London Mayor Sadiq Khan hopes to persuade US technology companies to invest more in London.
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Final results were announced on Saturday with Sadiq Khan re-elected as London mayor, helping to cement Labour’s lead over the ruling Conservatives in local elections ahead of Britain’s national referendum later this year.
Khan is widely expected to win a third consecutive victory despite public anger over knife crime and the Ultra Low Emissions Zone (ULEZ), which imposes daily charges on drivers of older, more polluting vehicles.
For Labour, London is the latest in a string of council and mayoral posts it has won in local elections held on Thursday, dealing a heavy blow to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Conservatives loss.
“It’s been a difficult few months and we’ve faced a campaign of constant negativity,” Khan said after election results showed he won 43.8% of the vote to Conservative candidate Susan Hall. said in a speech after receiving 33 percent of the vote.
“London has been fighting the tide of Tory government for the past eight years, and now that Labor is poised to return to power under Keir Starmer, it’s time for Rishi Sunak to give the public a choice. .
Opinion polls predict Labor will win the next national election, bringing its leader Keir Starmer to power and ending 14 years of Conservative government in the UK.
Khan, 53, who became the British capital’s first Muslim mayor in 2016, has pledged to build more social housing and work with a future national Labor government to improve police capabilities.
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