Mayor to use set-piece Mansion House speech to call for reformed relationship with Europe. / L
ondon should be able to set its own immigration rules to ensure there are enough skilled workers to run essential services, according to Sadiq Khan.
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has laid into what he describes as the “selective amnesia” of government ministers who ignore the impacts of Brexit on the British business community.
The London Mayor will call for greater alignment with Europe, putting him at odds with Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer.
"Around half of the fiscal hole, and the political instability that comes with that, is down to Brexit," John Springford of the Centre for European Reform.
UK should rejoin single market as quitting EU ‘biggest piece of self-inflicted harm,’ says Sadiq Khan
29/06/2022
Britain should push to rejoin the single market because Brexit is the “biggest piece of self-inflicted harm ever done to a country,” says Sadiq Khan.
We must rejoin the single market, the London Mayor told LBC, branding leaving the EU as "the biggest piece of self-inflicted harm ever done to a country."
Government considering using Brexit "freedoms" to ditch EU car safety measures designed to protect cyclists
07/02/2022
Britain may use Brexit "freedoms" to ditch planned EU car safety regulations designed to better protect pedestrians and cyclists, the government has said.
The rising cost of building materials and worker shortages in the construction sector as a result of Brexit are to blame for a lack of progress on London’s affordable housing targets, Sadiq Khan has said.
'The final Brexit deal was effectively a no-deal Brexit for finance... this was a major mistake,' said Sadiq Khan.
The man known as “Stop Brexit Steve” could be silenced under the controversial new policing bill, Sadiq Khan warned today.
Sadiq Khan has called for the government to provide greater clarity for the City of London post-Brexit, with the mayor telling Rishi Sunak to “address the concerns of London’s financial and professional services sector”.
The capital’s service sectors will bear the brunt of a downturn, according to a study published by the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan.
Sadiq Khan urges government to strike financial services equivalence deal with EU.
Businesses in the services sectors face ‘major barriers’ despite trade agreement, a study suggests.
Brexit will potentially cost London’s economy £9.5bn a year – with the capital’s service sectors bearing the brunt of the downturn, stark new research published by the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, reveals today.
London, at the heart of the UK’s service sector economy, may lose up to £9.5bn in economic output a year from Brexit.
EU citizens set to face Brexit ‘discrimination’ from landlords and employers, Sadiq Khan warns
01/12/2020
Mayor makes ‘direct appeal to every European Londoner’ to register before Christmas.
Sadiq Khan breaks Labour ranks to call for Brexit transition extension after coronavirus disruption
01/06/2020
Mayor of London calls for delay beyond the end of the year so businesses and public services will not have to face ‘another cliff edge in six months’ time’
A new campaign which is calling for Remainers to be able to opt in for associate EU citizenship and 'stay European' has reached more than 100,000 signatures.
Guy Verhofstadt’s idea would give continued freedom of movement to those who wanted it.
Sadiq Khan urges ministers to drop ‘cruel’ plans to instantly end free movement after a no-deal Brexit
19/08/2019
‘These plans would be a fundamental affront to British values of tolerance and respect’
Legal experts condemn ‘disgraceful and illegal manipulation of system’.
Boris Johnson brings in Iain Duncan Smith and PR guru who ran ‘Islamophobic’ campaign for Zac Goldsmith
26/06/2019
The move has been interpreted as a sign that Mr Johnson is toughening his stance on Brexit.
Former MP says campaign of abuse has intensified after EU referendum ‘allowed things to come to the surface’. / London mayor Sadiq Khan has round-the-clock police protection after receiving a deluge of death threats.