Sadiq Khan

Sadiq Khan

Sadiq Khan is the Mayor of London, having taken over from Boris Johnson.

Having become an MP in 2005, Mr Khan was made a Minister three years later by Gordon Brown and served as Minister for Communities and Minister for Transport.

After Labour lost two successive elections, Sadiq quit as an MP after beating Zac Goldsmith in the race to be Mayor of London.

Latest Sadiq Khan News

London Mayor Sadiq Khan attends the inauguration of the Coronation Food Project hub

Sadiq Khan 'to be knighted' in New Year honours list

7 days ago

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Sadiq Khan 'wholeheartedly welcomes' plans to make privately-owned e-scooters legal on roads

16 days ago

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Sadiq Khan said Donald Trump should be given 'the benefit of the doubt'

'Let's give Donald Trump the benefit of the doubt,' Sadiq Khan tells LBC after war of words with president-elect

28 days ago

Front of Circle Line London Underground tube train and driver obscured face emerging from tunnel entering train station platform England UK

Tube drivers call off strike after being offered four-day week, pay rise and fewer hours

1 month ago

Sadiq Khan has hit out at Donald Trump

Sadiq Khan says 'progress is not inevitable' as he hits out Donald Trump after election win

1 month ago

Tube fares are set to rise next year

Misery for Londoners as Starmer orders Sadiq Khan to hike Tube and rail fares next year as part of funding deal

1 month ago

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Trump's counter-terrorism chief says British troops could be stationed in Ukraine if ceasefire is agreed
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Trump urges Putin to agree ceasefire in Ukraine war and says Zelensky is ready to 'end the madness'
Incoming president Donald Trump has vowed that the US will not get involved with the Syrian civil war as rebel groups look set to take the capital city Damascus.

Trump says US should not get involved in Syrian civil war as rebels look set to take Damascus from Assad
Prince William is set to join Donald Trump in the reopening of the Notre Dame cathedral.

Prince William set to join Donald Trump in Notre Dame reopening

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Donald Trump appears in court for his hush money trial at Manhattan Criminal Court on May 30, 2024

Donald Trump files motion to dismiss hush money case, citing election victory and Hunter Biden pardon
Warren Stephens and Harriet Stephens

Donald Trump picks investment banker Warren Stephens to be US ambassador to the UK

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer speaks during the annual Lord Mayor's Banquet at the Guildhall in central London

Starmer vows to strengthen ties with Donald Trump as he refuses choice between US and EU

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'A Great British institution': Starmer defends the sandwich after Badenoch says lunchbox staple is 'not real food'
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