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'Immense damage' done by Brexit is something I cannot ignore: Sadiq Khan attacks government 'denial'
12/01/2023
Sadiq Khan is expected to attack the Government’s “denial and avoidance” of the “immense damage” he says Brexit is wreaking upon the country.
'It's an act of solidarity:' Sadiq Khan defends bid to fly EU flag above City Hall on Brexit anniversary day [3 mins]
23/06/2023
Sadiq Khan has defended his blocked attempt to fly the EU flag above his office on the seventh anniversary of the referendum to leave the bloc while speaking to voters on LBC's Speak to Sadiq.
A no-deal Brexit could destroy London’s thriving economy – Theresa May should rule it out now
15/01/2019
Forecasts show the capital would have as many as 87,000 fewer jobs, with its economic output 2 per cent lower in 2030 than would otherwise be the case.
MPs should be “brave” and not allow the far right to “dictate” policy over Brexit, London Mayor Sadiq Khan has said.
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.
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.
Sadiq Khan urges government to strike financial services equivalence deal with EU.
System working ‘broadly as Leave advocates promised’, say think tanks’ report. / Post-Brexit immigration rules have led to a shortfall of around 330,000 workers in the UK and had helped fuel inflation, according to top economists.
London, at the heart of the UK’s service sector economy, may lose up to £9.5bn in economic output a year from Brexit.
The capital’s service sectors will bear the brunt of a downturn, according to a study published by the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan.
London Mayor Sadiq Khan calls on the UK government to "urgently build a closer relationship with the EU" after a new report reveals how much the UK economy is losing after leaving the EU.
Brexit: UK music industry will ‘eventually die’ unless artists get access to EU, Mercury Prize winner says
07/02/2024
The UK music industry may “shrivel and eventually die” unless the government gives musicians more support following Brexit, a Mercury Prize-winning band has told NationalWorld.
New biometric border controls being introduced for UK citizens due to Brexit could create “huge queues” of travellers, reports Noah Vickers, Local Democracy Reporter.
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.
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.
Issues around new Eurostar post-Brexit passport checks must be resolved "as a matter of urgency" ahead of potential "chaos", London's mayor says. / There are plans to bring in biometric border controls at St Pancras International in London in October.
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.
Legal experts condemn ‘disgraceful and illegal manipulation of system’.
Businesses in the services sectors face ‘major barriers’ despite trade agreement, a study suggests.
Staying in the EU gives Britain the best shot at fixing the grievances that fuelled the Brexit vote. If there’s no election, we need a referendum.
Labour’s refusal to oppose Brexit is killing it on the doorstep. It should quit the talks
15/05/2019
Activists report people registered as Labour members who say they will vote Green. One of them was a Labour councillor.
An EU committee has urged the bloc to negotiate a reciprocal free movement agreement with the UK.
'The final Brexit deal was effectively a no-deal Brexit for finance... this was a major mistake,' said Sadiq Khan.
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has said the government must not delay in reaching a deal to re-join the EU's research and innovation programme. / Horizon Europe was set up to help sponsor projects across Europe.
Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, believes the government is in “denial” about the “immense damage” Brexit is doing to the UK, as a recent poll shows falling support for its withdrawal from the EU.
There’s a growing understanding in Britain that the country’s vote to quit the European Union, a decisive moment in the international rise of reactionary populism, was a grave error.
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.
The Mayor of London and UK rail operators have told ministers that service delays or cuts due to inadequate preparation could harm UK businesses and tourism.
Politicians from all parties have urged the Prime Minister to give the public the final say over Brexit at the Put it to the People march in London.
Mayor uses New Year’s Eve event to send message London remains open to Europeans
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.
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’
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”.
London mayor Sadiq Khan is to call on the Governmment to ease post-Brexit visa rules, which he warns are putting off young Europeans from visiting and working in the capital.
Sadiq Khan calls on ministers to prevent post-Brexit border checks set to cause Eurostar travel chaos
10/02/2024
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has called on ministers to prevent post-Brexit border checks causing Eurostar disruption.
The London Mayor will call for greater alignment with Europe, putting him at odds with Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer.
In an open letter, published in Tuesday's Evening Standard, the Labour Mayor said "there has never been a starker choice" for European citizens in capital.
The mayor warned that new biometric border controls threaten to create ‘huge queues’ at St Pancras station.
Sadiq Khan unable to fly EU flag at City Hall on seven-year anniversary due to 2021 law change [1 min]
23/06/2023
Many flags, such as national flags and that of the United Nations, are exempt from requiring permission - but not the EU flag. / City Hall is unable to fly the EU flag outside its Newham HQ on the anniversary of Brexit, after a 2021 change to legislation means it could be prosecuted unless planning permission is granted.
Guy Verhofstadt’s idea would give continued freedom of movement to those who wanted it.
A new passport check system is coming into force later this year.
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’
The Mayor of London also decried the current arrangement with the EU as being “awful for London”.
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.
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.
Sadiq Khan wants to talk about the B-word. Or rather, he wishes Keir Starmer would.
Government accused of criminalising flying of Brussels flag. / Sadiq Khan’s City Hall office was told it could be prosecuted for flying the EU flag on the anniversary of the Brexit referendum as a goodwill gesture.
Several senior figures within the Labour Party have ripped into the impact of Brexit this week - and Keir Starmer has also had his say.
Labour leader to urge PM to take on Eurosceptics in attempt to resolve Northern Ireland protocol issues.
The Windrush scandal makes me fear for the rights of EU citizens after Brexit - Sadiq Khan
26/04/2019
The government is currently registering more than three million EU citizens living in the UK, which is by far the biggest change in immigration status for a generation. Unsurprisingly, this is causing a great deal of anxiety.
Tory politicians boycott investigation into the impact of Brexit on London after Sadiq Khan claims
11/01/2024
Conservative politicians have boycotted a City Hall investigation into the impact of Brexit on London after Sadiq Khan claimed the capital was £30bn worse off. The London Assembly probe into the fallout from Britain's departure from the EU was due to hear evidence from five witnesses.
"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 can’t make a deal with the EU in the middle of a pandemic – whatever Boris Johnson tries to tell you
27/06/2020
The dangerous threat of a no-deal Brexit will only rear its head again in six months time, just as we’re striving to save jobs and fix our economy. Even if we are able to reach a deal, it will fall short of what’s best for us.
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."
After China denied citizenship status to non-Chinese residents, about 7,000 ethnic minority families received full British nationality, granting them the ability to live across Europe and pass this status onto their descendants.
Mayor vows to make capital a better place to live to offset ‘shockwaves’ from EU departure.
London Mayor Sadiq Khan has called on the governmment to ease post-Brexit visa rules, which he warns are putting off too many young Europeans from visiting, and working in, the UK capital.
The man known as “Stop Brexit Steve” could be silenced under the controversial new policing bill, Sadiq Khan warned today.
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