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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Noah Vickers

Sadiq Khan’s ‘swimmable rivers’ plan will deliver ‘racial justice’, says deputy mayor

Deputy mayor for the environment, Mete Coban, was quizzed on Sir Sadiq Khan's plans to create swimmable rivers - (London Assembly webcast)

Sir Sadiq Khan’s plan to create “swimmable rivers” across London within the next decade will play an important role in delivering “social and racial justice” in the capital, his deputy mayor for the environment has claimed.

Deputy mayor Mete Coban told the London Assembly this week that the plan was not only about improving water quality, but also ensuring an improved level of access to swimming for some of the city’s most deprived communities.

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