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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Peter Walker Senior political correspondent

Londoners may regret protest votes for Reform or Greens in local elections, says Sadiq Khan

Sadiq Khan gesturing while talking
Sadiq Khan said he can understand why some people may lend their vote to somebody else. Photograph: Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP

Sadiq Khan has said he can understand why some former Labour voters are “flirting” with other parties in the run-up to May’s elections, but said that they may regret seeing a Green or Reform-led council in their areas.

Speaking to the Guardian at a youth centre, where he was announcing new funding for facilities for young people, the London mayor also cautioned Labour MPs against considering a challenge to Keir Starmer, saying such “navel gazing” would be punished by the electorate.

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