The Latest Breaking News from Sir Sadiq Khan

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

Evening Standard · Nov 19, 2025

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

Evening Standard · Nov 18, 2025

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

Evening Standard · Nov 17, 2025

'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’

Evening Standard · Nov 11, 2025

'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

Evening Standard · Nov 10, 2025

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’

Evening Standard · Nov 6, 2025

'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

Evening Standard · Nov 6, 2025

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

Evening Standard · Nov 5, 2025

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

Evening Standard · Oct 27, 2025

Met Police set to reopen 9,000 cases in major London grooming gangs probe

Suspected grooming gangs cases exposed by Standard investigation to be reexamined as part of huge Met Police review

Evening Standard · Oct 24, 2025