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Far more Londoners expect the next generation to have worse homes and jobs, a poll reveals today.

The already crowded public transport system, they think, will deteriorate despite billions being poured into upgrading the Tube, and Crossrail opening in 2018.

With the capital’s population predicted to top 10 million within 15 years, schools, hospitals and GP services, they say, will be less good.

The environment is also expected to get worse, even though increased efforts are being put into tackling pollution in the city. The “generation grim” picture emerged from a YouGov survey of Londoners which found:

Nearly seven in 10 people think the housing crisis will get worse, with just eight per cent saying it will ease.

More than twice as many people, 42 per cent compared with 19 per cent, believe that job prospects will be bleaker rather than better.

A majority, 56 per cent, expect health services to get worse, more than four times those who expect them to improve.

The environment will be less good, say nearly half of those surveyed, compared with 14 per cent who expect the city to be cleaner.

Slightly more people believe public transport will be worse rather than better, 35 per cent to 30 per cent.

Forty-three per cent reckon the standard of schools and education will decline, with only 16 per cent saying it will rise.

“Most people believe things will be grimmer for the next generation of Londoners, especially when it comes to housing,” said Tanya Abraham of YouGov. “However, younger people are more likely to be optimistic about a brighter future in terms of jobs, public transport and schools than the older generation.”

Women are noticeably more downbeat than men, particularly over health services and schools.

Looking at political leanings, supporters of Ukip are the most negative about the outlook, feeding into the perception of it as a party of protest, followed by people intending to vote Labour at next year’s election.

Those aged 18 to 24 are less negative about the next generation’s prospects, though not on the environment — this may be partly down to more of them saying they “did not know” when replying to the survey.

A separate question also found a third of this age group wants house prices to fall by at least 20 per cent in the next five years, now that they are beyond the reach of an increasing number of first-time buyers.

A further seven per cent want them to fall by at least 10 per cent, with one in five saying they should stay roughly the same, and 23 per cent backing a rise of at least 10 or 20 per cent.

Overall, adults in London are split over the direction of house prices, with 33 per cent wanting to see a rise and the same proportion hoping for a fall.

However, two thirds of those wanting a drop believed it should be by at least 20 per cent, with roughly the same proportion supporting a rise believing they should go up at least 10 per cent, rather than 20 per cent.