Labour’s Sadiq Khan has swept to victory in the London mayoral election, winning a historic third term in power, as Sir Keir Starmer’s party continues to count gains in the local elections. Incumbent mayor Mr Khan beat his nearest rival, Conservative candidate Susan Hall, in a contest dominated by criticisms of his decision to expand […]
Labour was closing in on a London mayoral victory for Sadiq Khan on Saturday, as Sir Keir Starmer claimed the Conservatives do not deserve power “for a moment longer”. UK prime minister Rishi Sunak is meanwhile braced for the West Midlands mayoral election result, hoping incumbent Andy Street could hold on to power for the […]
(Bloomberg) — Sadiq Khan saw gains in his favor in the first results announced in London’s mayoral election, as the Labour Party predicted that he would win a historic third term. Most Read from Bloomberg Results from the first five of London’s 14 constituencies reporting on Saturday showed Labour increasing its vote share by about […]
Sadiq Khan said local people are “disgusted that the Conservatives will try and mislead Londoners” after the Conservative Party posted an attack ad on Labour featuring scenes from New York despite the video being about London. The clip posted on X attacking the London Mayor used footage of a stampede in a New York subway […]
If you venture into central London of an evening for dinner or perhaps a few pints, you better head in early and drink up quickly. The chances are last orders will be called at 10pm and you’ll be turfed out by 10.30. By 11pm on most nights even the busiest areas of our capital resemble […]
UK home secretary James Cleverly has joined calls for former Tory deputy chairman Lee Anderson to apologise after his criticism of Sadiq Khan sparked a Islamophobia row. Mr Anderson doubled down on his criticism of Sadiq Khan as Rishi Sunak came under pressure to label his words as Islamophobic. Speaking to PA in San Francisco […]
Lee Anderson has doubled down on his criticism of Sadiq Khan and refused to apologise for remarks that sparked an Islamophobia row, which Rishi Sunak condemned as “wrong”. The former Tory deputy chairman on Monday admitted his original remarks were “clumsy”, but said saying sorry “would be a sign of weakness”. It came after the […]
Vehicles eligible for scrappage as part of London’s Ulez scheme cannot legally be sent to Ukraine, the mayor’s office has said. The Telegraph reported Kyiv’s mayor Vitali Klitschko had written to to his London counterpart to suggest the idea as part of the scrappage scheme. However, Sadiq Khan‘s office said the Labour mayor was legally […]