Sadiq Khan#Mayor of London

Sadiq Aman Khan{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/mar/24/ex-johnson-aide-running-smear-campaign-against-sadiq-khan-says-labour |title=Ex-Johnson aide running 'smear campaign' against Sadiq Khan, says Labour |first=Dan |last=Sabbagh |newspaper=The Guardian |location=London |date=24 March 2021 |access-date=9 May 2021}} was born on 8 October 1970 at St George's Hospital in Tooting, South London, to a working-class Sunni Muslim-Muhajir family.{{cite web|last1=Eaton|first1=George|title=The pugilist: Sadiq Khan's quest to become mayor of London|url=http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk/2016/03/pugilist-sadiq-khan-s-quest-become-mayor-london|work=New Statesman|date=11 March 2016|access-date=11 March 2016|quote=His grandparents emigrated from India to Karachi, Pakistan following Partition; his parents emigrated from Pakistan to London shortly before his birth.|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160312070742/http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk/2016/03/pugilist-sadiq-khan-s-quest-become-mayor-london|archive-date=12 March 2016}}{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/may/31/sadiq-khan-aspiration-labour-leadership-overused-blair|title=Sadiq Khan says 'aspiration' will be Labour leadership race's most overused word|author=Rowena Mason and Simon Hattenstone|newspaper=The Observer|date=31 May 2015|access-date=1 June 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150601002649/http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/may/31/sadiq-khan-aspiration-labour-leadership-overused-blair|archive-date=1 June 2015}}{{cite web|url=https://next.ft.com/content/8c974c8e-1379-11e6-bb40-c30e3bfcf63b|title=Victory for Sadiq Khan highlights tolerant face of London|work=Financial Times|date=7 May 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160626155723/https://next.ft.com/content/8c974c8e-1379-11e6-bb40-c30e3bfcf63b|archive-date=26 June 2016}} His grandparents migrated from Lucknow in United Provinces, British India, to Pakistan following the partition of India in 1947.{{cite web|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/sadiq-khan-makes-historic-border-crossing-on-foot-from-india-to-pakistan-a3712026.html|title=Sadiq Khan makes historic border crossing from India to Pakistan on foot|work=London Evening Standard|date=6 December 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171207035206/https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/sadiq-khan-makes-historic-border-crossing-on-foot-from-india-to-pakistan-a3712026.html|archive-date=7 December 2017}} His father Amanullah and mother Sehrun arrived in London from Pakistan in 1968.{{sfn|Hill|2016|p=14}} Khan was the fifth of eight children, seven of whom were boys.{{sfn|Hill|2016|p=14}} In London, Amanullah worked as a bus driver and Sehrun as a seamstress.{{sfn|Hill|2016|pp=14–15}}

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Khan and his siblings grew up in a three-bedroom council flat on the Henry Prince Estate in Earlsfield.{{sfn|Hill|2016|p=15}} He attended Fircroft Primary School and then Ernest Bevin School, a local comprehensive.{{sfn|Hill|2016|p=15}} Khan studied science and mathematics at A-level, in the hope of eventually becoming a dentist. A teacher recommended that he study law instead, as he had an argumentative personality. The teacher's suggestion, along with the American television programme L.A. Law, inspired Khan to do so. He studied law at the University of North London (now London Metropolitan University). His parents later moved out of their council flat and purchased their own home.{{sfn|Hill|2016|p=15}} Like his brothers, Khan was a fan of sport, particularly enjoying football, cricket, and boxing.{{sfn|Hill|2016|p=15}}

From his earliest years, Khan worked: "I was surrounded by my mum and dad working all the time, so as soon as I could get a job, I got a job. I got a paper round, a Saturday job—some summers I laboured on a building site." The family continues to send money to relatives in Pakistan, "because we're blessed being in this country". He and his family often encountered racism, which led to him and his brothers taking up boxing at the Earlsfield Amateur Boxing Club. While studying for his degree, between the ages of 18 and 21, he had a Saturday job at the Peter Jones department store in Sloane Square.{{cite web |last=Cooper |first=Goolistan |title=Sadiq Khan recounts life lessons learned working at Chelsea department store |date=1 February 2016 |website=GetWestLondon |url=http://www.getwestlondon.co.uk/news/west-london-news/sadiq-khan-recounts-life-lessons-10811540 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160602221552/http://www.getwestlondon.co.uk/news/west-london-news/sadiq-khan-recounts-life-lessons-10811540 |archive-date=2 June 2016 }}

Before entering the House of Commons in 2005, Khan practised as a solicitor. After completing his law degree in 1991, Khan took his Law Society finals at the College of Law in Guildford.{{sfn|Hill|2016|p=16}}{{citation|url=http://www.politics.co.uk/reference/sadiq-aman-khan|title=Sadiq Khan, biography|website=Senate Media|date=2015|access-date=25 May 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160604043218/http://www.politics.co.uk/reference/sadiq-aman-khan|archive-date=4 June 2016}}. In 1994, he married Saadiya Ahmed, who was also a solicitor.{{sfn|Hill|2016|p=15}}

Also in 1994, Khan became a trainee solicitor at a firm of solicitors called Christian Fisher; the firm undertook mainly legal aid cases. The partners were Michael Fisher and Louise Christian. Khan became a partner at the firm in 1997, and like Christian, specialised in human rights law. When Fisher left in 2002, the firm was renamed Christian Khan.{{citation|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/may/31/sadiq-khan-london-mayor-tony-blair-aspiration|work=The Guardian|title=Sadiq Khan: 'Ruthless? No. Decency can get you to the top in politics'|access-date=25 May 2017|date=31 May 2015|first1=Simon|last1=Hattenstone|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170505182605/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/may/31/sadiq-khan-london-mayor-tony-blair-aspiration|archive-date=5 May 2017}}.{{citation|url=http://www.lag.org.uk/magazine/2015/12/claims-that-sadiq-khan’s-former-human-rights-firm-‘was-worth-millions’-queried-by-lawyers.aspx|title=Claims that Sadiq Khan's former human rights firm 'was worth millions' queried by lawyers|publisher=Legal Action Group|last1=Bawdon|first1=Fiona|date=December 2015|work=Legal Action magazine|access-date=25 May 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180117214943/http://www.lag.org.uk/magazine/2015/12/claims-that-sadiq-khan%E2%80%99s-former-human-rights-firm-%E2%80%98was-worth-millions%E2%80%99-queried-by-lawyers.aspx|archive-date=17 January 2018}}.{{citation|url=http://www.lag.org.uk/magazine/2015/05/dear-sadiq-khan-when-you-left-christian-khan-to-become-an-mp,-you-said-you-could-bring-about-more-change-as-a-politician-than-a-lawyer-what-happened.aspx|publisher=Legal Action Group|title=Dear Sadiq Khan. When you left Christian Khan to become an MP, you said you could bring about more change as a politician than a lawyer. What happened?|last1=Christian|first1=Louise|date=May 2015|work=Legal Action magazine|access-date=25 May 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170626162250/http://www.lag.org.uk/magazine/2015/05/dear-sadiq-khan-when-you-left-christian-khan-to-become-an-mp,-you-said-you-could-bring-about-more-change-as-a-politician-than-a-lawyer-what-happened.aspx|archive-date=26 June 2017}}. Khan left the firm in 2004, after he became the prospective Labour candidate for the Tooting parliamentary constituency.

During his legal career, he acted in actions against employment and discrimination law, judicial reviews, inquests, the police, and crime, and was involved in cases including the following:

• Bubbins vs United Kingdom (European Court of Human Rights – shooting of an unarmed individual by police marksmen){{cite journal|doi=10.1111/j.1468-2230.2006.00583_1.x |title=Bubbins v United Kingdom: Civil Remedies and the Right to Life – Martin – 2006 beav |publisher=Wiley Online Library |date=24 February 2006 |journal=Modern Law Review |volume=69 |issue=2 |pages=242–249 |first=Neil |last=Martin |s2cid=144989108 }}
• Dr Jadhav v Secretary of State for Health (racial discrimination in the employment of Indian doctors by the health service){{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3333629.stm|title=Doctor wins record racism payout|work=BBC News|date=19 December 2003}}
• CI Logan v Met Police (racial discrimination){{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/3266581.stm|work=BBC News|title=Black officer's 'six figure sum' payout|date=13 November 2003}}
• Supt Dizaei v Met Police (police damages, discrimination){{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2008/feb/04/uk.humanrights|title=Human rights lawyer, MP, and thorn in the Met's side|author=Vikram Dodd|date=4 February 2008|work=The Guardian}}
• Inquest into the death of David Rocky Bennett (use of restraints){{cite web|url=http://www.christiankhan.co.uk/ViewNews.asp?NewsID=15 |title=David 'Rocky' Bennett Inquiry Report. News from Christian Khan Solicitors, London UK |publisher=Christian Khan |date=5 February 2004 |access-date=7 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120311181602/http://www.christiankhan.co.uk/ViewNews.asp?NewsID=15 |url-status=dead|archive-date=11 March 2012 }}
• Lead solicitor on Mayday demonstration 2001 test case litigation (Human Rights Act){{cite web|url=http://lexisweb.co.uk/cases/2009/January/Austin-and-another-v-Metropolitan-Police-Commissioner |title=Austin and another v Metropolitan Police Commissioner – [2009] All ER (D) 227 (Jan) |publisher=LexisNexis |date=28 January 2009 |access-date=7 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120311181723/http://lexisweb.co.uk/cases/2009/January/Austin-and-another-v-Metropolitan-Police-Commissioner |archive-date=11 March 2012 |url-status=live }}
• Farrakhan v Home Secretary (Human Rights Act): in 2001, Khan represented the American Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan in the High Court and overturned a ban on him entering the United Kingdom, first imposed in 1986. The government subsequently won on appeal.{{sfn|Hill|2016|p=19}}{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/1467587.stm|work=BBC News|title=Farrakhan UK ban overturned|date=31 July 2001|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160111054640/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/1467587.stm|archive-date=11 January 2016}}
• In February 2000, Khan represented a group of Kurdish actors who were arrested by Metropolitan Police during a rehearsal of the Harold Pinter play Mountain Language, securing £150,000 in damages for the group for their wrongful arrest and the trauma caused by the arrest.{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/pound150000-for-police-raid-on-kurdish-pinter-play-726752.htm |location=London |work=The Independent |first=Robert |last=Verkaik |title=£150,000 for police raid on Kurdish Pinter play |date=2 February 2000 |url-status=dead |archive-url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/628257.stm |archive-date=8 November 2012 }}
• Represented Maajid Nawaz, Reza Pankhurst and Ian Nisbet in Egyptian court when they were arrested on charges of trying to revive Hizb ut-Tahrir.{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/2597335.stm|title=BBC NEWS {{!}} UK {{!}} England {{!}} Egypt trial Britons' case resumes|website=BBC News|date=21 December 2002|access-date=6 June 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170923101310/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/2597335.stm|archive-date=23 September 2017}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2002/10/43243.html|title=6 months since the detention of British men --in Egypt – UK Indymedia|website=Indymedia UK|language=en|access-date=6 June 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170806202337/https://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2002/10/43243.html|archive-date=6 August 2017}}

File:Sadiq Khan, September 2009 cropped.jpg

Before entering Parliament, Khan represented Tooting as a councillor on Wandsworth Council from 1994 to 2006,{{Cite web|title=Elections – London Datastore|url=https://data.london.gov.uk/elections/|access-date=21 February 2021|language=en-US}} and was granted the title of Honorary Alderman of Wandsworth upon his retirement from local politics.{{cite web|url=http://www.politics.co.uk/reference/sadiq-aman-khan |last=Politics |title=Sadiq Khan Biography |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160604043218/http://www.politics.co.uk/reference/sadiq-aman-khan |archive-date=4 June 2016 }}

In 2003, Tooting Constituency Labour Party decided to open its parliamentary selection to all interested candidates, including the incumbent MP since 1974, Tom Cox. This prompted Cox, then in his mid-70s, to announce his retirement rather than risk de-selection. In the subsequent selection contest, Khan defeated five other local candidates to become Labour's candidate for the seat. He was elected to Parliament at the 2005 general election.

