feb 4: Carl Thorpe, 46, Highgate Feb 5: Lejean Richards, 19, Battersea Feb 10: Dennis Anderson, 39, East Dulwich Feb 18: Bright Akinlele, 22, Camden Feb 19: Brian Wieland, 69, Chingford Feb 21: Glendon Spence, 23, Brixton Feb 22: Kamali Gabbidon-Lynck, 19, Wood Green Feb 25: David Lopez-Fernandez, 38, Tower Hamlets Feb 26: Che Morrison, 20, Ilford Mar 1: Jodie Chesney, 17, Harold Hill Mar 2: Elize Linda Stevens, 50, Hendon Mar 2: Jolia Bogdan, 3 months, Croydon Mar 3: Unnamed man, 37, Soho Mar 6: Laureline Garcia-Bertaux, 34, Kew Mar 6: David Martinez, 26, Leyton Mar 7: Antoinette Donnegan, 52, Battersea Mar 7: Ayub Hassan, 17, West Kensington Mar 16: Nathaniel Armstrong, 29, Fulham Mar 22: Abdirashid Mohamoud, 17, Isleworth Mar 24: Ravi Katharkamar, 54, Pinner Mar 27: Ramane Richard Wiggan, 25, West Norwood Mar 28: Zahir Visiter, 25, Regents Park Mar 29: Gavin Garraway, 40, Clapham Apr 1: Calvin Bungisa, 22, Kentish Town Apr 2: Hubert Hall, 60, Walthamstow Apr 7: Annabelle Lancaster, 22, Enfield Apr 8: Noore Bashir Salad, 22, Manor Park Apr 16: Gopinath Kasivisuwanathan, 27, Wembley Apr 17: Steven Brown, 47, Stoke Newington Apr 23: Meshak Williams, 21, Harlesden Apr 26: Mihrican Mustafa, 38, Canning Town Apr 26: Henriett Szucs, 34, Canning Town Apr 26: Amy Parsons, 35, Whitechapel Apr 26: Joshua White, 29, Hackney May 1: Tashaun Aird, 15, Hackney May 5: Constantin Sin, 51, Leytonstone May 5: Junior Urugbezi-Edwards, 18, Southwark May 7: Mohammed Shah Subhani, Hounslow May 11: Erik San-Filippo, 23, Islington May 16: Barrington Davis, 54, Lewisham May 23: Vladimir Koudriavtsev, 69, Kensington May 23: Tatiana Koudriavtsev, 68, Kensington May 25: Iderval da Silva, 46, Battersea May 26: Alimal Islam, 23, Tower Hamlets May 28: Ismail Ceesay, 33, Forest Gate May 30: Steven Kennedy, 61, Plaistow Park May 30: Graham Howe, 53, Harrow June 1: Baris Kucuk, 33, Haringey June 4: Adrian Murphy, 43, Battersea June 14: Cheyon Evans, 18, Wandsworth June 14: Eniola Aluko, 19, Plumstead June 15: Gleb Stanislavovitch Zhebrovsky, 34, Tower Hamlets June 15: Giedrius Juskauskas, 42, Stratford June 18: David Bello-Monerville, 38, Barnet June 21: Edward Simpson, 25, Feltham June 26: Yusuf Mohamed, 18, Uxbridge June 29: Kellymary Fauvrelle, 26, Croydon June 29: Riley Fauvrelle, 5 days, Croydon June 28: Ian Taylor, 54, Lambeth June 29: Man, 28, Newham June 30: Amara Toure, 18, Southwark July 3: Tesfa Campbell, 40, Wandsworth July 5: Craig Small, 32, Wembley July 5: Amanda Gretton, 57, Blackheath July 7: Grineo Daka, 27, Leyton July 8: Kwasi Mensah-Ababio, 26, Wembley July 10: Leo Marcus, 22, Kidbrooke July 11: Kye Manning, 19, Croydon July 12: Akbar Arezo, 64, Whitton July 12: Layla Arezo, 74, Whitton