~theguardian-world | Bookmarks (7)

Exclusive: London mayor to launch plan on Wednesday alongside Rachel Reeves, the shadow chancellorSadiq Khan, the London mayor, is to launch a plan to create 150,000 “high-quality, well-paid jobs” by 2028.The plan will be unveiled by Khan on Wednesday alongside the shadow chancellor, Rachel Reeves, who will declare that a Labour administration will “reset” the relationship between national government and London. Continue reading...

Footage of people panicking, designed to attack the London mayor’s record on crime, was filmed in a New York subway stationThe Conservatives have deleted an online video that used scenes of a panicked crowd at a New York subway station to criticise Sadiq Khan’s record on crime in London.The attack ad, posted on X in support of Susan Hall – Khan’s rival for the...

PM says prejudice unacceptable but refuses to address anti-Muslim concerns after comments about London mayorUK politics live – latest updatesRishi Sunak has denied that the Conservative party has a problem with Islamophobia in the wake of Lee Anderson’s comments about Sadiq Khan, continuing to label them as “wrong” rather than prejudiced.Undertaking a round of BBC local radio interviews to promote spending moved from HS2...

Labour MPs call to extend provision to every primary pupil in England after study finds health and learning improveLabour is facing calls from MPs to back the provision of free school meals for all primary school children in England, after a new study found evidence that it reduces obesity and boosts reading skills.Levels of obesity were reduced by 7% to 11% among reception children...

London mayor calls for ‘youth mobility agreement’ in one of the most pro-European interventions by a Labour politician since EU exitLondon mayor Sadiq Khan has called for young people to be able to move freely to and from the EU for the first time since Brexit in order to lessen the economic and cultural damage caused by the UK’s decision to leave the European...

Exclusive: London mayoral elections in May will be ‘toughest fight yet’, Khan will tell Fabian’s Society conferenceSadiq Khan will urge voters not to “let the Tories do to London what they’ve done to our country”, as he hits out at the “hollow, desperate and divisive narrative” put forward by the party.Launching the Fabian’s Society conference on Saturday with a keynote speech, the London mayor...

MSG says it cannot continue to take part in process that was ‘political football between rival parties’The US company behind a proposed huge Las Vegas-style Sphere entertainment venue in east London has withdrawn its plans.Madison Square Garden Entertainment (MSG) said it could not continue to participate in a process that was “merely a political football between rival parties”. Continue reading...