Khan was one of the Labour MPs who led the successful opposition to Prime Minister Tony Blair's proposed introduction of 90 days' detention without charge for those suspected of terrorism offences.{{sfn|Hill|2016|p=20}} In recognition of this, The Spectator—a right-wing magazine then edited by Boris Johnson—awarded him the "Newcomer of the Year Award" at the 2005 Parliamentarian of the Year Awards.{{sfn|Hill|2016|p=20}} The magazine's editorial board stated that he had received the award "for the tough-mindedness and clarity with which he has spoken about the very difficult issues of Islamic terror".{{cite news |url=http://www.spectator.co.uk/archive/features/14489/part_2/parliamentarian-of-the-year.thtml?SelectedIssueDate=19%20November%202005 |date=19 November 2005 |title=Parliamentarian of the Year |work=The Spectator |access-date=27 March 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090616124012/http://www.spectator.co.uk/archive/features/14489/part_2/parliamentarian-of-the-year.thtml?SelectedIssueDate=19%20November%202005 |url-status=dead |archive-date=16 June 2009 }}

In August 2006, two days after seven terrorists were arrested for attempting the 2006 transatlantic aircraft plot Khan signed an open letter to Tony Blair that was signed by prominent Muslims and published in The Guardian. The letter criticised UK foreign policy and in particular the 2003 invasion of Iraq, stating that Blair's policies had caused great harm to civilians in the Middle East and provided "ammunition to extremists who threaten us all".{{sfn|Hill|2016|p=27}}{{cite news|title=Minister criticises Muslim letter |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4787119.stm |date=12 August 2006 |access-date=27 March 2009 |work=BBC News |archive-date=8 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121108143352/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4787119.stm |url-status=live }} In interviews with the BBC, Labour Home Secretary John Reid - who had coordinated the arrests - described the letter as "a dreadful misjudgement", and former Conservative leader Michael Howard described it as "a form of blackmail".{{cite news|title=Muslim letter 'misjudged' – Reid |work=BBC News |date=13 August 2006 |access-date=27 January 2023 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4788133.stm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081203235219/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4788133.stm |archive-date=3 December 2008 |url-status=live }}

File:Sadiq Khan and Yasmin Qureshi talk to British troops in Kabul (2473583886).jpg

Khan had to repay £500 in expenses in 2007 in relation to a newsletter sent to constituents featuring a "Labour rose", which was deemed to be unduly prominent. While the content of the newsletter was not deemed to be party political, the rose logo was found to be unduly prominent which may have had the effect of promoting a political party. There was no suggestion that Khan had deliberately or dishonestly compiled his expenses claims, which were not explicitly disallowed under the rules at that time. The rules were retrospectively changed disallowing the claim, which had previously been approved by the House of Commons authorities.{{cite web|url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200708/cmselect/cmstnprv/182/182.pdf|title=Microsoft Word – Baker-Bruce-Khan – CRC Rep.doc|access-date=7 June 2011|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121013064730/http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200708/cmselect/cmstnprv/182/182.pdf|archive-date=13 October 2012}}{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/7142779.stm |title=Minister's rose emblem broke rule |work=BBC News |date=13 December 2007 |access-date=15 December 2010 |url-status=live |archive-date=17 October 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101017175350/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/7142779.stm }}

On 3 February 2008, The Sunday Times{{cite news|author=Michael Gillard|author2=Jonathan Calvert|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article3295393.ece|title=Police bugged Muslim MP Sadiq Khan|work=The Sunday Times|date=3 February 2008|location=London|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080516004326/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article3295393.ece|archive-date=16 May 2008}} claimed that a conversation between Khan and prisoner Babar Ahmad – a constituent accused of involvement in terrorism – at Woodhill Prison in Milton Keynes had been bugged by the Metropolitan Police Anti-Terrorist Branch.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7224786.stm |title=Khan welcomes 'bugging' inquiry |work=BBC News |date=3 February 2008 |access-date=7 June 2011 |archive-date=25 March 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090325035405/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7224786.stm |url-status=live }} An inquiry was launched by the Justice Secretary, Jack Straw. There was concern that the bugging contravened the Wilson Doctrine that police should not bug MPs. The report concluded that the doctrine did not apply because it affected only bugging requiring approval by the Home Secretary, while in Khan's case the monitoring was authorised by a senior police officer. The Home Secretary, Jacqui Smith, then announced a further policy review and said the bugging of discussions between MPs and their constituents should be banned.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2008/feb/22/uksecurity.police?gusrc=rss&feed=uknews |title=Bugging of MP on prison visit did not break the rules, inquiry finds |first=Vikram |last=Dodd |date=22 February 2008 |access-date=4 July 2009 |location=London |newspaper=The Guardian |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140831203539/http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/feb/22/uksecurity.police?gusrc=rss&feed=uknews |archive-date=31 August 2014 }}

In June 2007, Blair stood down as both Prime Minister and Labour Party leader, to be replaced by Gordon Brown. Brown thought highly of Khan, who moved up the parliamentary ranks under Brown's Premiership.{{sfn|Hill|2016|p=27}} Brown made Khan a party whip, who was therefore charged with ensuring that Labour-sponsored legislation made it through the parliamentary process to become law.{{sfn|Hill|2016|p=27}} In July 2008, Khan helped push through a government proposal to permit the detention of those suspected of terror offences for 42 days without charge.{{sfn|Hill|2016|p=27}} For his part in this, Khan was criticised by Liberty's Shami Chakrabarti and others, who claimed that Khan had contravened his principles on civil liberties issues.{{sfn|Hill|2016|p=27}}

File:Rt Hon Sadiq Khan MP at Has Labour lost the plot on crime?.jpg

On Prime Minister Gordon Brown's Cabinet reshuffle of 3 October 2008, Khan was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government.{{sfn|Hill|2016|p=27}}{{citation|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081126155329/http://www.communities.gov.uk/documents/corporate/pdf/707527.pdf|url=http://www.communities.gov.uk/documents/corporate/pdf/707527.pdf|title=Ministerial Team |publisher=Department for Communities and Local Government |website=Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government |archive-date=26 November 2008 |url-status=dead }}.{{citation|url=https://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/11878/sadiq_khan/tooting#profile|title=Sadiq Khan, Former MP, Tooting, profile|website=TheyWorkForYou|access-date=21 May 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170525055553/https://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/11878/sadiq_khan/tooting#profile|archive-date=25 May 2017}}.

In 2008, the Fabian Society published Khan's book, Fairness Not Favours. In this work, Khan argued that the Labour Party had to reconnect with British Muslims, arguing that it had lost the trust of this community as a result of the Iraq War.{{sfn|Hill|2016|pp=27–28}} He also said that British Muslims had their own part to play in reconnecting with politicians, arguing that they needed to rid themselves of a victim mentality and take greater responsibility for their own community.{{sfn|Hill|2016|p=28}} In the House of Commons in January 2009, Khan criticised Pope Benedict XVI for the rehabilitation of Bishop Richard Williamson following his remarks about the Holocaust, a move he described as "highly unsavoury" and of "great concern".{{cite web|last=Prince |first=Rosa |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/religion/4388359/Minister-criticises-Pope-for-pardoning-Holocaust-denial-bishop.html |title=Minister criticises Pope for pardoning Holocaust denial bishop |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |date=29 January 2009 |access-date=29 January 2009 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121114024511/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/religion/4388359/Minister-criticises-Pope-for-pardoning-Holocaust-denial-bishop.html |archive-date=14 November 2012 }}

In June 2009 he was promoted to Minister of State for Transport.{{sfn|Hill|2016|p=28}}{{cite news |first=Eleanor |last=Harding |title=Tooting MP Sadiq Khan named first Muslim cabinet minister in Gordon Brown's reshuffle |url=http://www.wandsworthguardian.co.uk/news/4424355.Sadiq_Khan_named_first_Muslim_cabinet_minister/ |work=The Wandsworth Guardian |date=6 June 2009 |access-date=6 June 2009 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090609074816/http://www.wandsworthguardian.co.uk/news/4424355.Sadiq_Khan_named_first_Muslim_cabinet_minister/ |archive-date=9 June 2009 }} In what was believed to be a first for an MP, Khan used his Twitter account to self-announce his promotion.{{cite web |last=Banerjee |first=Subhajit |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/scienceandtechnology/technology/twitter/5467688/MP-Sadiq-Khan-announces-his-Transport-Minister-appointment-on-Twitter.html |title=Minister appointment on Twitter |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |date=7 June 2009 |access-date=7 June 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-date=11 June 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090611012324/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/scienceandtechnology/technology/twitter/5467688/MP-Sadiq-Khan-announces-his-Transport-Minister-appointment-on-Twitter.html }} Though Khan was not a member of the cabinet, he attended meetings for agenda items covering his policy area,{{citation|url=http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/politics/domestic_politics/factcheck%2Ban%2Ballwhite%2Bcabinet/3394202.html|title=FactCheck: an all-white cabinet?|date=20 October 2009|publisher=Channel 4|access-date=21 May 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131125170053/http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/politics/domestic_politics/factcheck%2ban%2ballwhite%2bcabinet/3394202.html|archive-date=25 November 2013}}. thus becoming the first Muslim to attend the British Cabinet.{{sfn|Hill|2016|p=28}} As Transport Minister, Khan supported plans to expand Heathrow Airport with the addition of a third runway.{{sfn|Hill|2016|p=30}}

During this period, Khan served as chairman of the socialist Fabian Society,{{cite web|url=http://www.fabians.org.uk/executive-committee-mainmenu-64/executive-committee |title=Executive Committee – The Fabian Society – where the British left thinks |publisher=Fabian Society |access-date=7 June 2011 |url-status=live |archive-date=11 October 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101011113227/http://www.fabians.org.uk/executive-committee-mainmenu-64/executive-committee }} remaining on its executive committee. In 2009, he won the Jenny Jeger Award (Best Fabian Pamphlet) for his work Fairness not Favours: How to re-connect with British Muslims.{{cite web|url=https://www.fabians.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/FairnessNotFavours.pdf|title=Fairness not Favours How to reconnect with British Muslims (full text)|first1=Sadiq|last1=Khan|first2=Hannah|last2=Jameson|first3=Sunder|last3=Katwala|year=2008|publisher=Fabian Society|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161029020452/https://www.fabians.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/FairnessNotFavours.pdf|archive-date=29 October 2016}}{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2008/sep/17/religion.islam|title=Fairness, not favours, for Muslims (opinion)|first1=Sadiq|last1=Khan|work=The Guardian|date=17 September 2008|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161219223931/https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2008/sep/17/religion.islam|archive-date=19 December 2016}}

In March 2010, Khan publicly stated that for a second successive year he would not be taking a pay rise as an MP or Minister, declaring "At a time when many people in Tooting and throughout the country are having to accept pay freezes I don't think it's appropriate for MPs to accept a pay rise."{{cite web|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/minister-all-mps-should-give-up-their-1000-pay-rise-6707031.html |title=Minister: All MPs should give up their Ł1,000 pay rise |newspaper=London Evening Herald |date=8 March 2010 |access-date=7 June 2011 |url-status=live |archive-date=24 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024103045/http://www.standard.co.uk/news/minister-all-mps-should-give-up-their-1000-pay-rise-6707031.html }}

In 2010, Khan was re-elected as the MP for Tooting, despite a swing against his party of 3.6% and a halving of his previous majority.{{Cite web|url=http://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/rivals-attack-nasty-campaign-as-sadiq-khan-survives-6466885.html|title=Rivals attack 'nasty' campaign as Sadiq Khan survives|date=7 May 2010|website=Evening Standard}} His campaign in Tooting had been supported by Harris Bokhari, who reportedly used anti-Ahmadiyya sentiment to mobilise Muslim voters at a mosque in Tooting to vote for Khan instead of the Liberal Democrat candidate, Nasser Butt, an Ahmadiyya.{{cite journal|url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/07/31/sadiq-khan-takes-on-brexit-and-terror|last=Knight|first=Sam|title=Sadiq Khan takes on Brexit and terror|journal=New Yorker|location=New York|date=24 July 2017|access-date=16 June 2021}}{{cite news|url=https://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/news/8451614.election-race-infected-by-anti-ahmadiyya-hate-campaign|last=Oakes|first=Omar|title=Tooting election race infected by anti-Ahmadiyya hate campaign|newspaper=Sutton and Croydon Guardian|location=London|date=14 October 2010|access-date=16 June 2021}} In 2019, Bokhari was appointed to join Khan's new Diversity, Equality and Inclusion Advisory Group.{{Cite news|url=https://archive.voice-online.co.uk/article/debbie-weekes-bernard-chair-new-board-inequality|last=The Voice|title=Debbie Weekes-Bernard to chair new board on inequality|location=London|date=17 February 2021|access-date=16 June 2021}} In the subsequent Labour leadership election Khan was an early backer of Ed Miliband, becoming his campaign manager.{{cite news|last=Harding |first=Eleanor |place=Wandsworth |url=http://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/news/local/wandsworthnews/8167355.EXCLUSIVE___I_m_backing_Ed___says_MP_Khan/ |title=EXCLUSIVE: 'I'm backing Ed Miliband', says Sadiq Khan MP |newspaper=Your Local Guardian |date=15 May 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120315074031/http://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/news/local/wandsworthnews/8167355.EXCLUSIVE___I_m_backing_Ed___says_MP_Khan |archive-date=15 March 2012 }} In the wake of Labour's 2010 election defeat, Acting Leader Harriet Harman appointed Khan Shadow Secretary of State for Transport.{{cite news|title=Exclusive: 'Bitter-sweet' promotion for Sadiq Khan MP |date=14 May 2010 |work=Wandsworth Guardian |url=http://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/news/local/wandsworthnews/8167341.EXCLUSIVE___Bitter_sweet__promotion_for_Sadiq_Khan_MP/ |access-date=17 May 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120301145559/http://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/news/local/wandsworthnews/8167341.EXCLUSIVE___Bitter_sweet__promotion_for_Sadiq_Khan_MP/ |url-status=live |archive-date=1 March 2012 }} Khan orchestrated Ed Miliband's successful campaign to become Labour leader,{{sfn|Hill|2016|p=29}} and was appointed to the senior roles of Shadow Lord Chancellor and Shadow Justice Secretary.{{cite web|title=Rt Hon Sadiq Khan|url=http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/sadiq-khan/1577|publisher=Parliament of the United Kingdom|access-date=11 July 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160707033528/http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/sadiq-khan/1577|archive-date=7 July 2016}}

