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The Latest Breaking News from Sir Sadiq Khan

Freedom Pass saved! Labour councils block threat to free travel for over-65s in London

The sensational development comes a week after The Standard revealed that a review of the scheme had been requested

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'Don't talk down London', says Keir Starmer as he slams Nigel Farage's Reform UK at PMQs after homicide rate falls

The PM criticised Reform after its London mayoral candidate Laila Cunningham said the capital was ‘burning’

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London in grip of worst new homes crisis since Second World War, warns damning new report

The housing shortage is leaving many Londoners having to pay sky-high rents or take out big mortgages to buy a property

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Residents fight against huge £3 billion housing scheme next to Notting Hill

The Canal Way development would see 2,500 new homes built in the west London area, making it one of the biggest housing developments in the city

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London deputy mayor denies claims of 'embellished' housing figures

The deputy mayor for housing denied the claims that figures had been embellished as ‘outrageous’ and ‘completely unsubstantiated

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Donald Trump 'hates us' as London shows diversity as a success story, says Sadiq Khan

‘We have shown diversity as a strength not a weakness. It makes us richer not poorer, it makes us stronger not weaker,’ the London Mayor stressed

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Met boss hits out at Trump’s claims about London crime as homicide rates fall

New figures showed that there were 97 homicides in the capital in 2025 - the lowest number recorded since 2014

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London murder rate falls to lowest in over a decade as Met Police chief hits out at ‘disinformation’

Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley said facts ‘speak for themselves’ with homicides dropping 36 per cent in just six years

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Labour 'ally' of Sadiq Khan drops bombshell at Oxford Street quango launch: 'I wish this didn't exist'

‘We would rather this body didn’t exist and we weren’t here’ says Westminster council leader

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DLR extension to Thamesmead 'significantly' more than £1.5bn as Abbey Wood link is ruled out

City Hall jobs still on the line despite mayor Sadiq Khan receiving more money than expected from Chancellor Rachel Reeves

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Why the New Year return to work contained better news than usual for rail commuters

Welcome change for rail passengers at the start of the year

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Stunning video from the sky shows New Year fireworks going off across London

Footage shows countless firework displays going off around London as the clock strikes midnight

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Zipcar offered free parking permits as London borough mounts 11th hour bid to save car-sharing club

Southwark offers firm use of about 200 parking bays and calls on other boroughs to offer similar incentives

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OPINION - Make me London mayor for a day and this is what I'd do with Tube fares

The 10 things that Sadiq Khan should have announced alongside TfL fares hike

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Explained: Why Sadiq Khan's Tube fares hike contains unexpectedly great news for London commuters

Daily and weekly ‘cap’ on cost of multiple journeys will be frozen next year - as will cost of Travelcards - but critics say this is merely ‘crumbs for comfort’

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Tube fares hammerblow: Zone 1 journeys rise by up to 7.1%, with £1.60 extra on Elizabeth line to Heathrow

London mayor Sadiq Khan publishes details of new TfL fares - including first increase in bus fares in years

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Rubbish! Union and TfL in row over cleaners who empty Sadiq Khan's bins and keep the Tube clean

TfL fails to bring contracted workers ‘in-house’ despite mayor’s pledge

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All change on London Overground as new contractor promises more rush-hour trains under £3bn deal

Mildmay line and Windrush line will be first to benefit as TfL drops Arriva for First Group

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Yvette Cooper counters Trump criticism of Khan and praises Europe’s ‘strength’

The Foreign Secretary defended Sir Sadiq Khan’s record in City Hall after the president branded him a ‘disaster’ and a ‘disgusting mayor’.

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Londoners 'face overpriced ferry tickets' after Thames cycle bridge scrapped

In 2019, Transport for London discarded plans for a walking and cycling bridge between Canary Wharf and Rotherhithe

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Laid in Dagenham: Family of white storks to set up home in east London for first time in 600 years

Beavers will also be reintroduced at Eastbrookend Country Park in Dagenham after funding from Sadiq Khan

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Ride on time! New 'green' ferry can transport 100 cyclists across River Thames every 10 minutes

But campaigners say the Orbit Clipper, which will link Rotherhithe and Canary Wharf, is ‘unacceptably expensive’ at £4.10 per crossing

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Labour loses further London councillors amid wave of defections in capital

Labour has been haemorrhaging councillors in the capital to the Lib Dems, Greens, Tories and independents for several months

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'Innovative fares and customer rewards' being considered by TfL to lure passengers back to London

But buses face axe in central and inner London - while motorists will pay £1bn a year in Sadiq Khan’s road charges

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Crossrail 2: Elizabeth line successor 'could be delivered if London learns lessons from Europe'

Mayor Sir Sadiq Khan urged to put £40bn rail project back on starting line, cut costs and ‘hope the stars align’

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