Sadiq Khan
British politician, Mayor of London (born 1970)
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It’s great news that the government has committed to continuing to keep museums free for everyone.
- London’s mayor, Sadiq Khan, saidGuardiantheguardian.com/culture/2026…
- London Mayor Sadiq Khan saidLe Mondelemonde.fr/en/international…
The pitch rolling must be done now, explaining to the country the dis-benefits of being outside the European Union and the benefits of being part of this family,
This is an opportunity to reimagine our bus network so that it provides better value for money, supports our climate goals, makes our roads safer, and overall just works better for passengers and drivers alike.”
- The mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, saidGuardiantheguardian.com/uk/news…
The thing about a special relationship is that it’s akin to having a best friend,
I think we know there are some people who have been sycophantic to President Trump — it’s not worked out too well for them,
25 years on, London stands with New York, with love and solidarity."
- London Mayor Sadiq Khan also expressed the city's solidarity with New York, writing on social mediaEuronewseuronews.com/2026/09…
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England’s national museums to remain free to overseas visitors
Guardiantheguardian.com/culture/2026…It comes after months of discussions between the government, museums, the tourism sector and local leaders to examine whether making tourists from abroad pay could boost the institutions' finances
BBCbbc.com/news/articles…Burnham proposes universal free social care system for England
Saudi Gazettesaudigazette.com.sa/article/66…Political editor David Maddox looks at how Andy Burnham’s plan to make reforming social care the centrepiece of the next election changes everything
The Independentindependent.co.uk/news/uk…Sadiq Khan’s LTNs made me flee Britain, says millionaire philanthropist
The Telegraphtelegraph.co.uk/news/2026…TfL announces capital's publicly owned bus company
BBCbbc.com/news/articles…At present, TfL contracts bus services to eight privately owned operators
Guardiantheguardian.com/uk/news…UN General Assembly begins general debate
XinhuaNetenglish.news.cn/20260923/e2c97…The annual General Assembly will test whether the 193-member body can still bring countries together to tackle crises that increasingly transcend borders
France 24france24.com/en/americas…Trump: U.S. to reach deal with Tehran after midterms, or 'annihilate' Iran
Haaretzhaaretz.com/us/news…The annual General Assembly will test whether the 193-member body can still bring countries together to tackle crises that increasingly transcend borders
France 24france24.com/en/americas…US marks 25th anniversary of 9/11 terror attacks
CNAchannelnewsasia.com/watch/us…U.S. Vice President JD Vance attended the annual remembrance ceremony, along with four former presidents: Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Barack Obama and Joe Biden
XinhuaNetenglish.news.cn/20260912/00c6d…Sadiq Khan ‘plans to ban wood-burning stoves in parts of London’ in clean air push
The Independentindependent.co.uk/news/uk…Sadiq Khan hits out at ‘plastic patriots’ doing London down
The Timesthetimes.com/uk/london…Mayor agrees to air condition all London buses
BBCbbc.com/news/articles…A group at University College, London (UCL), led by Ioannis Papakonstantinou, has painted the tops of two buses with material that reflects 93% of sunlight
Hindustan Timeshindustantimes.com/science/how…Curbs on vertical drinking in Soho pubs to go ahead as Khan criticises council’s ‘breathtaking arrogance’
Guardiantheguardian.com/uk/news…Last month, the Conservative-run council released a draft policy that encouraged pubs and bars to provide more seated areas in place of standing ones
BBCbbc.com/news/articles…Disabled widow prosecuted over late husband’s untaxed car
The Telegraphtelegraph.co.uk/news/2026…The elderly woman was prosecuted by the DVLA over an unpaid bill on the VW Touran after it had been transferred into her name in April last year
The Independentindependent.co.uk/news/uk…London mayoral contenders limber up for a race that is Sadiq Khan’s to lose