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In April 2010 it was revealed that Khan had repaid falsely claimed expenses on two occasions, when literature was sent to his constituents. The first incident concerned letters sent out before the 2010 General Election which were ruled to have the "unintentional effect of promoting his return to office", the second a £2,550 repayment for Christmas, Eid, and birthday cards for constituents, dating back to 2006.{{cite news|location=London |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/election-2010/7579476/General-election-2010-Transport-minister-Sadiq-Khan-in-election-expenses-row.html |work=The Daily Telegraph |title=General election 2010: Transport minister Sadiq Khan in election expenses row |last=Kirkup |first=James |date=12 April 2010 |access-date=25 April 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111123210912/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/election-2010/7579476/General-election-2010-Transport-minister-Sadiq-Khan-in-election-expenses-row.html |url-status=live |archive-date=23 November 2011 }} Under House of Commons rules, pre-paid envelopes and official stationery can only be used for official parliamentary business.{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/mps-expenses/8192570/MPs-expenses-17-MPs-were-re-elected-after-secret-deals-on-expenses.html |location=London |work=The Daily Telegraph |first=Martin |last=Beckford |title=MPs' expenses: 17 MPs were re-elected after secret deals on expenses |date=9 December 2010 |access-date=11 December 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111113022531/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/mps-expenses/8192570/MPs-expenses-17-MPs-were-re-elected-after-secret-deals-on-expenses.html |archive-date=13 November 2011 |url-status=live }}{{cite news|location=London |work=The Daily Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/mps-expenses/8192581/MPs-expenses-the-secret-deals-revealed.html |first=Martin |last=Beckford |title=MPs' expenses: the secret deals revealed |date=10 December 2010 |access-date=11 December 2010 |archive-date=14 December 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101214062821/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/mps-expenses/8192581/MPs-expenses-the-secret-deals-revealed.html |url-status=live }}{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2010/dec/09/secretly-resolved-mps-expenses-cases-made-public |location=London |work=The Guardian |title='Secretly' resolved MPs' expenses cases made public |date=9 December 2010 |access-date=11 December 2010 |archive-date=13 December 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101213011233/http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/dec/09/secretly-resolved-mps-expenses-cases-made-public |url-status=live }} Khan's claim for the greetings cards was initially rejected, but he presented a new invoice no longer identifying the nature of the claim, and this was accepted. Khan attributed the improper claim for the cards to "inexperience" and human error and apologised for breaking the expenses rules.{{cite news|url= https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/transport-minister-sadiq-khan-repays-2-500-wrongly-claimed-on-expenses-vdbl2cwptmm|last=Brown|first=David|title=Transport Minister Sadiq Khan repays 2500 pounds wrongly claimed on expenses|location=London|date=16 March 2010|access-date=16 June 2021}}{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/8569397.stm |work=BBC News |title=Minister repays £2,500 expenses |date=15 March 2010 |access-date=15 December 2010 |url-status=live |archive-date=23 March 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100323063009/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/8569397.stm }}

In early 2013, Miliband appointed Khan as the Shadow Minister for London, a position that he held in addition to his other responsibilities.{{sfn|Hill|2016|p=31}} In December 2013, the Fabian Society published a collection of essays edited by Khan that was titled Our London.{{sfn|Hill|2016|p=31}} Khan was also tasked with overseeing Labour's campaign for the 2014 London local elections,{{sfn|Hill|2016|p=30}} in which the party advanced its control in the city, gaining hold of twenty of the thirty-two boroughs.{{sfn|Hill|2016|p=32}} By this point, there was much talk of Khan making a bid for the London Mayoralty in 2016, when incumbent Mayor Boris Johnson would be stepping down.{{sfn|Hill|2016|p=31}} His options were affected by the outcome of the 2015 general election; if Labour won, then he would be expected to become a government minister, but if they lost then he would be free to pursue the Mayoralty.{{sfn|Hill|2016|p=31}} In December 2015, Khan voted against the Cameron government's plans to expand the bombing of targets in the Islamic State.{{sfn|Hill|2016|p=96}}

Polls had suggested that Labour could be the largest party in a hung parliament following the 2015 general election, but ultimately the Conservatives secured victory.{{sfn|Hill|2016|pp=32–33}} In the vote, Khan was returned for a third term as MP for Tooting, defeating his Conservative rival by 2,842 votes.{{sfn|Hill|2016|p=33}}{{cite web|url=http://www.wandsworth.gov.uk/info/200327/election_results/1991/parliamentary_election_results_may_2015/3|title=Tooting Constituency – Parliamentary election results May 2015|publisher=Wandsworth Council|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160416175632/https://www.wandsworth.gov.uk/info/200327/election_results/1991/parliamentary_election_results_may_2015/3|archive-date=16 April 2016}} He was one of 36 Labour MPs to nominate Jeremy Corbyn as a candidate in the Labour leadership election of 2015, but has said that he was "no patsy" to Corbyn and would stand up to him.{{cite web|url=http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2015/06/who-nominated-who-2015-labour-leadership-election|title=Who nominated who for the 2015 Labour leadership election?|work=New Statesman|date=15 June 2015 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150705074349/http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2015/06/who-nominated-who-2015-labour-leadership-election|archive-date=5 July 2015}}{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-35412680|title=Londoners should not let Corbyn 'experiment' with city – PM|work=BBC News|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160204044633/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-35412680|archive-date=4 February 2016}} He later stated that he nominated Corbyn to "broaden the debate" but did not then vote for him.{{cite news |title=Why won't Labour's Sadiq Khan say he supports Jeremy Corbyn? |last=Deacon |first=Michael |date=4 April 2016 |website=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/04/04/why-wont-labours-sadiq-khan-say-he-supports-jeremy-corbyn/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160611113423/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/04/04/why-wont-labours-sadiq-khan-say-he-supports-jeremy-corbyn/ |archive-date=11 June 2016 }}

On 9 May 2016, Khan resigned as an MP by his appointment to the ancient office of Crown Steward and Bailiff of The Three Chiltern Hundreds, a customary practice in the UK. This triggered a by-election in Tooting which was held on 16 June 2016.{{cite web|url=http://www.parliament.uk/business/news/2016/may/sadiq-khan-resigns-as-mp-for-tooting/|title=Sadiq Khan resigns as MP for Tooting|publisher=UK Parliament|date=10 May 2016|access-date=10 May 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160511133538/http://www.parliament.uk/business/news/2016/may/sadiq-khan-resigns-as-mp-for-tooting/|archive-date=11 May 2016}}{{cite web|last1=Simon|first1=Harris|title=Sadiq Khan resigns triggering Tooting by-election|url=http://www.itv.com/news/london/update/2016-05-09/sadiq-khan-resigns-triggering-tooting-by-election/|website=ITV News|access-date=9 May 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160511131758/http://www.itv.com/news/london/update/2016-05-09/sadiq-khan-resigns-triggering-tooting-by-election/|archive-date=11 May 2016}}

He is regularly named among the Top 100 London politicians in the London Evening Standard{{'}}s annual poll of the 1,000 most influential Londoners{{cite web|access-date=7 June 2011 |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/standard-home/londons-1000-most-influential-people-2010-politics-6536029.html |title=London's 1000 most influential people 2010: Politics |newspaper=London Evening Standard |date=26 November 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024200001/http://www.standard.co.uk/standard-home/londons-1000-most-influential-people-2010-politics-6536029.html |url-status=live |archive-date=24 October 2012 }} and is an Ambassador for Mosaic Network,{{cite web|url=http://www.mosaicnetwork.co.uk/about/our-supporters/ambassadors|title=Ambassadors|work=Mosaic|access-date=7 May 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160508081539/http://www.mosaicnetwork.co.uk/about/our-supporters/ambassadors/|archive-date=8 May 2016}} an initiative set up by Prince Charles. In 2023, Khan was named by the New Statesman as the seventeenth most powerful left-wing figure of 2023.{{Cite web |last=New Statesman |url=https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2023/05/the-new-statesmans-left-power-list |title=The New Statesman's left power list |website=New Statesman |date=17 May 2023 |access-date=25 January 2024 |language=en-US}}

In 2016, Sadiq Khan ran to become the mayor of London and was elected with 57% of the vote. He became just the third ever London Mayor and is London's first Muslim mayor and first ethnic minority mayor.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/may/06/sadiq-khan-victory-islamophobia-mayor-london|title=Sadiq Khan's victory won't end Islamophobia, but it offers hope|work=The Guardian|author=Homa Khaleeli|date=7 May 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170204052217/https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/may/06/sadiq-khan-victory-islamophobia-mayor-london|archive-date=4 February 2017}} Khan was officially sworn in as Mayor in a multi-faith ceremony held in Southwark Cathedral the following day. His first act as mayor was his appearance at a Holocaust memorial ceremony in a rugby stadium in North London,{{cite news|url=http://www.haaretz.com/jewish/news/1.718546|title=Sadiq Khan Attends Holocaust Memorial as First Official Mayoral Act|work=Haaretz|access-date=9 May 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160508214236/http://www.haaretz.com/jewish/news/1.718546|archive-date=8 May 2016}} although due to delays with the results of the election, he officially took office on 9 May.{{cite news|url=http://news.sky.com/story/1691893/sadiq-khan-vows-to-be-mayor-for-all-londoners|title=Sadiq Khan Vows To Be 'Mayor For All Londoners'|publisher=Sky News|date=7 May 2016|access-date=9 May 2016|quote=But because of the processes involved, he won't be technically in office until just after midnight on Monday.|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160509012751/http://news.sky.com/story/1691893/sadiq-khan-vows-to-be-mayor-for-all-londoners|archive-date=9 May 2016}}

{{Quote box|width=25em||align=right|quote="An affordable and secure home to rent or buy, more jobs with higher wages for the lowest paid, making it easier to set up and run a successful business, reducing the cost of commuting, and making London's environment safer, healthier and less polluted."|source=Khan's priorities as Mayor.{{sfn|Hill|2016|pp=74–75}}}}After Labour's defeat at the 2015 general election, Khan resigned from the Shadow Cabinet.{{sfn|Hill|2016|p=35}} He then announced himself as a candidate to be the Labour nominee for the London Mayoral elections of 2016.{{sfn|Hill|2016|p=35}} Khan soon gained the support of prominent figures in the party, including former Mayor of London Ken Livingstone, who was on Labour's leftist, socialist wing, and Oona King, who was on its centrist, Blairite wing.{{sfn|Hill|2016|pp=37–39}} He also received the backing of the Labour-affiliated GMB and Unite unions,{{sfn|Hill|2016|p=40}} and the nomination of 44 of Labour's 73 parliamentary constituent parties in London, leaving him as one of the top two contenders.{{sfn|Hill|2016|p=40}}

Khan's main rival was Conservative candidate Zac Goldsmith; Khan described him as a spoiled dilettante who "never finishes anything he starts".{{sfn|Hill|2016|p=103}} A YouGov poll for LBC suggested that while the other main contender to be the Labour nominee, Tessa Jowell, would defeat Goldsmith in a mayoral election, Khan would not.{{sfn|Hill|2016|p=62}} In hustings, Khan placed an emphasis on his working-class origins, which would play against Jowell's wealthier upbringing, and argued for the need for change in London, thereby insinuating that Jowell would represent too much continuity with the outgoing Johnson administration.{{sfn|Hill|2016|pp=42–43}} In September 2015, Khan was announced as the winning nominee.{{sfn|Hill|2016|pp=73–74}} He gained 48,152 votes (58.9%) against Jowell's 35,573 (41.1%).{{sfn|Hill|2016|pp=73–74}}{{cite web|last1=Wintour|first1=Patrick|title=Sadiq Khan elected as Labour's candidate for mayor of London|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/sep/11/sadiq-khan-elected-as-labours-candidate-for-mayor-of-london|work=The Guardian|date=11 September 2015|access-date=11 September 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150911222641/http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/sep/11/sadiq-khan-elected-as-labours-candidate-for-mayor-of-london|archive-date=11 September 2015}} He was the favourite candidate in all three voting categories; Labour Party members, members of affiliated trade unions and organisations, and registered supporters who had paid £3 in order to vote.{{sfn|Hill|2016|p=74}}

Khan vowed that if elected, he would freeze public transport fares in London for four years.{{sfn|Hill|2016|p=103}}{{cite web|title=Sadiq Khan pledges four-year freeze of all fares if elected Mayor|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/mayor/sadiq-khan-pledges-fouryear-freeze-of-all-fares-if-elected-mayor-a3111856.html|work=London Evening Standard|access-date=11 November 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151115173321/http://www.standard.co.uk/news/mayor/sadiq-khan-pledges-fouryear-freeze-of-all-fares-if-elected-mayor-a3111856.html|archive-date=15 November 2015}} He claimed that this would deprive Transport for London (TfL) of £452 million, but TfL stated that it would deprive them of £1.9 billion, taking into account projected population growth over this period.{{sfn|Hill|2016|pp=127–128}}{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-35443206|title=Sadiq Khan's fare freeze would cost £1.9bn, says TfL|work=BBC News|access-date=6 May 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160408090139/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-35443206|archive-date=8 April 2016}} Although he had previously backed Heathrow expansion, he now opposed it, instead calling for expansion at Gatwick Airport.{{sfn|Hill|2016|p=47}} He spoke of clamping down on foreign property investors,{{sfn|Hill|2016|pp=52–53}} and proposed the establishment of both a "London living rent" tenure and a not-for-profit lettings agency that could undercut commercial operators in order to ease the high cost of renting in the city.{{sfn|Hill|2016|p=53}} He also called for house building on land owned by TfL, insisting that at least 50% of those constructed should be "genuinely affordable".{{sfn|Hill|2016|pp=131–133}}

