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The Latest Breaking News from Sir Sadiq Khan

Pay-per-mile for electric vehicles revealed: Typical EV driver faces paying more than £250 a year

Drivers of battery electric cars will pay 3p per mile from April 2028

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100 million free school meals given to London’s children

Families saved up to £500 a year per child, said mayor Sir Sadiq Khan

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Twin tower student block sparks 'red on red' clash between Sadiq Khan and Westminster council

The 605-bed canalside development near Paddington station will be 90m tall and ‘block out daylight’ in surrounding homes

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London visitors to pay tourist tax under Rachel Reeves Budget plans

Rachel Reeves, who is set to deliver her Budget on Wednesday, has signed off measures that will give English cities and regions the power to charge tourists

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Trying to get a council house in London? Experts reveal 'brutal reality' of how long you'll wait

Boroughs say the wait for a family home is 12 to 15 years as they explain who gets housed as a priority

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Why Tube passengers could still end up paying more despite national rail fares freeze

Concerns grow that London Underground, Elizabeth line and London Overground fares - and the cost of Travelcards - will rise again next March

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15 bus routes diverted or shortened as more details of Oxford Street pedestrianisation revealed

TfL sparks concern from residents as it aims to solve conundrum of how to remove hundreds of buses to part-pedestrianise Oxford Street

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DLR extension explained: Where will it go, when will it be built - and is Bakerloo line extension dead?

Full details of new link to Thamesmead, new stations and when it will open - as Chancellor fails to spell out exactly how much she will contribute

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Reeves set to back £1.7bn Docklands Light Railway extension in Budget

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Sadiq Khan gives business 'speed dating' agency the kiss of life as City Hall tackles financial crisis

London & Partners to be safeguarded - despite Tory concerns it has become a ‘massive drain’ on council taxpayers

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£2.4m support for victims of child exploitation and grooming gangs in London

Scotland Yard is re-examining 9,000 cases over the past 15 years

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'Mansion tax' on way, say Labour MPs after talk with Reeves on Budget set to hit London hard

The Chancellor reportedly told Labour MPs to highlight how the wealthy would be impacted by her Budget

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London tourist tax: West End chiefs back fixed rate as 5% would put £11.50 a night on average hotel stay

Chancellor Rachel Reeves is set to give Sir Sadiq Khan and other mayors the power to impose a tourism levy

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West Ham relegation would 'Hammer' Londoners with £2.5m stadium bill, reveals Sadiq Khan's top aide

Cost of running former 2012 Olympic stadium will soar if Hammers drop out of Premier League, warns mayor’s chief of staff

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Tourist tax set to be introduced in London with visitors charged levy for hotel and Airbnb stays

Rachel Reeves is expected to give London mayor Sir Sadiq Khan the power to impose a levy on an overnight stay

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Revealed: Sadiq Khan's £110m-a-year Congestion Charge windfall after hiking levy and axing EV exemption

Mayor’s changes to central London C-charge will increase annual revenue to £320m a year, according to City Hall documents

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Conservationists pledge to fight 21,000-home 'new town' on Green Belt land in Greater London

Government accused of using ‘smoke and mirrors’ to make case for development on Crews Hill in Enfield

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Named and shamed: the London boroughs where not a single affordable home is being built

Mayor’s spokesman describes the figures as ‘encouraging’ as they show a 113% city-wide increase in the number of new starts

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More than 230 domestic abusers recalled to prison under London mayor’s GPS tagging scheme

Pilot cut re-offending by 45 per cent, protects victims and holds perpetrators to account, says Sir Sadiq Khan

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'Oxford Street has suffered – it needs a polish to get back on the map' - Sadiq's pedestrianisation chief

Former Westfield executive Scott Parsons says pedestrianising Oxford Street is a ‘no brainer’

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'Farcical': Gallows Corner flyover and roundabout in east London to remain closed for six more months

Upgrade to key section of A12 should have been finished by September but has been derailed by unexpected discoveries underground

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Harrow Council set to take legal action against Sadiq Khan over closure of last police front desk in borough

Harrow Council Leader Paul Osborn has called the decision to shut police station front desks ‘wholly irresponsible’

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'Moving to Islington is impossible for an ordinary person,' local MP Emily Thornberry tells Parliament

London MPs lined up during a debate in the Commons to highlight the scale of the housing crisis facing the capital

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Airbnb homes in London to be used as emergency shelters for victims of domestic violence

City Hall’s £100,000 pilot scheme will ease dire shortage of safe spaces for women and children fleeing abuse

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London’s worst robbery hotspots revealed in interactive map with 10 muggings a day in West End

Around 33,752 offences recorded across capital in 12 months, according to official figures

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