The Latest Breaking News from Sadiq Khan

Susan Hall chosen as Conservative candidate for London mayor

Hall’s election ends turbulent selection process in which several early favourites were excluded or stepped down

The Guardian - UK · Jul 19, 2023

Sadiq Khan: Met Police’s improvement plan is ‘important step on road to reform’

The £366m, two-year plan on Tuesday won priase from Labour, Conservative, Green and Liberal Democrat politicians at City Hall

Evening Standard · Jul 18, 2023

‘This policy should be changed’: Sadiq Khan weighs in on Labour two-child benefit cap row

The London mayor said he will be lobbying Sir Keir Starmer to abolish the cap, but that he “understands why” the party leader is refusing to make the change

Evening Standard · Jul 18, 2023

Met to use counter-terrorism tactics against worst male predators

Force targets top 100 violent offenders against women as commissioner launches promises to rebuild public trust

The Guardian - UK · Jul 17, 2023

Dover: No repeat expected this summer of Easter’s 10-hour port queues

However the port is warning of waits of up to two-and-a-half hours at peak hours as the holidays begin

Evening Standard · Jul 17, 2023

As wildly inadequate Tory mayoral candidates go, the Susan & Moz act tops the bill

Are these two really the best the party has to offer London, or has it just given up trying?

The Guardian - UK · Jul 16, 2023

Sadiq Khan urges government to re-join £81bn EU research project

Sadiq Khan has urged the government to re-enter the Horizon research programme after three years of being locked out following a tit-for-tat dispute over Brexit.

Evening Standard · Jul 15, 2023

Complaints to Sadiq Khan’s Met police watchdog on public view in ‘data breach’

Personal details of 400 members of the public were left on display in what City Hall described as a ‘data breach’, not a ‘data leak’

Evening Standard · Jul 14, 2023

All aboard! First Superloop bus route will launch on Saturday, Sadiq Khan announces

Four routes to start running this summer - and nine by next Spring

Evening Standard · Jul 14, 2023

‘High visibility patrols and more stop and search to counter London crime surge’ - minister

More high visibility patrols are needed in London’s violent crime hotspots to counter a new surge in teenage killings in the capital, the policing minister warned.

Evening Standard · Jul 13, 2023