A YouGov poll found that 31% of Londoners stated that they would not be "comfortable" with a Muslim mayor.{{sfn|Hill|2016|p=62}} He declared his opposition to homophobia,{{sfn|Hill|2016|p=83}} and said that he would have "zero tolerance for anti-Semitism".{{sfn|Hill|2016|pp=82–83}} He openly condemned Islamic extremism and called on the Muslim community to take a leading role in combating it, although at the same time acknowledged the Islamophobia that many British Muslims faced.{{sfn|Hill|2016|pp=94–95}} Khan declared that he would be "the most pro-business mayor ever",{{sfn|Hill|2016|p=84}} and met with groups such as the Federation of Small Businesses and City of London Corporation.{{sfn|Hill|2016|p=109}} Goldsmith's Conservative campaign emphasised connections between Khan and then Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn.{{Cite news |date=22 April 2016 |title=Zac v Sadiq: the race to become London's next mayor |work=Financial Times |url=https://www.ft.com/content/22041df2-0744-11e6-9b51-0fb5e65703ce |access-date=17 December 2022}}{{sfn|Hill|2016|p=98}} Both the Conservative campaign and several Conservative-aligned newspapers were accused of tarring Khan as an apologist for, or even sympathiser with, Islamic extremism.{{Cite web |date=3 May 2016 |title=Decent Tories must speak out against their party's Islamophobic mayoral campaign |url=http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/may/03/tories-party-islamophobic-london-mayoral-campaign-sadiq-khan |access-date=17 December 2022 |website=the Guardian |language=en}}{{sfn|Hill|2016|p=93}}

International press sources often focused on his religious identity,{{cite news |last=Henley |first=Jon |title=Global press reaction to Sadiq Khan a mix of curiosity and ignorance |date=6 May 2016 |website=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/may/06/london-mayor-global-press-reaction-sadiq-khan-curiosity-ignorance |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170103095517/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/may/06/london-mayor-global-press-reaction-sadiq-khan-curiosity-ignorance |archive-date=3 January 2017 }} with many right-wing American media outlets reacting with horror at his election.{{cite news |last=Millward |first=David |date=7 May 2016 |title=Sadiq Khan's victory as London Mayor alarms American right as US liberals say result will resonate far beyond City Hall |website=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/05/07/sadiq-khans-victory-as-london-mayor-alarms-american-right-as-us/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160707035448/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/05/07/sadiq-khans-victory-as-london-mayor-alarms-american-right-as-us/ |archive-date=7 July 2016 }}

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Khan won the election with 57% of the vote. The 1.3 million votes he received are the largest any UK politician has personally received to date.{{cite web|title=How Sadiq Khan won the London mayoral election|date=6 May 2016|url=https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk/2016/05/how-sadiq-khan-won-london-mayoral-election|publisher=New Statesman}} Various press sources noted that Khan's election made him the first actively affiliated Muslim to become mayor of a major Western capital.{{cite news|last1=James|first1=William|last2=Piper|first2=Elizabeth|title=Labour's Khan becomes first Muslim mayor of London after bitter campaign|url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/us-britain-politics-election-london-idUKKCN0XX1W4|access-date=7 May 2016|work=Reuters|date=7 May 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160507140517/http://uk.reuters.com/article/us-britain-politics-election-london-idUKKCN0XX1W4|archive-date=7 May 2016}}{{cite web |last1=Hooper |first1=Ryan |last2=Hughes |first2=David |title=Warm Welcome as Sadiq Khan is Sworn in as Mayor of London |date=7 May 2016 |url=https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/warm-welcome-as-sadiq-khan-is-sworn-in-as-mayor-of-london/ar-BBsK5SB?ocid=spartanntp |website=Press Association |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160602141517/http://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/warm-welcome-as-sadiq-khan-is-sworn-in-as-mayor-of-london/ar-BBsK5SB?ocid=spartanntp |archive-date=2 June 2016 }}

After the 2019 United Kingdom general election, following the resignation of Jeremy Corbyn as the leader of the Labour Party, there were some speculations on whether Khan could run in the triggered leadership election. However, he ruled himself out of the leadership election, to run for a second term as mayor of London, which he explained he was 'absolutely' more interested in.{{cite news |last=O'Reilly |first=Luke |date=16 December 2019 |title=London mayor Sadiq Khan rules himself out of Labour leadership contest |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/labour-leadership-sadiq-khan-london-a4315096.html |access-date=5 September 2022 |work=Evening Standard }} In the 2021 London mayoral election, Khan was re-elected for a second term, defeating the Conservative candidate Shaun Bailey.{{cite web |title=Sadiq Khan reelected as London mayor for second term |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/may/08/sadiq-khan-london-mayor-second-term-labour-shaun-bailey-conservatives |work=The Guardian |date=8 May 2021 |access-date=8 May 2021}}{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/sadiq-khan-london-mayor-win-b1844335.html |title=Sadiq Khan wins second term as London mayor |first=Alastair |last=Jamieson |work=The Independent |date=7 May 2021 |access-date=7 May 2021}}

Following Khan's re-election into second term, there had been speculation as to whether he would run for a third term, or instead seek election to the House of Commons in hope of becoming leader of the Labour Party. Khan stated that he would run for a third term.{{Cite news |last=Mortimer |first=Josiah |date=30 November 2021 |title=Sadiq Khan hints at third run for London mayor in 2024 |url=https://www.mylondon.news/news/sadiq-khan-hints-third-run-22318357 |access-date=17 January 2022 |work=MyLondon |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Talora |first=Joe |date=13 January 2022 |title=Sadiq Khan plots third mayoral term as he 'doesn't want' Starmer's job |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/sadiq-khan-keir-starmer-labour-election-b976514.html |access-date=18 January 2022 |website=Evening Standard |language=en}} In the 2024 London mayoral election Khan was re-elected, defeating the Conservative candidate Susan Hall and making him the first to be elected to serve three terms as the Mayor of London.{{Cite news |last2=Ahmed |first2=Jabed |last1=Grunewald |first1= Zoe |date=5 May 2024 |title=Sadiq Khan wins historic third term as mayor of London |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/london-mayor-election-2024-results-sadiq-khan-b2539756.html |website= The Independent |language=en}}

File:London Mayor Khan and Secretary Kerry Hold a Q&A With Young Brits and American Visitors at London City Hall (30063320734).jpg at London City Hall, October 2016]]

In August 2016, Khan declared his support for Owen Smith's failed bid to oust Jeremy Corbyn as Leader of the Labour Party. Although describing him as a "principled Labour man", Khan said that Corbyn had failed to gain popularity with the electorate and that Labour would not win a general election under Corbyn's leadership.{{cite news |last=Syal |first=Rajeev |title=Jeremy Corbyn supporters dismiss Sadiq Khan's criticisms |work=The Guardian |date=21 August 2016 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/aug/21/jeremy-corbyn-supporters-dismiss-sadiq-khan-criticisms-labour |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161214112850/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/aug/21/jeremy-corbyn-supporters-dismiss-sadiq-khan-criticisms-labour |archive-date=14 December 2016 }}

On 8 January 2021, Khan announced a planned council tax rise of 9.5% to help fund policing and free transport for pensioners and schoolchildren in London. Khan's proposal would see an overall increase of 9.5% or £31.59 a year for an average Band D council tax payer. Since his first budget in 2017–18, Khan has increased the Greater London Authority's council tax precept by 31%, from £280 a year to £363.66 a year for a Band D property.{{Cite news|last=BBC|title=London council tax rise 'to fund free travel and police|work=BBC News|date=8 January 2021|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-55580464}} On the same day, Khan also ordered London residents to cease travelling after he declared the COVID-19 crisis in London a "major incident" with "out of control" spread, as infection rates for London were estimated to be around 1 in 30, with highs of 1 in 20 in some parts of the city.{{cite news |title=Covid-19: 'Major incident' declared by London Mayor Sadiq Khan |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-55588163 |access-date=9 January 2021 |work=BBC News |agency=BBC |publisher=BBC News |date=8 January 2021}}

In the buildup to the referendum on the UK's continuing membership of the European Union (EU), Khan was a vocal supporter of the "Remain" camp.{{cite news |website=The Telegraph |date=9 June 2016 |title=Sadiq Khan warns Labour has a 'responsibility' to win EU referendum remain vote |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/06/08/sadiq-khan-warns-labour-has-a-responsibility-to-win-eu-referendu/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160615071545/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/06/08/sadiq-khan-warns-labour-has-a-responsibility-to-win-eu-referendu/ |archive-date=15 June 2016 }} He agreed to attend a Britain Stronger in Europe campaign event with the Conservative Prime Minister David Cameron to demonstrate cross-party support for remaining within the EU,{{cite news |last=Sparrow |first=Andrew |title=David Cameron and Sadiq Khan plan pro-EU joint appearance |website=The Guardian |date=30 May 2016 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/may/29/david-cameron-and-sadiq-khan-plan-pro-eu-joint-appearance |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160904042739/http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/may/29/david-cameron-and-sadiq-khan-plan-pro-eu-joint-appearance |archive-date=4 September 2016 }}{{cite news |title=PM hails 'extraordinary coalition' as he joins Sadiq Khan in EU campaign |website=Business Insider |date=31 May 2016 |url=http://business-reporter.co.uk/2016/05/31/pm-hails-extraordinary-coalition-joins-sadiq-khan-eu-campaign/#sthash.eufpzs2X.dpuf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160601150311/http://business-reporter.co.uk/2016/05/31/pm-hails-extraordinary-coalition-joins-sadiq-khan-eu-campaign/#sthash.eufpzs2X.dpuf |archive-date=1 June 2016 }} for which he was criticised by Labour Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell, who claimed that sharing a platform with the Conservatives "discredits us".{{cite news |last=Hughes |first=Laura |title=Labour splits as John McDonnell attacks Sadiq Khan for sharing a platform with David Cameron |website=The Telegraph |date=31 May 2016 |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/05/31/labour-splits-as-john-mcdonnell-attacks-sadiq-khan-for-sharing-a/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160704214127/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/05/31/labour-splits-as-john-mcdonnell-attacks-sadiq-khan-for-sharing-a/ |archive-date=4 July 2016 }} After the murder of MP Jo Cox during the campaign, Khan called for the country to "pause and reflect" on the manner in which the Leave and Remain camps had been approaching the debate, stating that it had been marred by a "climate of hatred, of poison, of negativity, of cynicism".{{cite news |last=Mason |first=Rowena |date=17 June 2016 |title=Sadiq Khan calls for more respectful tone in EU referendum debate |website=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/jun/17/sadiq-khan-calls-for-more-respectful-tone-in-eu-referendum-debate |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161126142410/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/jun/17/sadiq-khan-calls-for-more-respectful-tone-in-eu-referendum-debate |archive-date=26 November 2016 }} Following the success of the "Leave" vote, Khan insisted that all EU citizens living in London were welcome in the city and that he was grateful for the contribution that they made to it.{{cite news |last=Johnston |first=Chris |website=The Guardian |date=25 June 2016 |title=Sadiq Khan tells London's Europeans they remain welcome |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/jun/25/sadiq-khan-tells-londons-europeans-they-remain-welcome |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160824045529/http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/jun/25/sadiq-khan-tells-londons-europeans-they-remain-welcome |archive-date=24 August 2016 }}{{cite news |last=Elledge |first=Jonn |date=24 June 2016 |title=London mayor Sadiq Khan to EU citizens: "You are welcome here" |website=City Metric |url=http://www.citymetric.com/politics/london-mayor-sadiq-khan-eu-citizens-you-are-welcome-here-2201 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160625123521/http://www.citymetric.com/politics/london-mayor-sadiq-khan-eu-citizens-you-are-welcome-here-2201 |archive-date=25 June 2016 }} He endorsed the Metropolitan Police's "We Stand Together" campaign to combat the rise in racial abuse following the referendum,{{cite news |last=Sleigh |first=Sophia |title=Sadiq Khan launches crackdown on Brexit vote hate crime |date=8 July 2016 |website=London Evening Standard |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/mayor/sadiq-khan-launches-crackdown-on-brexit-vote-hate-crime-a3291331.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160714234210/http://www.standard.co.uk/news/mayor/sadiq-khan-launches-crackdown-on-brexit-vote-hate-crime-a3291331.html |archive-date=14 July 2016 }} and later backed the "London is Open" campaign to encourage businesses, artists, and performers to continue coming to the city despite Brexit.{{cite news |last=Razaq |first=Rashid |date=22 July 2016 |title=Jessie Ware joins Sadiq Khan's call to show #LondonIsOpen in music showcase |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/mayor/jessie-ware-joins-khan-s-call-to-show-londonisopen-in-music-showcase-a3302171.html |website=London Evening Standard |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160725143526/http://www.standard.co.uk/news/mayor/jessie-ware-joins-khan-s-call-to-show-londonisopen-in-music-showcase-a3302171.html |archive-date=25 July 2016 }}

