All news on the topic: Sadiq Khan

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'Cutting air pollution vital in battle to save lives - expanding ULEZ is right'
Sadiq Khan reveals how his adult-onset asthma and the tragic death of Ella Roberta Adoo-Kissi-Debrah have added to his determination to cut harmful vehicle emissions and allow people to breathe cleaner air
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Cops urged to dig for 'Levi Bellfield victim' at site killer claims remains are
Bellfield - who says he murdered Elizabeth Chau in 1999 - is willing to narrow the search spot on a map for cops, who have not yet dug at the location he already marked
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'Keir Starmer should put free school meals for all pupils in Labour's manifesto'
Sharon Hodgson, an MP in North East England, recalls the stigma of queueing for free dinners. But this is about more than ending any stigma for the one-in-five who receive them
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Sadiq Khan says heart attack scare made him understand that 'time is finite'
The Mayor of London said that after suffering a suspected heart attack on stage, he is more determined than ever to act on the environment – not least because of his kids
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Sadiq Khan says he suffered suspected 'minor heart attack' during climate summit
The detail of the incident from the Glasgow summit 18-months ago comes in the Mayor of London's new book on the climate emergency which is set to be published this week
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Mirror wins gong at bash to mark 100 years of anti-fascism battle
CEO Nick Lowles thanked the Mirror for 'always being by our side' in the organisation’s 20-year history of fighting the Far Right
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Surging private rents putting 'soul of our city' at risk, London Mayor warns
In a major speech on the housing crisis, Mayor of London Sadiq Khan called on the Tory Government to give him powers to impose a rent freeze in the capital
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Keir Starmer must repeal Tory voter ID if Labour elected, Sadiq Khan says
The Labour Mayor of London described the policy as a 'deliberate Conservative tactic to supress the vote' - after hundreds were turned away from polling stations
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'I don't want London to be playground of the rich - so I'm building homes'
Writing for the Mirror, Mayor of London Sadiq Khan says he's determined to build a London for everyone as figures show the capital has exceeded targets by starting work on 116,000 new affordable homes
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London builds twice as many council homes as rest of England
Sadiq Khan is demanding ministers raise their ambitions as it emerged construction started on 10,000 council homes in the capital last year, compared to just 4,325 across the rest of England in the previous year
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'Growing up in a council house gave me best start... more kids deserve the same'
Writing for the Mirror, Mayor of London Sadiq Khan said it is a "national scandal" the country is failing to build council housing for a new generation
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Stephen Lawrence pal eyeing London Mayor bid as 'nothing's changed' 30 years on
Duwayne Brooks had mayoral ambitions in 2018 but commitments took him abroad at short notice. But now he appears determined to channel his energy into holding the police to account
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'Tough action needs to be taken on knife crime before more young people die'
Eva Simpson is shocked by the latest youth stabbing - which happened just where her young son had been minutes beforehand
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Furious drivers resort to stealing traffic cameras ahead of £12.50 daily charge
Sadiq Khan's Ultra Low Emission Zone scheme is already estimated to have made almost £250 million since it was first implemented in 2019 and more protests have been staged over its expansion
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Hundreds of thousands of children to get free meals during the school holidays
Around 10million meals will be given to low income families thanks to a £3.5million emergency funding package to help people with the worsening cost of living crisis
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Barmy rule that means parents on Universal Credit better off if they cut hours
Seven in ten children from families on Universal Credit are not eligible for free school meals because they earn more than £7,400 a year after tax, the Institute for Fiscal Studies has warned
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Furious drivers put shopping bags over ULEZ cameras in act of revenge
The Ultra Low Emission Zone scheme is already estimated to have raked in around £250 million since it was first implemented in 2019 and fresh protests have been made over its expansion
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Tories 'repeating Covid errors as thousands killed by air pollution', MP warns
Labour's Karen Buck has called on the government to help drivers switch to greener vehicles and back controversial Ultra Low Emission Zones (ULEZ) as Public Health England figures show up to 36,000 die each year due to exposure to air pollution
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Man can't afford £12.50 charge to visit grandchild, 6, 'living on borrowed time'
Iain Buers, 55, says he won't be able to afford to visit six-year-old seriously ill granddaughter Charlotte in hospital when the Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) is expanded in August
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'People laughed as I was sexually harassed on the Tube'
Many trains are still operating without CCTV despite British Transport Police seeing a huge upturn in sex crimes on the rail - from harassment and voyeurism to rape
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Joe Lycett, Daniel Radcliffe and Sam Smith amongst Rainbow Honours nominees
Joe Lycett's protest against David Beckham's controversial deal with Qatar has been nominated for yet another prestigious award, with Sam Smith, Graham Norton, Andrew Garfield, Dame Kelly Holmes and more also recognised in the Rainbow Honours shortlist
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Man straps car plate to body to confuse cameras in protest against driving levy
Handyman Engin Coban from Catford, in south London, says the expansion of the Ultra Low Emission Zone in the summer could be catastrophic for his business and so is conducting a 'peaceful protest'
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Liz Truss backers should apologise for £7,000 mortgage hikes, says Sadiq Khan
Startling research by Labour found some mortgage holders are being forced to find an extra £642 every month in the wake of Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng's botched economic experiment
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Cross-party MPs call on Jeremy Hunt to extend free school meals lifeline
A cross-party group of MPs has written to the Chancellor calling on the Government to provide the benefit for all primary school pupils in England, which the Mirror and National Education Union are fighting for, in line with promises in Wales and Scotland.
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Free school meals offered to all pupils aged 3 to 14 in London borough
Westminster City Council will extend its provision of free school meals to thousands of children in nursery and secondary schools in an unprecedented move to help familes