Sadiq Khan now calls for shoppers to be forced to wear face masks after they were made compulsory on public transport Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has written to Boris Johnson about face mask use He wants the PM to make it mandatory to wear face coverings while shopping The use of face masks is … Read more
Sadiq Khan slashes his own pay by 10 per cent as he warns of £500million black hole in London’s finances from lockdown – threatening cuts to police and Tube unless the government bails the capital out London Mayor Sadiq Khan has announced that he is taking a 10 per cent pay cut Mr Khan said … Read more
London Mayor Sadiq Khan predicts facemasks will become the ‘new normal’ for a YEAR as he makes them compulsory on the capital’s transport network Protective face coverings are compulsory on all public transport from Monday Free masks were handed out in their thousands on buses and trains in England 3,000 more police took to the … Read more
London‘s mayor was accused of caving in to mob rule last night by covering up Winston Churchill’s statue. Sadiq Khan is shielding key public monuments – including the Cenotaph – ahead of anti-racism protests on Saturday. But Priti Patel called on the mayor to uncover the bronze sculpture immediately. ‘We should free Churchill, a hero of … Read more
Sadiq Khan has announced he will ‘review and improve’ the diversity of London‘s public landmarks and called for the removal of all slave trader statues in the capital. It follows the tearing down of a statue of slave trader Edward Colston in Bristol over the weekend by Black Lives Matter (BLM) demonstrators. Last night, some people … Read more
London mayor Sadiq Khan demands shops stock more face masks as commuters continue to travel without them on busy rush-hour services Mr Khan asks stores to stock non-medical face coverings to help Londoners He reiterates that Londoners should stay at home ‘as much as possible’ The Mayor says medical-grade masks should be kept for frontline … 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
‘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
London mayor Sadiq Khan was warned tonight that he will have to put up fares on the Tube and city buses in exchange for a public transport bail-out from the Government. Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said he was ‘optimistic’ of striking a deal to plough money into Transport for London (TfL), after Mr Khan threatened … Read more
Sadiq Khan has used the coronavirus lockdown to roll out a drastic new layout of the Capital’s roads as he warned there will be ‘no swift return to normal’ across the transport network. The Mayor of London and TfL have today unveiled their ‘London Streetspace’ programme which will transform London’s streets to accommodate a possible ten-fold … Read more