On 20 October 2018, Khan marched with People's Vote protesters from Park Lane to Parliament Square in support of a referendum on the final Brexit deal.{{cite AV media |people=Vox Pops on the march |date=20 October 2018 |access-date=22 October 2018 |title=What really happened at the anti-Brexit rally in London |medium=Video |publisher=Australian News Network via YouTube |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7dovmaizeQ }} The march was started by Khan and featured speeches by Delia Smith and Steve Coogan.{{cite news |last=Gallagher |first=Charlotte |title=People's Vote march: Hundreds of thousands attend London protest |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-45925542 |work=BBC News |date=20 October 2018 |access-date=20 October 2018}} The organisers of the march said that almost 700,000 people took part. Police stated that they were unable to estimate the numbers involved{{cite news |last1=Helm |first1=Toby |last2=Savage |first2=Michael |last3=Courea |first3=Eleni |title=Almost 700,000 march to demand 'people's vote' on Brexit deal |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/oct/20/70000-demand-new-brexit-vote |work=The Observer |quote=The centre of London ground to a halt as an estimated 700,000 people from all over the UK marched peacefully on parliament to demand a second referendum on Brexit. |date=20 October 2018 |access-date=21 October 2018}}{{cite news |last=Busby |first=Mattha |title=People's Vote march: '700,000' rally for new Brexit referendum – as it happened |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/live/2018/oct/20/peoples-vote-march-london-second-referendum-brexit-live |work=The Guardian |quote=Organisers claim that 700,000 people attended. |date=20 October 2018 |access-date=22 October 2018}} and a later police debriefing document prepared by Khan's Greater London Authority estimated the number to be 250,000.{{cite news |last=Malnick |first=Edward |title=People's Vote march head-count less than half as high as claimed |url=https://www.pressreader.com/uk/the-sunday-telegraph/20190106/281767040359018 | work=The Sunday Telegraph |date=5 January 2019 |access-date=6 January 2019}}

On 23 March 2019, Khan took part in the Put It to the People march in London in support of a second Brexit referendum.{{cite news |last1=Forrest |first1=Adam |last2=Rahim |first2=Zamira |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-march-london-put-it-to-the-people-live-updates-article-50-a8836386.html|title=Brexit march: '1 million' Put It To The People protesters stage historic rally for a second referendum |work=The Independent |date=23 March 2019 |access-date=25 March 2019}} Khan addressed a rally at the end of the march alongside SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon, Conservative peer Michael Heseltine, former Attorney General Dominic Grieve, Labour's deputy leader Tom Watson, and MPs Jess Phillips, Justine Greening and David Lammy.{{cite news |last=Staff writer |title=Sturgeon joins London People's Vote march |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-47671507 |work=BBC News |access-date=24 March 2019 |date=23 March 2019}}{{cite news |last1=Hughes |first1=Clyde |title=1 million rally in London for 2nd Brexit vote |url=https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2019/03/23/1-million-rally-in-London-for-2nd-Brexit-vote/3351553360858/ |access-date=23 March 2019 |work=UPI |date=23 March 2019 |language=en}}

In January 2023, Khan said that he couldn't ignore the immense damage caused by Brexit, arguing for a more sensible approach to mitigate the damage, including a debate on rejoining the single market.{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/sadiq-khan-brexit-eu-single-market-b2260691.html |title=Sadiq Khan condemns Brexit damage 'denial' and calls for debate on rejoining single market |author=Adam Forrest |work=The Independent |date=12 January 2023 |access-date=3 March 2023}} He also believed that Brexit had "weakened our economy, fractured our union and diminished our reputation. But, crucially, not beyond repair."{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-64248048 |title=London Mayor Sadiq Khan to say he can't ignore 'immense' Brexit damage |website=BBC News |date=12 January 2023 |access-date=3 March 2023}}

In April 2024, Khan called for the UK to establish a youth mobility scheme with the European Union. He argued that such a scheme would benefit young people and the economy, and emphasised the distinction between youth mobility and the free movement of people within the single market.{{Cite web |title=Sadiq Khan urges Labour to pursue UK-EU youth mobility deal |url=https://www.ft.com/content/88718de3-40e7-4d40-8aa6-7ab4653c4260 |access-date=26 April 2024 |website=www.ft.com|date=25 April 2024 |last1=Fisher |first1=Lucy }}

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While fasting for the Islamic holy month of Ramadan in 2016, Khan declared that he would use the period as an opportunity to help "break down the mystique and suspicion" surrounding Islam in Britain and help to "get out there and build bridges" between communities, organising iftars to be held at synagogues, churches, and mosques.{{cite news |last=Crerar |first=Pippa |date=6 June 2016 |title=Sadiq Khan: I'll use Ramadan to help build bridges between communities |website=London Evening Standard |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/mayor/sadiq-khan-i-ll-use-ramadan-to-help-build-bridges-between-communities-a3264506.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160613153311/http://www.standard.co.uk/news/mayor/sadiq-khan-i-ll-use-ramadan-to-help-build-bridges-between-communities-a3264506.html |archive-date=13 June 2016 }}{{cite news |last=Mortimer |first=Caroline |website=The Independent |date=5 June 2016 |title=Ramadan 2016: Sadiq Khan wants to use Islamic holy month to reduce suspicion of Muslims |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/ramadan-2016-sadiq-khan-wants-to-use-festival-to-reduce-suspicion-around-islam-a7066756.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170909185742/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/ramadan-2016-sadiq-khan-wants-to-use-festival-to-reduce-suspicion-around-islam-a7066756.html |archive-date=9 September 2017 }} He then appeared at a Trafalgar Square celebration of Eid al-Fitr, endorsing religious freedom and lambasting "criminals who do bad things and use the name of Islam to justify what they do".{{cite news |last=Hill |first=Dave |title=Sadiq Khan speaks for peaceful Islam at Trafalgar Square Eid festival |date=10 July 2016 |website=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/davehillblog/2016/jul/10/sadiq-khan-speaks-for-peaceful-islam-at-trafalgar-square-eid-festival |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160716063611/https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/davehillblog/2016/jul/10/sadiq-khan-speaks-for-peaceful-islam-at-trafalgar-square-eid-festival |archive-date=16 July 2016 |ref=none }} Following the 2016 Orlando nightclub shooting, Khan attended a vigil in Old Compton Street, Soho, and insisted that he "will do everything in [his] power to ensure that LGBT Londoners feel safe in every part of our city";{{cite news |last=Khan |first=Sadiq |title=Sadiq Khan: I'll work to preserve London's record of being LGBT-friendly |date=14 June 2016 |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/comment/comment/sadiq-khan-i-ll-work-to-preserve-london-s-record-of-being-lgbtfriendly-a3271101.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160629165948/http://www.standard.co.uk/comment/comment/sadiq-khan-i-ll-work-to-preserve-london-s-record-of-being-lgbtfriendly-a3271101.html |archive-date=29 June 2016 }} later that month he marched in the LGBT Pride London parade.{{cite news |work=BBC News |date=25 June 2016 |title=Thousands join Pride parade in London |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-36628793 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160625220438/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-36628793 |archive-date=25 June 2016 }}

In June 2020, during the George Floyd protests in the United Kingdom, protesters sprayed graffiti on the Statue of Winston Churchill, Parliament Square over two successive days, including, following the inscription "Churchill", the words "was a racist".{{cite news |url=https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1292632/Winston-churchill-statue-london-protests-black-lives-matter |first=Rebecca |last=Perring |title=Winston Churchill statue desecrated for second day as protesters daub 'racist' on monument |newspaper=Daily Express |location=London |date=8 June 2020 |access-date=25 January 2024}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/churchill-statue-racist-graffiti-black-lives-matter-protests-london-a9553916.html |first=Sean |last=O'Grady |title=Churchill was a politically complex man – but he was certainly a racist |date=8 June 2020 |website=The Independent |access-date=8 June 2020}}{{Cite web|url=https://metro.co.uk/2020/06/08/black-lives-matter-protesters-spray-racist-winston-churchill-statue-12818932/|title=Black Lives Matter protesters spray 'racist' on Winston Churchill statue|date=8 June 2020|access-date=8 June 2020}} As a result, Khan controversially announced that he had ordered the statue to be temporarily covered up to preserve it from further vandalism.{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/winston-churchill-statue-london-cenotaph-protests-scaffolding-a9561856.html|first=Lizzie |last=Dearden |title=Winston Churchill and Nelson Mandela statues covered up ahead of Black Lives Matter counter-protests |work=The Independent |date=12 June 2020}}

On 9 June 2020, in response to the unrest, Khan said that he believed some statues of slavers in London "should be taken down",{{cite news |url=https://inews.co.uk/news/politics/london-slave-trader-statues-pulled-down-sadiq-khan-review-441728|last1=Morris |first1=Nigel |title=Sadiq Khan says London slave trader statues could be pulled down after review |newspaper=i |location=London |date=9 June 2020 |access-date=25 January 2024 |language=en}} and established the Commission for Diversity in the Public Realm.{{cite news |title=London launches commission to review diversity of public realm landmarks, statues, and monuments |url=https://archinect.com/news/article/150201845/london-launches-commission-to-review-diversity-of-public-realm-landmarks-statues-and-monuments |work=Archinect News |date=9 June 2020}}{{cite news |title=UK municipal leaders reassess statues linked to slave trade |url=https://www.ft.com/content/bd44ed58-adcd-4934-bec4-8edf7fc0e4c2 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221211191238/https://www.ft.com/content/bd44ed58-adcd-4934-bec4-8edf7fc0e4c2 |archive-date=11 December 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |work=Financial Times |date=9 June 2020 |access-date=10 June 2020 }} The commission has been tasked with reviewing London's statues, street names, monuments, sculptures, artworks and other landmarks, with the potential for removal.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newsadvance.com/news/world/london-may-remove-statues-as-floyds-death-sparks-change/article_5b90797f-30d2-5a9b-8fa0-356970c8a1da.html|last=Lawless|first=Jill|agency=Associated Press|title=London may remove statues as Floyd's death sparks change|newspaper=News & Advance|location=Lynchburg, VA|access-date=9 June 2020|language=en|archive-date=9 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200609200730/https://www.newsadvance.com/news/world/london-may-remove-statues-as-floyds-death-sparks-change/article_5b90797f-30d2-5a9b-8fa0-356970c8a1da.html|url-status=dead}} The commission is in response to the anti-racist protests which saw protesters topple a Statue of Edward Colston in Bristol, whilst also defacing a number of statues across the country.{{Cite web |url=http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2020-06/09/c_139126975.htm#:~:text=The%20Commission%20for%20Diversity%20in,street%20art,%20street%20names,%20statues|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200609200724/http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2020-06/09/c_139126975.htm#:~:text=The%20Commission%20for%20Diversity%20in,street%20art,%20street%20names,%20statues|url-status=dead|archive-date=9 June 2020|access-date=9 June 2020|website=Xinhua|title=London mayor launches commission to review diversity in public realm}}{{Cite web|title=London launches commission to review diversity of public realm landmarks, statues, and monuments|url=https://archinect.com/news/article/150201845/london-launches-commission-to-review-diversity-of-public-realm-landmarks-statues-and-monuments|access-date=9 June 2020|website=Archinect|language=en}} That evening the statue of Robert Milligan, a merchant and slave trader, outside the Museum of London Docklands was removed by the local authority and the Canal & River Trust.{{citation|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/statue-18th-century-slaver-robert-milligan-in-east-london-to-be-removed-as-soon-as-possible-a4464341.html|title=Statue of 18th century slaver Robert Milligan in east London removed after pressure from campaigners|first=Rachael|last=Burford|newspaper=Evening Standard|date=9 June 2020|access-date=13 June 2020}}.

