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London Is Open. How many times did we hear the city’s two-bob chancer of a mayor Sadiq Khan parrot that trite slogan in the wake of the Brexit referendum? He even lit up the London Eye in the colours of the EU flag to proclaim that despite the Leave vote, the city welcomes all-comers and … Read more
London Mayor Sadiq Khan has been spotted out cycling in the capital today, closely followed by his security team in a £300,000 armoured car – as commuters were last week told to ditch public transport. Mr Khan, wearing a blue face mask and grey helmet, is pictured taking advantage of the balmy weather to cycle … Read more
Sadiq Khan has told Londoners to stay at home this weekend despite the easing of lockdown measures across England. On Saturday morning, the Mayor of London told his one million followers on Twitter that they should ‘play their part’ by staying at home as much as possible. This is the first weekend since Prime Minister … Read more
London mayor Sadiq Khan says he will create one of the world’s largest car-free areas of any capital city by closing swathes of central London to motorists. Mr Khan and Transport for London today announced the London Streetspace programme, which will transform the capital’s streets to have a focus on walking and cycling as people … Read more
Sadiq Khan was today accused of risking lives and forcing people out of their cars and on to the Tube where social distancing is ‘impossible’ because of a lack of trains after he brought back the central London congestion charge from Monday and jacked it up to £15 from £11.50 in June. The Mayor of London has … Read more
‘Profligate’ London Mayor Sadiq Khan was slammed by passengers who crammed on to the packed Tube again today after he agreed to ramp up services in return for a £1.6billion taxpayer-funded bailout. Mr Khan had said Transport for London was hours from going bust and blamed Boris Johnson for no social distancing on trains by … Read more
City centre parking charges could be AXED in a desperate bid to tempt commuters off buses and trains Grant Shapps said parking charges may be waived to ward commuters off trains The Transport Secretary said people have ‘a civic duty to avoid public transport’ His warning comes as Sadiq Khan threatened to run fewer summer … Read more
On March 3, London Mayor Sadiq Khan appeared on Good Morning Britain and declared about coronavirus: ‘There is no risk in using the Tube or buses or other forms of public transport.’ At the time, Britain hadn’t suffered a death from the disease, but we had seen over 30 cases reported, and we’d also seen … Read more
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has finally announced that he will increase Tube services in London to 75% of normal on Monday – but has been accused of blackmailing Boris Johnson after threatening to cut Tube, train and bus services unless the PM agrees an emergency bailout of £2billion by the end of today. Mr Khan has … Read more
London Mayor Sadiq Khan was today urged to get a grip and increase levels of trains and buses urgently as stomach-churning footage showed commuters crammed in like sardines this morning. Boris Johnson has said that anyone who cannot work from home should attempt to return to their workplace – but social media videos make it … Read more