15 h. ago The capital's migrant tent cities making a mockery of Sadiq Khan's big election vow to end homelessness

London Mayor Sadiq Khan's 2024 campaign pledge was to end homelessness in the capital.

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9 d. ago Shelter and food in desperately short supply as Gaza braces for harsh winter

Palestinians living in tent cities on shore of southern Gaza fear disease, cold and hunger following first storm of seasonEveryone knew what was coming. But there was little the inhabitants of the tent cities that crowd the shore of southern Gaza could do as the storm approached. Sabah al-Breem, 62, was sitting with one of her daughters and several grandchildren in their current home – a makeshift construction of tarpaulins and salvaged wood – when the wind and the driving rain broke across Gaza last week.“Everything collapsed We repaired our shelter but in the night it fell down again under the heavy rain. All our belongings were soaked. The day the winds blew was a black day for us,” said Breem, originally from Khan Younis but displaced multiple times since the start of the war in October 2023. Continue reading...

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1 week ago ‘Look at us with mercy’: displaced Palestinians dread onset of harsh winter

People in tent cities on shore of southern Gaza fear disease, cold and hunger as shortages continueEveryone knew what was coming. But there was little the inhabitants of the tent cities that crowd the shore of southern Gaza could do as the storm approached. Sabah al-Breem, 62, was sitting with one of her daughters and several grandchildren in their current home – a makeshift construction of tarpaulins and salvaged wood – when the wind and the driving rain broke across Gaza last week.“Everything collapsed We repaired our shelter but in the night it fell down again under the heavy rain. All our belongings were soaked. The day the winds blew was a black day for us,” said Breem, originally from Khan Younis but displaced multiple times since the start of the war in October 2023. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Sadiq Khan raises London Congestion Charge and cuts electric vehicle discounts

Sadiq Khan raises London Congestion Charge and cuts electric vehicle discounts  Hackney Gazette

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2 w. ago Electric vehicles to face congestion charge for first time, Sadiq Khan announces

London Mayor Sadiq Kahn confirms £13.50 daily charge for electric cars and £9 for electric vans and trucks; non-EV Congestion Charge goes up to £18 a day

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2 w. ago Sadiq Khan increases London Congestion Charge to £18 and slashes discounts for electric vehicles

Central London drivers now face annual C-charge hikes in line with Tube fare increases

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2 w. ago Sadiq Khan hikes congestion charge to £18 and slashes electric vehicle discount

Sadiq Khan hikes congestion charge to £18 and slashes electric vehicle discount  London Evening Standard

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2 w. ago Yes, New York will soon be under new management. But Zohran Mamdani is just the start | Carys Afoko

Lina Khan outraged corporates and conservatives as head of the Federal Trade Commission. Expect more of the same now she’s with the mayor-elect’s transition teamA relatively unknown thirtysomething parachuted on to the national stage and into high political office. Energising to some of the Democratic base but lacking support from the party establishment. Not Zohran Mamdani but Lina Khan, who Joe Biden appointed to chair the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in 2021 when she was just 32. Khan, who left her role at the FTC when Trump returned to the White House, is now one of five women appointed to the mayor-elect of New York’s transition team.Khan is the most exciting pick for a few reasons. She entered the FTC with an ambitious mandate to transform the government agency, broaden its focus to increase scrutiny of corporate mergers and do more to protect consumers – and got results. She brought down the price of inhalers (routinely being sold for hundreds of dollars) by tackling price ...

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3 w. ago Sadiq Khan says Zohran Mamdani's election as New York mayor shows 'Donald Trump's toxic politics do not work' as he blasts back at US President over Sharia law claims

The London mayor celebrated Zohran Mamdani's election as the new leader of America's largest city.

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3 w. ago Khan says New York has followed London in choosing hope by making Mamdani mayor

Sir Sadiq Khan congratulated Democrat Zohran Mamdani on his election as New York’s new mayor.

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3 w. ago Sadiq Khan revives his feud with Donald Trump as he urges New Yorkers to elect left

The London mayor threw his support behind Democratic candidate Zohran Mamdani in the battle to run America's largest city.

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