The PM used the Downing St Briefing this evening to lie about Sadiq & TfL. It's not the first time he's done this so let's set the record straight.
Before the pandemic,
@SadiqKhan
reduced the operating deficit left by the previous Mayor by 71% and increased cash reserves by 13%.
Susan Hall’s own campaign has removed her from her Party Election Broadcast, so we’ve stepped in to help.
Here she is — the Tory candidate for Mayor — Susan Hall, in her own words.
@Councillorsuzie
This sign does not and will never exist.
Sadiq has been clear — ruling out Pay Per Mile categorically while he is mayor.
This is a photoshopped image and is a lie.
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@SadiqKhan
has been re-elected as our Labour Mayor of London for an unprecedented third term.
Thank you to all who voted, volunteered, donated or took part in this historic election.
Together we'll build a fairer, safer, greener London for everyone.
"As a black female who's been on the receiving end of racism.
As a mother to a black boy.
As a wife to a black man.
I stand with you. I share your struggle."
@FloEshalomi
.
📣 TOMORROW:
@jeremycorbyn
will kick off Labour's General Election campaign in London.
This is a once-in-a-generation campaign. You don't want to miss it. RSVP for your tickets now before it's too late! 👇
And that’s a wrap! Polls are now closed.
Thank you to every Labour supporter who joined our campaign to re-elect
@SadiqKhan
.
And thank you to every Londoner who came out to vote for a fairer, safer, greener city. 🌹
The Tories’ Susan Hall is a participant in two of these groups, which are hotbeds of racist abuse and administered by Conservative staff.
She must denounce the vile content in them today.
Next month TfL faces another round of emergency funding negotiations. The Mayor wants to work with Ministers but it seems the PM has no interest in helping our city, instead he launches a political attack during a COVID-19 press conference.
He is not fit to run our country.
BREAKING: Last night, the Tory candidate Susan Hall confirmed she’s against free school meals for London’s children at a mayoral hustings.
Only a vote for Sadiq is a vote for help with the cost-of-living crisis and for a fairer London.
BREAKING: If re-elected on Thursday 2 May,
@SadiqKhan
will end rough sleeping by 2030.
A vote for Labour on Thursday 2 May is a vote for a fairer, safer, greener London for all.
@ShaunBaileyUK
@SadiqKhan
😳 Where to start...
1. Some of these ‘charges’ don’t exist.
2. Those that do, save lives by tackling pollution.
3. Without them you’d drive nowhere thanks to traffic.
4. Londoners can apply to
@SadiqKhan
's £50m scrappage scheme. 👇
Today is the day! 🚇
Started by a Labour Government and delivered under a Labour Mayor, the Elizabeth line is officially open.
It will transform travel across our city and provide a huge boost to the UK economy.
This is despite the fact the previous Mayor agreed George Osborne could remove TfL's £700m per year operating grant.
When the pandemic hit it decimated TfL finances, just like it did for other transport providers.
Imagine what we could achieve if we elect
@SadiqKhan
as our Labour Mayor today, and a Labour Government with
@Keir_Starmer
as our Prime Minister this year.
#VoteLabour
🌹
While Ministers gave private rail companies an 18-month blank-cheque bail out, they chose to punish Londoners, forcing up fares and only offering short-term deals.
Despite the fact Sadiq spent months trying to build bridges and work with Ministers to secure a brighter future.
This matters and it's not just a London problem. By refusing to give TfL the funding it needs, the Tories are threatening the 43,000 jobs outside of London that TfL's supply chain supports in Falkirk, Bolton, Derby, Liverpool, Yorkshire and beyond.
**Just announced** — Sadiq will make free school meals permanent if he is re-elected.
While the Tory candidate, Susan Hall, wants to take away free school meals, Sadiq is stepping in.
The Tories outperformed the polls in the last mayoral election and came only a few percent behind Sadiq.
If you want to ensure a fairer, greener London, lend Labour your vote on Thursday 2 May.
London’s Mayoral election on 6 May will determine the future of our city.
When Labour is in power, we deliver real change and
@SadiqKhan
has proved this over the past five years.
That is why
@Keir_Starmer
is backing Sadiq.
It was thanks to postal voters in the US that new President
@JoeBiden
defeated
@RealDonaldTrump
.
Now we need Londoners’ help to beat
@BorisJohnson
& his failing Tory Government.
Register for your postal vote today - it takes just two minutes:
Who is the real Shaun Bailey?
He shared Islamophobic abuse of Sadiq Khan.
He says that multiculturalism has turned the UK into a 'crime-riddled cesspool.'
London deserves so much better than the Tory Mayoral candidate. 👇
London, don't hit snooze on your chance to make a difference! ⏰
It's polling day - grab your coffee, find your polling station at , and bring your photo ID.
Today at
#PMQs
Labour’s
@LabourSJ
asked the Tory Deputy PM if he endorsed Susan Halls’ appalling endorsement of racist tropes.
It's shameful that he didn't condemn them.
She's the wrong choice for London Mayor.
Only a proper, long-term funding deal with the Government, including additional capital funding, will avoid these damaging cuts and give TfL the certainty it needs to plan future investment and improvements in its transport system.
“I believe in our country, I believe in our businesses, I believe in our people, I believe in our spirit.”
Fantastic to hear from
@Keir_Starmer
, opening London Labour’s Regional Conference 2023.
#LonLab23
No child should go hungry in a London classroom.
Sadiq's the first mayor ever to give children free school meals.
Don’t risk the Tory candidate taking them away.
Just announced: City Hall, under Labour's Mayor of London
@SadiqKhan
breaks the record for the number of genuinely affordable & social homes started in a single year. ↓
Today, we pay tribute to the Windrush generation and the immeasurable contributions they and their families continue to make to British society.
To honour their legacy, the victims of the Windrush Scandal must receive the compensation they deserve.
#WindrushDay
More than 70 years ago, Labour created our NHS. Now Boris Johnson wants to sell it off to the USA. Labour built it. Only Labour will protect it.
Watch
@SadiqKhan
👇
Introducing...Off-Peak Fridays!
From March, Sadiq has asked TfL for a 3-month trial which would mean all London tube and rail fares are off-peak all day on Fridays, saving Londoners money and helping out businesses.
So, start making those Friday plans now. 🎉
Labour-led London is delivering twice as many council homes as the rest of the country combined.
Only Labour, with
@SadiqKhan
as Mayor, can deliver a fairer London, with more genuinely affordable homes for all Londoners.
New Government statistics revealed that an average of 89 council homes a week have been started in the capital between the Mayor of London,
@SadiqKhan
being elected in May 2016 and the end of the last financial year.
The figures show that last year, local authorities in London