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The Latest Breaking News from Sir Sadiq Khan

Controversial Liverpool Street station 19-storey tower block plans get green light

Campaigners ‘prepare for the long haul’ as £1.2bn scheme passes to London mayor Sir Sadiq Khan and the Government for final approval

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Ex- London Labour councillor admits child sex offences after being caught in Met Police sting

Liron Velleman, 30, was a Labour councillor in Barnet at the time of his offending

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'Transformational': Liverpool Street station redevelopment gets glowing review from City planners

But the owners of the five-star Andaz hotel say the scale of likely disruption is ‘simply unmanageable’ and want scheme rejected

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Mayor Sadiq Khan has ‘gutted policing’ in London as officers fall by 1,460 in a year, Tories claim

Conservatives said the mayor had ‘completely betrayed his pledge of more officers’

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London nightlife: Sadiq Khan urged to protect pubs and clubs facing closure due to noise complaints

Mayor to spend £300,000 on new nightlife commission after being told not to appoint new ‘night czar’ to replace Amy Lame

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Oxford Street pedestrianised this year if everything goes to plan, says London mayor Sadiq Khan

Mayor confirms £2.5m cost to London taxpayers if West Ham are relegated from Premier League

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Sadiq Khan isn’t gaslighting on true crime levels in London, mayor’s anti-violence chief says

Lib Peck hit back at critics - including US President Donald Trump - as Australian delegation visits capital on fact-finding mission

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Burnham says he plans to stand in by-election

Several senior Labour figures have called for Mr Burnham to be allowed to stand.

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Pensioner who saved the Freedom Pass: Londoners may face another fight to protect their travel freebie

More than 88,000 people signed petition calling for travel concession used by 1.2m Londoners to be safeguarded but battle may not be over

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Is Sadiq Khan 'gaslighting' Londoners? The capital's great crime paradox explained

Homicide rate falls to historic low but mayor admits that robbery, theft and shoplifting are ‘too high’ – and influence how safe Londoners feel

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Crowd boos Sadiq Khan's appearance at NBA London game

The Mayor of London was among the public figures in attendance for the NBA game at London’s O2 Arena – and received a cold reception from some fans

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Reform UK’s London mayoral candidate condemned over ‘dangerous’ burqa stop and search comments

Crossbench peer says Laila Cunningham’s remarks were a ‘dogwhistle’ to racists

The Independent UK

Exclusive: Laila Cunningham says women in burkas need to be searched

Nigel Farage’s London mayoral candidate tells The Standard podcast: ‘I don't think in an open society people should cover their face. It provides a cloak of anonymity for criminals’

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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

The Independent UK

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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