On 11 June 2020, a joint statement from the Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust announced that the Statue of Robert Clayton, together with that of Thomas Guy, would be removed from public view and that they would work with Khan on the issue.{{Cite web|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/guys-st-thomas-hospital-remove-statue-slave-trade-a4466846.html|title=Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital to remove two statues linked to slave trade|first=April|last=Roach|date=11 June 2020|publisher=Evening Standard}}{{Cite web |title=Future of Thomas Guy statue in question as slavery row grows |url=http://www.london-se1.co.uk/news/view/10303|access-date=11 June 2020|website=London SE1 |language=en}}{{Cite web|title=Guy's Hospital considers taking down controversial statue of businessman who profited from slavery|url=https://www.itv.com/news/london/2020-06-10/guy-s-hospital-considers-taking-down-controversial-statue-of-businessman-who-profited-from-slavery/|access-date=11 June 2020|website=ITV News|date=10 June 2020|language=en}}

On transport, Khan immediately announced the introduction of a "Hopper" bus ticket which would allow a passenger to take two bus and tram journeys within an hour for the price of one; it was intended to benefit those on low incomes most.{{cite news |last=Crerar |first=Pippa |title=Sadiq Khan confirms new £1.50 one-hour 'hopper' London bus ticket |website=London Evening Standard |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/transport/sadiq-khan-confirms-150-onehour-hopper-london-bus-ticket-a3244331.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160614225833/http://www.standard.co.uk/news/transport/sadiq-khan-confirms-150-onehour-hopper-london-bus-ticket-a3244331.html |archive-date=14 June 2016 }}{{cite web|url=https://tfl.gov.uk/info-for/media/press-releases/2017/september/gla---over-100-million-journeys-made-on-hopper-fare|title=GLA - Over 100 million journeys made on 'Hopper' fare|website=Transport for London|date=11 September 2017|access-date=18 January 2020}} In January 2018, this system was upgraded to offer unlimited journeys and allowing travel on Tube or rail services in between.{{cite web|url=https://tfl.gov.uk/info-for/media/press-releases/2018/january/gla---unlimited-hopper-fare-launches-this-mon|title=GLA - Unlimited Hopper fare launches this month|website=Transport for London|date=2 January 2018|access-date=18 January 2020}} In June 2016, Khan announced that his electoral pledge to prevent transport fare rises would only apply to "single fares" and pay as you go fares, and not daily, monthly, weekly, or yearly railcards; he was widely criticised for this.{{cite news |last=Speed |first=Barbara |date=9 June 2016 |website=New Statesman |title=Has Sadiq Khan already broken his promise of a fares freeze? |url=http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/devolution/2016/06/has-sadiq-khan-already-broken-his-promise-fares-freeze |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160701231809/http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/devolution/2016/06/has-sadiq-khan-already-broken-his-promise-fares-freeze |archive-date=1 July 2016 }}{{cite news |last=Cowburn |first=Ashley |title=Sadiq Khan accused of breaking flagstone electoral promise to freeze London transport fares |date=8 June 2016 |website=The Independent |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/sadiq-khan-accused-of-breaking-election-promise-to-freeze-london-transport-fares-a7070496.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171231063433/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/sadiq-khan-accused-of-breaking-election-promise-to-freeze-london-transport-fares-a7070496.html |archive-date=31 December 2017 }} That same month, he ordered TfL to ban any advertising on its network that was deemed to body shame or demean women.{{cite news |last=Lewis |first=Kayleigh |date=13 June 2016 |title=Body-shaming adverts to be banned on London transport by Sadiq Khan |website=The Independent |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/body-shaming-adverts-banned-london-transport-tube-sadiq-khan-a7079591.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170923231647/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/body-shaming-adverts-banned-london-transport-tube-sadiq-khan-a7079591.html |archive-date=23 September 2017 }} In July he urged the government to allow TfL to take control of the failing Southern rail service,{{cite news |last=Johnston |first=Chris |date=20 July 2016 |website=The Guardian |title=Sadiq Khan seeks Transport for London takeover of Southern |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/jul/20/sadiq-khan-southern-rail-transport-for-london-takeover |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160725181438/https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/jul/20/sadiq-khan-southern-rail-transport-for-london-takeover |archive-date=25 July 2016 }}{{cite news |last=Mortimer |first=Caroline |title=Sadiq Khan says Southern Rail should be placed under Tfl control after months of commuter misery |date=20 July 2016 |website=The Independent |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/sadiq-khan-southern-rail-commuter-train-cancelled-chaos-strike-rmt-gtr-a7147111.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160820194707/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/sadiq-khan-southern-rail-commuter-train-cancelled-chaos-strike-rmt-gtr-a7147111.html |archive-date=20 August 2016 }} and in August launched the 24-hour Night Tube service on Fridays and Saturdays, an idea initially proposed by Johnson.{{Cite news |last=Weaver |first=Matthew |title=Sadiq Khan to launch London's night tube service |work=The Guardian |date=19 August 2016 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/aug/19/sadiq-khan-launch-london-night-tube-service |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160829124935/https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/aug/19/sadiq-khan-launch-london-night-tube-service |archive-date=29 August 2016 }}

Khan backed expansion of London City Airport, removing the block on this instituted by Johnson's administration; environmentalist campaigners like Siân Berry stated that this was a breach of Khan's pledge to be London's "greenest ever" mayor.{{Cite news |last=Crerar |first=Pippa |title=Sadiq Khan's help for London City Airport expansion 'breaks green pledge' |website=London Evening Standard |date=11 May 2016 |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/transport/sadiq-khans-help-for-london-city-airport-expansion-breaks-green-pledge-a3245396.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160821155407/http://www.standard.co.uk/news/transport/sadiq-khans-help-for-london-city-airport-expansion-breaks-green-pledge-a3245396.html |archive-date=21 August 2016 }}

Opposing expansion at Heathrow Airport, he urged Prime Minister Theresa May to instead support expansion at Gatwick Airport, stating that to do so would bring "substantial economic benefits" to London.{{Cite news |last=Crerar |first=Pippa |title=Sadiq Khan urges Theresa May to back Gatwick Airport expansion with second runway |website=London Evening Standard |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/transport/sadiq-khan-urges-theresa-may-to-back-gatwick-airport-expansion-with-second-runway-a3296501.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160725021415/http://www.standard.co.uk/news/transport/sadiq-khan-urges-theresa-may-to-back-gatwick-airport-expansion-with-second-runway-a3296501.html |archive-date=25 July 2016 }}

In August 2020, Khan announced that Crossrail, a project to create the new Elizabeth line east–west rail link through the centre of London, had been delayed again until 2022, requiring an additional £1.1 billion in funding to complete the project.{{Cite news |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/transport/crossrail-delayed-again-2022-a4530211.html|last1=Prynn |first1=Jonathan |last2=Murphy |first2=Joe |title=Crossrail double blow as it's delayed until 2022 with £450m extra needed |newspaper=Evening Standard |location=London |date=21 August 2020 |access-date=12 February 2024 |language=en}} The line was originally due to open in 2018.{{Cite news|last=Gill |first=Oliver |date=18 April 2019 |title=Sadiq Khan accused of 'losing control' as Crossrail crisis costs economy up to £4bn |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2019/04/18/crossrail-opening-might-delayed-spring-2021/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2019/04/18/crossrail-opening-might-delayed-spring-2021/ |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |access-date=15 January 2021 |issn=0307-1235}}{{cbignore}}

Khan supported the Sutton Link TramLink, a tram extension project that is part of his London Plan for 2021. However, the project is on hold since 2020 due to COVID-19 funding issues and has been challenged by Conservative MP Paul Scully for imposing the ULEZ charge on Sutton residents without better transport alternatives.{{cite web|url=https://www.london.gov.uk/sites/default/files/the_london_plan_2021.pdf|last=Greater London Authority |title=The London Plan 2021 – Chapter 10 Transport page 410 |date=1 March 2021 |access-date=9 March 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/transport/sadiq-khan-paul-scully-sutton-tram-ulez-b1075634.html|title=London minister criticises Sadiq Khan as Mayor confirms Sutton tram extension plan is still shelved|website=Standard|date=21 April 2023 }}

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During the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, Khan was criticised by Health Secretary Matt Hancock for closing stations and reducing services on the tube network, which Hancock believed would result in overcrowding and put key workers travelling to work at risk.{{cite news |last1=Mendick |first1=Robert |last2=Hardy |first2=Jack |last3=Rayner |first3=Gordon |last4=Hymas |first4=Charles |title=Sadiq Khan under fire for cutting Tube services as lockdown descends into chaos on first day |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/03/24/londons-mayor-fire-cutting-tube-services-lockdown-descends-chaos/ |access-date=5 May 2024 |publisher=Daily Telegraph |date=24 March 2020}} On 17 March 2020 Khan announced the London Underground would begin running a reduced service due to the virus.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-51929558|title=Coronavirus: Pictures show London's empty streets|date=17 March 2020|work=BBC News|access-date=18 March 2020|language=en-GB|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200318060952/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-51929558|archive-date=18 March 2020|url-status=live}} Khan shut down the Waterloo & City line, several tube stations and the Night Tube.{{cite news|url=https://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-london-shops-could-close-and-transport-restricted-by-weekend-whitehall-sources-11959814|title=Coronavirus: London cuts Tube trains and warns 'don't travel unless you really have to'|website=Sky News|language=en|access-date=19 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200321052444/https://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-london-shops-could-close-and-transport-restricted-by-weekend-whitehall-sources-11959814|archive-date=21 March 2020|url-status=live}} From 20 March 40 tube stations were closed.

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Khan was the first British political leader to call for face masks to be worn in public in April 2020.{{Cite news |first1=Oliver |last1=Wright |first2=Esther |last2=Webber |title=Sadiq Khan calls for everyone to wear face masks |newspaper=The Times |language=en |url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcare/article/sadiq-khan-calls-for-everyone-to-wear-face-masks-5zb8hw09w|access-date=6 October 2021 |issn=0140-0460}} On 22 April, Khan warned that TfL could run out of money to pay staff by the end of April unless Boris Johnson's government stepped in.{{cite news |title=Coronavirus: London transport 'may run out of money by end of month' |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-52379111 |access-date=24 April 2020 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=22 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200423222046/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-52379111 |archive-date=23 April 2020 |url-status=live }} Two days later, TfL announced it was furloughing around 7,000 employees, about a quarter of its staff, to help mitigate a 90% reduction in fare revenues.{{cite news |title=Coronavirus: Transport for London furloughs 7,000 staff |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-52394657 |access-date=24 April 2020 |work=BBC News |date=24 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200424102519/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-52394657 |archive-date=24 April 2020 |url-status=live }}

On 7 May, Transport for London, the capital's transport authority which Khan chairs, requested a £2 billion government bail-out to keep services running until September 2020.{{cite news |last1=McDonald |first1=Henry |title=London needs £2bn to keep transport system running until autumn |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/may/07/london-needs-2bn-to-keep-transport-system-running-until-autumn |access-date=9 May 2020 |work=Guardian |date=7 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200509010021/https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/may/07/london-needs-2bn-to-keep-transport-system-running-until-autumn |archive-date=9 May 2020 |url-status=live }} Without an agreement with the government, deputy mayor for transport Heidi Alexander said TfL might have to issue a "Section 114 notice" – the equivalent of a public body going bust.{{cite news |title=Coronavirus: Transport for London expects to lose £4bn |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-52630386 |access-date=13 May 2020 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=13 May 2020}} On 14 May, Khan and UK Government agreed a £1.6 billion emergency funding package to keep Tube and bus services running. To achieve the bailout package, Khan had to raise TfL fares by 1% above inflation, which went against a pledge he made during his mayoral election campaign to not increase fares.{{cite news |title=Coronavirus: Transport for London secures emergency £1.6bn bailout |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-52670539 |access-date=15 May 2020 |work=BBC News |date=14 May 2020}} Transport Secretary Grant Shapps MP blamed Khan for the "poor condition of TfL's financial position" during his four years as Mayor.{{Cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/transport-for-london-extraordinary-funding-and-financing|last=Shapps|first=Grant|title=Transport for London extraordinary funding and financing|website=Government Digital Service|date=18 May 2020|access-date=12 February 2024|language=en}}

From 22 June 2020, Khan has implemented an increase in the London Congestion Charge to £15 a day, from £11.50. Its hours of operation have also been extended to 7am – 10pm every day, including weekends.{{Cite web|url=https://tfl.gov.uk/info-for/media/press-releases/2020/june/temporary-changes-to-the-congestion-charge-to-secure-safe-recovery|last=Khan|first=Sadiq|title=Temporary changes to the Congestion Charge to secure safe recovery|website=Transport for London|date=16 June 2020|access-date=29 June 2021}} Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, teachers, police officers, firefighters and transport workers are also included in the charge, despite a campaign by the Metropolitan Police Federation to exempt them.{{Cite web|last=Weaver|first=Matthew|date=20 May 2020|title=Petition calls for key workers to be exempt from London congestion charge|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/may/20/petition-key-workers-exempt-london-congestion-charge|website=Guardian}}

Khan began discussing with local leaders plans for further restrictions in London in late September 2020, and delivered a plan to the central government to introduce measures to curb the worsening outbreak{{Cite news|date=21 September 2020|title=London Mayor proposes new COVID-19 restrictions|language=en|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-london-idUKKCN26C2UJ|access-date=6 October 2021}}{{Cite web|last=Richards|first=Laura|title=Sadiq Khan has delivered a London lockdown plan to government|url=https://www.timeout.com/london/news/sadiq-khan-has-delivered-a-london-lockdown-plan-to-government-092320|access-date=6 October 2021|website=Time Out London|date=23 September 2020 |language=en-GB}} and called for a "circuit-breaker lockdown" of London on 13 October 2020, citing advice from SAGE.{{Cite news|title=Sadiq Khan backs 'circuit breaker' London lockdown|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-london-54526060|access-date=6 October 2021}} The plan was not used; a second national lockdown was not introduced until 31 October. He declared a "major incident" due to a need for emergency coordination to mitigate the major strain on London's healthcare system in January 2021.{{Cite web|date=8 January 2021|title=Sadiq Khan declares Covid emergency in London|url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/08/sadiq-khan-declares-covid-emergency-in-london|access-date=6 October 2021|website=the Guardian|language=en}}

According to polling in March 2021, 42% of Londoners agreed that Khan had handled COVID-19 "well", and 39% "badly".{{Cite web|url=https://yougov.co.uk/topics/politics/articles-reports/2021/03/18/how-well-sadiq-khan-handling-covid-19|last=Ibbetson|first=Connor|title=How well is Sadiq Khan handling COVID-19, according to Londoners? {{!}} YouGov|website=YouGov|date=18 March 2021|access-date=12 February 2024|language=en-gb}}

In July 2021, Khan maintained a face mask requirement on London transport, despite the government removing the requirement nationwide, citing the risk of virus transmission.{{Cite news|url=https://inews.co.uk/news/politics/why-boris-johnson-pleased-sadiq-khan-keeping-mandatory-face-masks-public-transport-london-1103126|last=Merrick|first=Jane|title=Boris Johnson will be secretly pleased that Sadiq Khan is keeping face masks on transport|newspaper=i|location=London|date=14 July 2021|access-date=12 February 2024|language=en}} He later expressed frustration at the subsequent fall in compliance and TfL staff's inability to enforce these rules, and said he would lobby the government to introduce legal backing for the rule.{{Cite web|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/sadiq-khan-face-masks-tfl-b956352.html|last=Sharman|first=Laura|title=Sadiq Khan left frustrated at inability to enforce face masks|newspaper=Evening Standard|location=London|date=20 September 2021|access-date=12 February 2024|language=en}}

In his first weeks as Mayor, Khan criticised foreign investors for treating homes in London as "gold bricks for investment", instead urging them to invest in the construction of "affordable homes" for Londoners through a new agency, Homes for Londoners, which would be funded by both public and private money.{{cite news |last=Booth |first=Robert |title=Sadiq Khan condemns foreign investors' use of London homes as 'gold bricks' |date=25 May 2016 |website=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/may/25/sadiq-khan-condemns-foreign-investors-london-homes-gold-bricks-housing-policy |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160622095306/https://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/may/25/sadiq-khan-condemns-foreign-investors-london-homes-gold-bricks-housing-policy |archive-date=22 June 2016 }} Homes for Londoners is governed by a board and chaired by Khan.

