
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”.