Tag: Sadiq Khan

• Monday, November 24th 2025 - 19:31 UTC

  London tax for visitors, if Parliament passes community empowerment bill

  

  Visitors to London could soon be paying extra, if they stay overnight in hotels or Airbnb style accommodation by paying a tourist tax. The extra cost could raise hundreds of millions of pounds for mayors to spend on local public transport services as soon as the 2027/28 financial year.

• Thursday, March 21st 2024 - 15:08 UTC

  It sort of happened, Non-white Britain

  

  By Gwynne Dyer - Nobody planned it, hardly anybody realized it was happening, and suddenly there it was: done. In the space of less than two years, the entire senior leadership of Great Britain has become non-white.

• Friday, August 6th 2021 - 22:13 UTC

  “We need to make people feel safe in public transport, mask wearing should be compulsory,” London mayor

  

  London Mayor Sadiq Khan is lobbying the UK government to make mask-wearing on the Underground mandatory and required by law, which will make people feel safe travelling on public transportation.

• Sunday, May 9th 2021 - 10:24 UTC

  Labour's candidate Sadiq Khan re-elected as mayor of London, some say with an eye on Downing St.

  

  Sadiq Khan, the son of a Pakistani bus driver and the first Muslim mayor of London since being elected in 2016, has been chosen for yet another term in office by defeating Conservative rival Shaun Bailey, it was announced Saturday after vote counting was complete.

• Monday, June 15th 2020 - 07:33 UTC

  Violent protests in London's Parliament Square; more than 100 people arrested

  

  Police in London said they arrested more than 100 people on Saturday after far-right protesters holding a counter-demonstration against anti-racism activists clashed with officers. Thousands of people defied the coronavirus restrictions to assemble in and around Parliament Square, in the centre of the capital.

• Monday, April 8th 2019 - 09:40 UTC

  Central London Ultra Low Emission Zone comes into force

  

  The Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) has come into force in central London. Drivers of older, more polluting vehicles are being charged to enter the congestion zone area at any time. Transport for London (TfL) hopes the move will reduce the number of polluting cars in the capital, and estimates that about 40,000 vehicles will be affected every day.

• Friday, July 13th 2018 - 10:26 UTC

  Donald Trump unwelcome in London: ‘Trump baby’ blimp will fly over the Parliament

  

  The unpopularity of the President of the United States, Donald Trump, shown apparent by Thursday night, when protests started as soon as he landed in London for a meeting with the PM Theresa May. The US president, as the main event of his trip, will hold talks with the prime minister May and the new foreign secretary, Jeremy Hunt, at the PM’s Chequers country retreat.

• Tuesday, April 24th 2018 - 08:39 UTC

  London mayor calls on voters to try and halt a hard Brexit with a massive turnout in local elections

  

  London Mayor Sadiq Khan has called on the capital’s 1.1 million EU nationals to turn out in force at next week’s local elections to try to halt a hard Brexit. Speaking ahead of campaigning in south London with Labour’s shadow Brexit secretary Sir Keir Starmer, Mr Khan said the Windrush scandal showed the Tories’ “divisive” stance on immigration.

• Sunday, June 18th 2017 - 03:42 UTC

  Grenfell Tower death toll feared around 70

  

  The latest news from the West London Grenfell Tower fire site list 58 people missing and presumed to be dead, London police Commander Stuart Cundy said on Saturday. He also explained that the figure was based on reports from the public and feared it might go up. “This number 58 may change. I really hope it won't, but it may increase,” he said. This 58 include the 30 already confirmed dead, according to Cundy. Analysts estimate the death toll can reach 70.

• Monday, September 19th 2016 - 05:59 UTC

  “Malvinas sovereignty claim is standing and non negotiable”, anticipates Macri in New York

  

  Argentina's claim over the Malvinas Islands is standing and non negotiable, were the first words of president Mauricio Macri when he arrived on Sunday to New York to attend this week the UN General Assembly. The statement follows the strong reactions to the last Wednesday Argentine/UK joint cooperation statement which includes a South Atlantic chapter strongly questioned in some political circles.