Guardiantheguardian.com/politics/2026…Sadiq Khan agrees to have his texts and emails searched in Palantir legal battle
Guardiantheguardian.com/politics/2026…Palantir is suing the Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime (Mopac) over its decision in May to block the Met from agreeing to a two-year deal with the firm
BBCbbc.com/news/articles…Sadiq Khan car tax conviction withdrawn after he was ‘victim of scam’
The Timesthetimes.com/uk/politics…The Single Justice Procedure was invented in 2015 as a cheaper method of dealing with low-level criminal cases
The Independentindependent.co.uk/news/uk…Brexit skills crisis puts Burnham’s council house building pledge under threat
The Independentindependent.co.uk/news/uk…Andy Burnham compromises on council homes plan
Financial Timesft.com/content/ab1a870c…Conversion charges surface as mystery around mass suicide of Andhra Pradesh family remains
Deccan Heralddeccanherald.com/india/andhra…Ulez linked to improvement in health of London children’s lungs
The Timesthetimes.com/uk/environment…Air pollution can stunt the growth of young children's lungs leaving them at an increased risk of asthma, heart disease, diabetes and even premature death
BBCbbc.com/news/articles…Black professor at centre of Cambridge plagiarism row found dead
Aljazeeraaljazeera.com/video/newsfeed…In July 2023, four months after he became the youngest Black professor in the history of Cambridge University, Jason Arday was asked whether his astonishing, bewildering biography risked becoming what disability campaigners call inspiration porn: a complicated life compressed into an uplifting story
Newsweeknewsweek.com/jason/arday…Farage face off against Count Binface: "He's been the subject to many jokes in the UK"
France 24france24.com/en/video…Count Binface's first-ever interview resurfaces six years later as he prepares to face Farage
The Independentindependent.co.uk/news/uk…Face recognition cameras to scan Oxford Street, Sadiq Khan suggests
The Timesthetimes.com/uk/london…It would mark one of the UK’s first permanent deployments of live facial recognition (LFR) scanning passers-by against watchlists of wanted suspects
The Independentindependent.co.uk/news/uk…Count Binface continues U.K. election run as ‘intergalactic space warrior’
Global Newsglobalnews.ca/news/12015299…Nicole Wootton-Cane speaks to residents to find out what the election means beyond Farage versus Count Binface
The Independentindependent.co.uk/news/uk…Council urged to rethink curbs on nightlife in London's West End
Sky Newsnews.sky.com/story/council…Sadiq Khan has ordered Westminster council to scrap a policy that would ban new pubs and bars from opening in Soho and the West End of London
Guardiantheguardian.com/uk/news…Burnham urged to approve North Sea gas field to secure British energy
The Telegraphtelegraph.co.uk/business/2026…A decision on whether to approve more drilling in the North Sea is expected in the coming weeks
Guardiantheguardian.com/environment/20…Alarming charts that reveal a planet in peril — as experts warn record-breaking heatwaves are just the start
The Independentindependent.co.uk/climate/chan…This summer, an unprecedented series of heatwaves has swept through the continent and across many parts of the globe
Guardiantheguardian.com/commentisfree/…Trump dismisses climate change. But he can’t deny that wildfires are going to get worse
CNNcnn.com/2026/08…This summer, an unprecedented series of heatwaves has swept through the continent and across many parts of the globe
Guardiantheguardian.com/commentisfree/…We need a wartime approach to the climate emergency
Irish Timesirishtimes.com/opinion/letters…The parallels with the second World War were dramatic, as hundreds of people were evacuated, some died, homes, streets and towns decimated
Irish Timesirishtimes.com/opinion/letters…PM questioned over commitment to Snake Pass support
BBCbbc.com/news/articles…When Andy Burnham was the mayor of Greater Manchester, he joined two of his mayoral counterparts whose areas cover the Peak District in calling for the government to take greater responsibility for the Snake Pass route
BBCbbc.com/news/articles…London bids to host 2029 World Athletics Championships