However, in contrast to one of his pre-election statements, he revealed that he no longer supported rent freezes in the city.{{cite news |last=Foster |first=Dawn |title=Sadiq Khan attacks empty luxury flats, but his housing policies are also void |date=27 May 2016 |website=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/housing-network/2016/may/27/sadiq-khan-empty-luxury-flats-housing-policy |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160920224616/https://www.theguardian.com/housing-network/2016/may/27/sadiq-khan-empty-luxury-flats-housing-policy |archive-date=20 September 2016 }} By 2022, Khan had reverted to supporting rent freezes.{{Cite web |date=11 March 2022 |title=Sadiq Khan wants to freeze rents for two years |url=https://propertyinvestorpost.com/sadiq-khan-doubles-down-on-rent-control-calls/ |access-date=13 March 2022 |website=Property Investor Post |language=en-GB}}

Khan vetoed the construction of a football stadium and two blocks of flats on Green Belt land in Chislehurst, after the plan had already been supported by Bromley Council, insisting that he would "oppose building on the Green Belt, which is now even more important than when it was created".{{cite news |last=May |first=Luke |title=Sadiq Khan rejects football stadium plans to protect Bromley's green space |website=Bromley Times |date=22 June 2016 |url=http://www.bromleytimes.co.uk/news/sadiq_khan_rejects_football_stadium_plans_to_protect_bromley_s_green_space_1_4587938 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624192156/http://www.bromleytimes.co.uk/news/sadiq_khan_rejects_football_stadium_plans_to_protect_bromley_s_green_space_1_4587938 |archive-date=24 June 2016 }}

Khan launched a "No Nights Sleeping Rough" taskforce to tackle youth homelessness in London in October 2016.{{cite news|last1=Crerar|first1=Pippa|title=Sadiq Khan launches taskforce to help young people sleeping rough in London|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/sadiq-khan-launches-taskforce-to-tackle-young-people-sleeping-rough-in-london-a3362401.html|access-date=6 October 2016|work=London Evening Standard|date=6 October 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161007184547/http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/sadiq-khan-launches-taskforce-to-tackle-young-people-sleeping-rough-in-london-a3362401.html|archive-date=7 October 2016}}

Khan has called air pollution "the biggest public health emergency of a generation."{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/sep/13/londons-most-polluted-schools-to-be-given-air-quality-audits|title=London's most polluted schools to be given air-quality audits|last=Taylor|first=Matthew|date=13 September 2017|work=The Guardian|access-date=14 September 2017|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170914045806/https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/sep/13/londons-most-polluted-schools-to-be-given-air-quality-audits|archive-date=14 September 2017}} In October 2017, he introduced the Toxicity Charge (T-charge); operating within the same hours and zone as the London congestion charge, the T-Charge levied a £10 fine on top of that for older and more polluting vehicles (typically diesel and petrol ones registered before 2006) that do not meet Euro 4 standards.{{cite web|author=Chapman, Ben |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/t-charge-what-is-it-london-emissions-charge-how-affect-will-pay-congestion-car-diesel-a8014976.html |title=T-charge: What is the new London emissions charge and how will it affect you? |work=The Independent |date=23 October 2017 |access-date=18 January 2020}} In that same year, he announced plans to establish a replacement: an "Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ)" that would charge owners of the most polluting cars a fine of £12.50 per day on top of the congestion charge.{{Cite news|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/sadiq-khan-plans-world-s-first-ultralow-emissions-zone-with-new-daily-charges-for-swathes-of-london-a3506561.html|title=Sadiq Khan plans world's first ultra-low emission zone across huge swathe of London|work=Evening Standard|access-date=14 September 2017|language=en-GB|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170914175643/https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/sadiq-khan-plans-world-s-first-ultralow-emissions-zone-with-new-daily-charges-for-swathes-of-london-a3506561.html|archive-date=14 September 2017}} The all day, every day (except on Christmas Day){{cite web|url=https://tfl.gov.uk/modes/driving/ultra-low-emission-zone|title=Ultra Low Emission Zone|website=Transport for London|access-date=18 January 2020}} zone was introduced in 2019 in Central London, extended to the North and South Circulars in 2021, and was extended to the whole of Greater London in August 2023.{{cite web |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/ulez-ultra-low-emission-zone-expand-greater-london-sadiq-khan-b986027.html |title=ULEZ to expand across all of Greater London, Mayor Sadiq Khan announces |date=8 March 2022 }} The charge applies to diesel cars and vans whose engines aren't at the latest Euro 6 standard as well as most petrol cars pre-2005; in addition, non-compliant buses, coaches and lorries must pay £100.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/apr/06/london-prepares-for-launch-of-ultra-low-emissions-zone|website=The Guardian|title=London prepares for launch of ultra-low emissions zone|date=6 April 2019|access-date=18 January 2020|last=Topham|first=Gwyn}} The initial zone resulted in a drop of the worst polluting vehicles entering the zone each day from 35,578 in March 2019 to 26,195 in April after the charge was introduced.{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/may/16/ulez-cuts-number-of-worst-polluting-cars-in-central-london|last=Taylor|first=Matthew|title=ULEZ cuts number of worst polluting cars in central London|newspaper=The Guardian|location=London|date=16 May 2019|access-date=12 February 2024}}

Khan criticised the UK government in June 2017 for its lack of drive in improving general air quality.{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/jun/23/sadiq-khan-michael-gove-life-and-death-air-pollution-crisis|title=Sadiq Khan: Gove must get a grip on 'life and death' air pollution crisis|last=Taylor|first=Matthew|date=23 June 2017|work=The Guardian|access-date=14 September 2017|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170915023727/https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/jun/23/sadiq-khan-michael-gove-life-and-death-air-pollution-crisis|archive-date=15 September 2017}} He stated that the government's action plan on the issue lacked "serious detail, fails to tackle all emission sources, such as from buildings, construction or the river, and does not utilise the government's full resources and powers", reflecting its low prioritisation of the issue in the past.

In September, he announced that the first 50 air quality audits for primary schools in the worst-polluted areas of the city had been launched with the objective to reduce air pollution around a steadily increasing number of schools.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-41254593|title=Audit to protect 'pupils from toxic air'|date=13 September 2017|work=BBC News|access-date=14 September 2017|language=en-GB|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170914192317/http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-41254593|archive-date=14 September 2017}} The audits will continue until the end of 2017, with reports being published in 2018.

Khan overseeing the construction of the Silvertown Tunnel, a tunnel under the Thames in Greenwich, which his office claims is needed to relieve traffic congestion. However, environmentalists say it will induce more demand and lead to worsening air quality and car dependency, leading the Green Party, Liberal Democrats, some Conservatives, and even some Labour MPs and mayors to come out against the project. In July 2021, the London Labour regional conference called for the tunnel to be scrapped, by 74% to 26%.{{Cite web|date=25 July 2021|title=Sadiq Khan's party tells him to halt 'polluting' Silvertown Tunnel|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/silvertown-tunnel-sadiq-khan-labour-conference-vote-london-b1890150.html|access-date=8 January 2022|website=The Independent|language=en}} The tunnel is due to open in summer 2025.{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/silvertown-tunnel-london-thames-traffic-date-map-b2507120.html|last=Wilson|first=Natalie|title=Inside the new 2.2bn pound Silvertown tunnel|date=5 March 2024|access-date=6 March 2024}}

Since Khan became Mayor, overall crime rates in London increased in every reporting year to 2020, before falling dramatically during the Covid pandemic, and then slowly returning to 2019 levels by 2024.{{cite web |last1=Clark |first1=D |title=Crime rate per 1,000 population in London from 2010/11 to 2019/20 |url=https://www.statista.com/statistics/380963/london-crime-rate/#:~:text=In%202019%2F20%20the%20crime,%2F17%20and%202017%2F18 |website=Statista |access-date=7 February 2021}}{{primary inline|date=December 2024}}{{unreliable inline|date=December 2024}} In 2018, London was reported to be "experiencing an upsurge in serious violent crime, particularly among teenagers and young men, although it is not at the levels seen in the mid-2000s".{{cite news |title=Boris Johnson blames Sadiq Khan for London knife crime 'scandal' |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-44921656 |access-date=7 February 2021 |agency=BBC News |publisher=BBC News |date=23 July 2018}} In figures released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), crime in London was five times higher than the rest of the United Kingdom in 2019.{{cite news |last1=France |first1=Anthony |title=London crime rising five times faster than rest of England, report reveals |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/london-crime-five-times-higher-rest-of-uk-a4501526.html |access-date=7 February 2021 |agency=Evening Standard |date=17 July 2020}}

These trends largely follow national ones. In 2024, the Crime Survey for England and Wales shows that “someone is actually less likely to be a victim of crime in London than they are across the country as a whole.” {{cite web | url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/feb/26/fact-check-has-sadiq-khan-really-overseen-a-surge-in-london | title=Fact check: Has Sadiq Khan really overseen a crime surge in London? | work=The Guardian | date=26 February 2024 | last1=Goodier | first1=Michael | last2=Rawlinson | first2=Kevin }}

Killings using a blade saw a 28 per cent increase from 67 in 2018 to 86 in 2019.{{cite news |last1=France |first1=Anthony |title=London crime rising five times faster than rest of England, report reveals |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/london-crime-five-times-higher-rest-of-uk-a4501526.html |access-date=7 February 2021 |agency=Evening Standard |date=17 July 2020}} There was 54% increase in knife crime from 9,086 in the year ended 31 March 2016, just before Khan was elected Mayor, to 14,000 in the year ended 30 September 2023.{{cite web |title=Knife crime soars by over 20 per cent in London in past year, as politicians clash over zombie blades |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/knife-crime-rise-london-zombie-knives-b1134740.html |website=Evening Standard |access-date=2 May 2024 |date=25 January 2024}} London's murder rate reached a ten-year high in 2019. The Metropolitan police recorded 149 homicides that year. In five years the homicide rate had increased by more than 50%, from 94 cases in 2014. The reasons cited were drugs, austerity and a nationwide rise in violence.{{cite web|last1=Dodd|first1=Vikram|title=Number of homicides in London climbs to 10-year high|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/dec/31/number-of-homicides-in-london-climbs-to-10-year-high|work=The Guardian|date=31 December 2019|access-date=9 November 2020}} The murder rate, lower than in most rural areas of the UK, fell dramatically after 2020.{{cite web | url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/feb/26/fact-check-has-sadiq-khan-really-overseen-a-surge-in-london | title=Fact check: Has Sadiq Khan really overseen a crime surge in London? | work=The Guardian | date=26 February 2024 | last1=Goodier | first1=Michael | last2=Rawlinson | first2=Kevin }} Gun crime in the capital dropped under Khan, reaching a low in 2024, with gun crime rates far higher in urban areas of the UK outside London.{{cite web | url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/feb/26/fact-check-has-sadiq-khan-really-overseen-a-surge-in-london | title=Fact check: Has Sadiq Khan really overseen a crime surge in London? | work=The Guardian | date=26 February 2024 | last1=Goodier | first1=Michael | last2=Rawlinson | first2=Kevin }}

Antisocial behaviour peaked in 2019 before falling; it was less common on 2024 than elsewhere in the UK.{{cite web | url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/feb/26/fact-check-has-sadiq-khan-really-overseen-a-surge-in-london | title=Fact check: Has Sadiq Khan really overseen a crime surge in London? | work=The Guardian | date=26 February 2024 | last1=Goodier | first1=Michael | last2=Rawlinson | first2=Kevin }}

