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Evening Standard
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Ross Lydall and David Bond

City Hall watchdog opens probe into Sadiq Khan over Crossrail announcement pre-election

Sadiq Khan during the building of the Crossrail project

(Picture: Crossrail/eyevine)

City Hall’s official watchdog has started to look into an allegation that Sadiq Khan broke rules when Crossrail’s opening date was announced a day before the local elections.

Grant Shapps, the Tory transport secretary, has accused the Labourmayor of breaching pre-election period restrictions on making official announcements for “political purposes”.

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