The Timesthetimes.com/sport/athletics…If London is successful, West Ham will play no more than two consecutive away games in the Premier League or three in the EFL in the 2029-30 season
Guardiantheguardian.com/sport/2026…Council wants pubs in London’s Soho and West End to limit standing
Guardiantheguardian.com/business/2026…Soho pubs won’t take plan to ban ‘vertical drinking’ lying down
The Timesthetimes.com/uk/london…Met Police inspector ‘groped three female officers on Soho dance floor’
The Telegraphtelegraph.co.uk/news/2026…Sadiq Khan accuses Met of trying to fix contract for Palantir
Financial Timesft.com/content/beb88252…The case follows concerns expressed by multiple parliamentary committees about the U.K.’s dependence on foreign technology firms such as Palantir, which was co-founded in 2003 by Alex Karp and Peter Thiel
Politico Europepolitico.eu/article/sadiq…Youth rough sleeping in London falls by 45%
BBCbbc.com/news/articles…There has been a slight increase in the number of homeless people in the State, with 17,482 people recorded in emergency accommodation in June, including more than 5,600 children
Irish Timesirishtimes.com/ireland/housing…The UK's most polluted area where residents have to do laundry twice
Daily Expressexpress.co.uk/news/uk…Jewish leaders demand Mamdani tone down rhetoric against Israel after stabbing
The Times Of Israeltimesofisrael.com/jewish/leade…NYC Mayor declines calls from Jewish leaders to apologize for his anti-Israel rhetoric after a man wearing a kippah was stabbed on the Upper West Side
Arutz Shevaisraelnationalnews.com/news/43…Sadiq Khan accused of sectarian politics over Netanyahu arrest call
Daily Expressexpress.co.uk/news/politics…London sees 15% overall drop in neighbourhood crime
BBCbbc.com/news/articles…Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley specifically accused Iran and Russia, alongside cities competing for tourism, of magnifying social media posts that characterise London as "lawless"
The Independentindependent.co.uk/news/uk…Sadiq Khan left stuttering live on LBC after ducking one simple question
Daily Expressexpress.co.uk/showbiz/tv…Tia Mirza, a BA (Hons) Fine Art student at Arts University Bournemouth (AUB), painted Khan as part of her final degree project
BBCbbc.com/news/articles…Sadiq Khan is a terrible mayor — no wonder Starmer has given him a peerage
The Telegraphtelegraph.co.uk/news/2026…Sadiq Khan will take his seat on the red benches but remain as mayor
The Independentindependent.co.uk/news/uk…Sadiq Khan backs calls for maximum workplace temperature in UK
Guardiantheguardian.com/environment/20…Thousands gather in Srebrenica to mark 31 years since genocide
Aljazeeraaljazeera.com/news/2026…More than 8,000 Bosniak men and boys were killed after Bosnian Serb forces under the command of Ratko Mladic captured Srebrenica on July 11, 1995
Hürriyet Daily Newshurriyetdailynews.com/erdogan/…Sadiq Khan lobbies for Ed Miliband to become chancellor
Financial Timesft.com/content/b1881eb8…I exposed Sadiq Khan's grooming gangs 'cover-up' — update issued
Daily Expressexpress.co.uk/news/uk…Every afternoon, as a Bradford social worker drove past a secondary school, she noticed the same thing
BBCbbc.com/news/articles…Dutch football association to sue over racist slurs after World Cup exit
Aljazeeraaljazeera.com/sports/2026…Bellingham is one of the players who has been the subjects of horrid posts online
Daily Expressexpress.co.uk/news/uk…London mayor to override opposition to outdoor dining in Soho next summer
Guardiantheguardian.com/uk/news…Four large al fresco projects in Barking & Dagenham, Brent, Greenwich and Lambeth have each received grants of up to £100,000 with the intent to transform areas with outdoor dining, World Cup screenings, markets and cultural activities
BBCbbc.com/news/articles…Sadiq Khan under fire as Met could reopen 4,000 grooming gang cases
Daily Expressexpress.co.uk/news/politics…Record heatwave forces UK schools to close
Brisbane Timesbrisbanetimes.com.au/world/rec…More than 300 schools have been at least partly closed across the nation, with Sir Sadiq, urging drivers to adopt their routes to ensure safety
Daily Expressexpress.co.uk/news/uk…Health warning issued as more than 1 million children in UK living in overheated homes
