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Immigrants are not spongers or skivers, says Sadiq Khan, after PM's 'island of strangers' speech

London mayor says of Sir Keir Starmer’s comments: ‘Those aren’t words that I would use’

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London boroughs should be allowed to charge more than double council tax, says Sadiq Khan

The Mayor of London suggested he wanted local councils in the capital to have more powers to ensure second and empty homes are in use

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New Tube map celebrates London's grassroots music venues and history

Map reimagines Underground lines as different aspects of London’s musical heritage, with stops highlighting venues, nightclubs and record shops

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Silvertown Tunnel: Has Sadiq Khan's £2.2billion scheme ended rush-hour jams?

One month after opening, The Standard examines claims the mayor’s new Thames tunnel has increased congestion

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Musk’s X ‘amplified Islamophobia, hate speech and disinformation’ in grooming gangs debate, damning report says

Report points to another social media trend: sexual violence was being weaponised, with entire communities blamed for individual crimes

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Sadiq Khan: Labour must be 'humble' and 'reflect' after local election results

Mayor reminds ministers of need to preserve ‘safety net’ amid proposed cuts to disability benefits

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Sadiq Khan launches £300,000 fund to boost al fresco dining and late-night openings

Sector hopes new funding will ‘cut through bureaucracy’ and boost footfall

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'London's nightlife shouldn't be an afterthought': MEATliqour founder raises concerns about Khan’s licencing powers

Khan has been granted new licensing powers as part of a government initiative to cut bureaucratic “red tape” hindering the night-time economy

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Sadiq Khan Slammed for 'Selling Out' London's Green Spaces to Push Controversial Housing Plan

LONDON, UK — Mayor Sadiq Khan has come under fire for plans to allow development on parts of London’s green belt land, with critics accusing him of

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Sadiq Khan explains his controversial U-turn to back green belt house-building

Mayor has faced a backlash over his plan to build homes on parts of London’s green belt

Evening Standard

Sadiq Khan to announce plans to build houses on London green belt

Mayor to make major policy shift and say scale of housing crisis requires breaking taboo

The Guardian - UK

Sadiq Khan: 'We must build on green belt to ease London's housing crisis'

Mayor’s critics warn his plan marks ‘a devastating blow to the environment and our green spaces’

Evening Standard

Khan to back building homes on London’s green belt amid housing crisis

The Mayor of London is expected to announce plans to ‘actively explore’ the proposals in a bid to fix London’s housing crisis.

The Independent UK

Sadiq Khan unveils plan to rip up green belt to build flats for Londoners

The controversial move is likely to face opposition from environmental campaigners

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Sadiq Khan urged to help 'alarming' number of care leavers not working or studying

Young people leaving care face a ‘cliff edge’ when they turn 18 and suddenly lack adequate support, mayor warned

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London cladding scandal: Sadiq Khan hails 'significant step' in making other tall buildings safer

Work is yet to start on more than 1,500 residential blocks in the capital with flammable cladding

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High-rise London: Why developers are being 'forced' to build more tall buildings in the capital

‘There is a lack of understanding of what a successful tall building is and not enough is being done to measure it’, London Assembly warns

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London school closures: Prominent Labour MP says cost of living crisis means families can't afford capital

Family seeking housing in Camden offered a place in Manchester - while Enfield council considers buying homes in Liverpool

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Huge £1.3 billion development at Mortlake goes ahead after 10-year planning battle

Mixed use scheme will deliver 1,068 homes and a secondary school for 1,200 pupils

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Banning cars in city centres has worked around the world. Why isn’t London’s Oxford Street pedestrianised yet?

From Sydney to Seoul, the results have been positive. It’s time for Sadiq Khan to put his foot down, says writer and curator Phineas Harper

Evening Standard

Trafalgar Square to host first basketball competition with NBA event

A school’s basketball tournament will come to Trafalgar Square on June 6

The Guardian - UK

A London 2040 Olympics is alluring but do gold medals bring cities a golden future?

New research has shown there was a positive impact during London 2012 but the legacy effects appear to be short-lived

Evening Standard

OPINION - Susan Hall is back — and Sadiq Khan and Labour should be very worried

She was once dubbed “the one Sadiq Khan fears”. The phrase was splashed on billboards, blared from vans and echoed across social media. For a while, Susan Hall was everywhere. But it was more than just a line, it was a warning. A warning to a Mayor who had coasted…

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Bereaved families urge Sadiq Khan to honour pledge to ban gambling ads on Tube

Families who have lost relatives to gambling-related suicide beg mayor to act on his 2021 pledge to ban betting and casino ads on London transport

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Crime's up in London - but the capital's still safer than Manchester, according to latest police data

Manchester worse for total crime rate, violence, stalking and sexual offences

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