The Independentindependent.co.uk/news/uk…With temperatures in the UK approaching record levels for June, people are being advised to avoid exercise and unnecessary travel
Guardiantheguardian.com/environment/20…Sir Sadiq Khan urges bus drivers to stop if too hot
Daily Expressexpress.co.uk/news/uk…As the UK swelters through some of its hottest June nights on record, people have been looking for more creative ways to stay cool
BBCbbc.com/news/articles…Sadiq Khan explodes at Donald Trump after 'death threats' surge
Daily Expressexpress.co.uk/news/politics…After Khan's election in 2016, the mayor described Trump's views on Islam as "ignorant"
BBCbbc.com/news/articles…Ten years on, the UK's workers take stock of Brexit
France 24france24.com/en/ten…It was a timely product given Europe's green ambitions, and with orders flowing, its Birmingham factory was being kept busy
BBCbbc.com/news/articles…Keir Starmer resigns as UK prime minister
CNAchannelnewsasia.com/shorts/kei…Less than two years ago, Labour party leader Keir Starmer spearheaded a historic victory in a British general election
Hindustan Timeshindustantimes.com/world/news…UK heatwave to beat historic June 1976 record as scientists issue ‘dangerous’ 45C warning
The Independentindependent.co.uk/news/uk…More than 300 schools have been at least partly closed across the nation, with Sir Sadiq, urging drivers to adopt their routes to ensure safety
Daily Expressexpress.co.uk/news/uk…London Marathon to be split over 2 days next year and 100,000 runners expected
Japan Todayjapantoday.com/category/sports…A record 1.33 million athletes have applied to take part in next year’s events, which will take place on the weekend of April 24
South China Morning Postscmp.com/sport/outdoor…Sadiq Khan teams up with UK diplomats to fight anti-London rhetoric
Politico Europepolitico.eu/article/sadiq…Khan is on an official visit to Tokyo to strengthen ties between the two cities
Japan Todayjapantoday.com/category/pictur…London Mayor Khan Declines to Back Starmer to Stay as UK Premier
Bloomberg Newsbloomberg.com/news/articles…London mayor uses Singapore trip to court investment
BBCbbc.com/news/articles…Sir Sadiq Khan has used a visit to Singapore to promote London as a leading global destination for investment, as he seeks to strengthen ties with a major Asian financial centre
BBCbbc.com/news/articles…London mayor slams event touting illegal Israeli settlement land sales
Aljazeeraaljazeera.com/news/2026…It is unclear whether the event has decided not to market properties in the West Bank, or if it has merely removed any mention of settlements from its website
Haaretzhaaretz.com/world/news…Apple’s ‘kill switch’ turns stolen phones useless as crackdown targets rising phone theft crisis
Hindustan Timeshindustantimes.com/world/news…Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley issued an ultimatum in March, requesting technology giants to take action to make phones less desirable to steal by making them impossible to reuse
The Independentindependent.co.uk/news/uk…Sadiq Khan's story 'doesn't add up' as police cut by 1,150 people
Daily Expressexpress.co.uk/news/politics…The Met had proposed a £25.3m deal with Palantir UK for 2026-27, to use the firm's artificial intelligence (AI) technology to speed up criminal investigations and root out corrupt officers
BBCbbc.com/news/articles…Left-wing mayor wants council to own 40% of homes in Paris
The Timesthetimes.com/world/europe…Palantir to sue Sadiq Khan over blocked £50m Met police contract
Guardiantheguardian.com/uk/news…Ministers face pressure to end the deal over data privacy, trust
Reutersreuters.com/business/healthcar…London hit by second day of Tube strike disruption this week
Guardiantheguardian.com/uk/news…A second 24-hour Tube strike will go ahead later this week as last ditch talks to reach an agreement in the long-running dispute over working hours did not produce results
The Independentindependent.co.uk/travel/news…Square Mile launches its own ‘Londonmaxxing’ campaign
Politico Europepolitico.eu/article/square…Around the world, particularly in the U.S. and Europe, countries are in the middle of a climate reset
Timetime.com/article/2026…