In an interview with LBC, Khan accepted responsibility for rising crime in London as the Police and Crime Commissioner for the city, but blamed budgetary cuts by the UK Conservative Government.{{Cite web|url=https://www.jerseyeveningpost.com/news/uk-news/2018/06/07/london-mayor-accepts-responsibility-for-crime-situation-as-he-blames-police-cuts/|title=London mayor accepts responsibility for crime situation as he blames police cuts|website=Jersey Evening Post|date=7 June 2018}} Khan stated that knife crime is "rising across England & Wales" and that it is "clearly a national problem that requires national solutions."{{cite news |last1=Kerr |first1=Chloe |title=Met police set up new task force to deal with violent crime |url=https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/942870/london-news-met-police-knife-crime-task-force-crime |access-date=10 July 2019 |work=Daily Express |date=7 April 2018 |language=en}}{{unreliable inline|date=December 2024}} Following the 2019 London Bridge stabbing Khan stated, "You can't disaggregate terrorism and security from cuts made to resources of the police, of probation, the tools that judges have … The key thing is we need to support the police and security service. (...) The point I am making is we can be safer, with more police and more resources."{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/law/2019/nov/30/london-bridge-attack-swift-review-of-violent-sentences-pledged |title=Justice system playing 'Russian roulette' with public, says terror expert |work=The Guardian |date=30 November 2019 |archive-date=29 November 2023 |first=Sarah |last=Marsh |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231129112410/https://www.theguardian.com/law/2019/nov/30/london-bridge-attack-swift-review-of-violent-sentences-pledged |url-status=live}}

In February 2025, a man was jailed for 28 weeks and made subject to a restraining order after pleading guilty to sending malicious emails to Khan, Jess Phillips, and a senior officer in the Metropolitan police.{{cite web |title=Man jailed for abusive emails to politicians|date=18 February 2025 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3rndxj705jo |website=bbc.co.uk |publisher=BBC |access-date=23 February 2025}}

Writing for The Spectator, the political commentator Nick Cohen described Khan as a centre-left social democrat,{{cite web|author=Nick Cohen |title=Would Jeremy Corbyn prefer George Galloway to be Mayor of London? |website=The Spectator |date=10 February 2016 |url=http://blogs.spectator.co.uk/2016/02/would-jeremy-corbyn-prefer-george-galloway-to-be-mayor-of-london/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160211090622/http://blogs.spectator.co.uk/2016/02/would-jeremy-corbyn-prefer-george-galloway-to-be-mayor-of-london/ |archive-date=11 February 2016 }} while the journalist Amol Rajan termed him "a torch-bearer for the social democratic wing" of the Labour Party.{{cite web |author=Amol Rajan |title=After Boris, Mayor Khan for London? |date=15 September 2015 |website=Politico |url=http://www.politico.eu/article/tooting-to-victory-london-sadiq-khan-mayor-corbyn-goldsmith-boris-johnson-bevin/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160314141400/http://www.politico.eu/article/tooting-to-victory-london-sadiq-khan-mayor-corbyn-goldsmith-boris-johnson-bevin/ |archive-date=14 March 2016 }} The BBC describe Khan as being located on the party's soft left.{{cite news |title=London mayor: The Sadiq Khan story |author=Esther Webber |work=BBC News |date=7 May 2016 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-36140479 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160507141456/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-36140479 |archive-date=7 May 2016 }} In an article for Al Jazeera, the Marxist commentator Richard Seymour described Khan as a centrist,{{cite web |author=Richard Seymour |title=Sadiq Khan's victory and free Londonistan |publisher=Al Jazeera |url=http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2016/05/sadiq-khan-victory-free-londonistan-160507174122069.html |date=8 May 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160615015120/http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2016/05/sadiq-khan-victory-free-londonistan-160507174122069.html |archive-date=15 June 2016 }} while Matt Wrack, the General Secretary of the Fire Brigades Union, characterised Khan as belonging to "that part of the Labour Party that was in government under Blair and Brown".{{cite news |last=Watts |first=Joe |title=Sadiq Khan faces backlash after saying Jeremy Corbyn election win is 'extremely unlikely' |website=The Independent |date=22 August 2016 |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/a-counter-offensive-has-been-launched-against-sadiq-khan-after-the-london-mayor-said-a-jeremy-corbyn-a7202496.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170708221128/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/a-counter-offensive-has-been-launched-against-sadiq-khan-after-the-london-mayor-said-a-jeremy-corbyn-a7202496.html |archive-date=8 July 2017 }} The journalist Dave Hill described Khan as a social liberal.{{cite web |last=Hill |first=Dave |title=Sadiq Khan's first 100 days as London mayor: how is he doing? |date=16 August 2016 |website=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/aug/16/sadiq-khans-first-100-days-as-london-mayor-how-is-he-doing |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170221155635/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/aug/16/sadiq-khans-first-100-days-as-london-mayor-how-is-he-doing |archive-date=21 February 2017 |ref=none }}

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Khan has described himself as a "proud feminist". In April 2019, Khan joined the Jewish Labour Movement.{{cite web |last1=Oster |first1=Marcy |title=London Mayor Sadiq Khan joins Jewish Labour movement |url=https://www.jta.org/quick-reads/london-mayor-sadiq-khan-joins-jewish-labour-movement#.XL8400Ai0D8 |website=Jewish Telegraphic Agency |date=22 April 2019 |publisher=70 Faces Media |access-date=23 April 2019}} He criticised the Trump administration's decision to recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.{{cite news |title=Sadiq Khan blasts Trump over Jerusalem: Mayor says President has made peace less likely in the Middle East |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/sadiq-khan-blasts-trump-for-making-peace-less-likely-in-middle-east-a3712961.html |work=London Evening Standard |date=7 December 2017}} Khan said the British government should apologise for the Jallianwala Bagh massacre in British-ruled India.{{cite news |title=London mayor Sadiq Khan says UK must apologise for India massacre |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-42262338 |work=BBC News |date=7 December 2017}} Khan condemned the plans for a protest march against Narendra Modi's government over India's treatment of Kashmir during the Hindu festival of Deepavali.{{cite news |title=London Mayor condemns plans to hold anti-India march over Kashmir on Diwali |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/london-mayor-condemns-plans-to-hold-anti-india-march-over-kashmir-on-diwali/article29751218.ece |work=The Hindu |date=20 October 2019}}

Khan quotes from the Quran and hadith when discussing terrorism. He received death threats from Islamic extremists after voting in favour of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act.{{sfn|Hill|2016|p=58}}{{cite web |url=http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2013/02/18/labour-mp-sadiq-khan-receives-death-threats-for-supporting-same-sex-marriage/ |title=Labour MP Sadiq Khan receives death threats for supporting same-sex marriage |date=18 February 2013 |access-date=4 April 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140330023159/http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2013/02/18/labour-mp-sadiq-khan-receives-death-threats-for-supporting-same-sex-marriage/ |archive-date=30 March 2014 }} He was also threatened by the far-right group Britain First, which in 2016 threatened to take "direct action" against Khan where he "lives, works and prays" as part of an anti-Muslim campaign.Olivia Blair, [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/sadiq-khan-britain-first-london-mayor-threaten-direct-action-a7047991.html Britain First threatens to target London Mayor Sadiq Khan with 'direct action'] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170912193411/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/sadiq-khan-britain-first-london-mayor-threaten-direct-action-a7047991.html |date=12 September 2017 }}, The Independent (25 May 2016).

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Journalist Dave Hill has said that Khan was "savvy, streetwise and not averse to a scrap",{{sfn|Hill|2016|p=101}} whilst also describing him as having a "joshing, livewire off-stage personality" which differed from the formal image he often projected while onstage.{{sfn|Hill|2016|p=59}} Khan used to perform comedy before running for Mayor, including a ten-minute money-raising Stand Up for Labour routine. Comedian Arthur Smith stated that Khan could become a "good club-level comedian one day".{{cite web|url=http://www.chortle.co.uk/news/2016/09/05/25710/sadiq_khan%3A_i_used_to_do_stand-up|title=Sadiq Khan: 'I used to do stand-up'|work=Chortle|year=2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160927083831/http://www.chortle.co.uk/news/2016/09/05/25710/sadiq_khan%3A_i_used_to_do_stand-up|archive-date=27 September 2016}} During the 2016 Mayoral campaign, Goldsmith referred to Khan as "a caricature machine politician... the sort of politician who justified peoples' mistrust in politics", as evidence citing Khan's U-turn on supporting Heathrow expansion.{{sfn|Hill|2016|p=116}} Another rival in the 2016 Mayoral campaign, George Galloway of the Respect Party, referred to Khan as a "flip-flop merchant" and a "product of the Blairite machine".{{sfn|Hill|2016|p=139}}

There has been an ongoing political feud between Khan and former US president Donald Trump since 2016, when Khan criticised Trump over his proposed "Muslim ban" and Trump responded by attacking Khan a number of times on Twitter over the next several years.{{cite news |last1=Weaver |first1=Matthew |title=Timeline: Donald Trump's feud with Sadiq Khan |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jun/03/timeline-donald-trump-feud-with-sadiq-khan |access-date=10 July 2019 |work=The Guardian |date=16 June 2019}} Shortly before Trump's 2019 state visit to the UK, Khan compared Trump to "European dictators of the 1930s and 40s".{{Citation|title=It's un-British to roll out the red carpet for Donald Trump – Sadiq Khan|date=1 June 2019|website=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jun/01/donald-trump-state-visit-red-carpet-unbritish}}. Upon arrival, Trump responded on Twitter by calling him a "stone-cold loser" and compared him to another mayor he also targeted, Bill de Blasio.{{Citation|title=Trump attacks London mayor in tweets before landing – CNN Video |date=3 June 2019 |url=https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2019/06/03/trump-tweet-sadiq-khan-uk-visit-es-vpx.cnn|access-date=3 June 2019}}. On 9 June 2020, Khan said that he believed some statues of slavers in London "should be taken down", and established the Commission for Diversity in the Public Realm to do so.

On 13 October 2023, during the Gaza war, Khan urged Israel to exercise restraint, arguing that a blockade of the Gaza Strip could lead to "suffering" among Palestinian civilians.{{cite news |title=Sadiq Khan fears 'disproportionate' Israeli response to Hamas attacks |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/10/13/sadiq-khan-fears-disproportionate-israeli-response-to-hamas/ |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=13 October 2023}} On 27 October 2023, he further called for a ceasefire.{{Cite web |last=Burford |first=Rachael |date=27 October 2023 |title=Sadiq Khan calls for Gaza ceasefire amid rising anger over Labour's stance on war |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/sadiq-khan-mayor-gaza-israel-ceasefire-labour-london-b1116337.html |access-date=27 October 2023 |website=Evening Standard |language=en}} He was criticised by Jewish figures, including the UK Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis, who stated that "a ceasefire now would be an irresponsible stepping stone to yet more Hamas terrorist brutality". In a later interview with Mehdi Hasan, Khan appeared to suggest that the Chief Rabbi's criticisms of him had an Islamophobic motive. Khan stated: "I'd ask those Jewish people to just pause and reflect on their response to me calling for a ceasefire ... what motivated them to come out in the way they did against the Mayor of London, and the Mayor of Greater Manchester – I'll give you a clue, he's not called 'Ahmed Bourani', he's called Andy Burnham, whereas I'm called Sadiq Khan." Khan apologised for the remarks a day after the footage was released, stating: "At times it is clear to me, and others, that as a mayor of London of Islamic faith, I am held to a different standard and that can be frustrating – particularly during a divisive election campaign. But, it wasn't fair of me to have levelled that frustration at the Chief Rabbi."{{Cite news |last=Mendick |first=Robert |date=26 April 2024 |title=Sadiq Khan accuses Chief Rabbi of singling him out for criticism because he is Muslim |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/04/26/sadiq-khan-chief-rabbi-row-muslim-jewish/ |access-date=3 May 2024 |work=The Telegraph |language=en-GB |issn=0307-1235}}{{Cite web |last=Rose |first=David |title=Sadiq Khan apologises to Chief Rabbi for 'hurt caused' |url=https://www.thejc.com/news/politics/sadiq-khan-apologise-chief-rabbi-ephraim-mirvis-motivated-islamophobia-gaza-ceasefire-interview-w0dc42ne |access-date=3 May 2024 |website=www.thejc.com |date=26 April 2024 |language=en}}

In 2009, Khan referred to moderate Muslims as "Uncle Toms", a derogatory label for a person of an oppressed minority who betrays them to benefit from their oppressors.{{cite web | url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/sadiq-khan-under-fire-after-footage-emerges-of-him-using-derogatory-term-to-describe-fellow-muslims-a7012286.html | title=Footage emerges of Sadiq Khan using derogatory term to descrine fellow Muslims | website=Independent.co.uk | date=5 May 2016 }} In 2016, Khan said "I regret using the phrase...and I am sorry."{{cite web | url=https://www.lbc.co.uk/radio/presenters/james-obrien/sadiq-khan-live-on-lbc-129860/ | title=WATCH: Khan Sorry for "Uncle Tom" Comments }} "...the context is this: I was a Communities Minister.. and we want to talk to everyone - even those that are offside as well as those that are onside."

• In 2009, he became a Member of Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council. This entitled him to the honorific "The Right Honourable" for life.
• Six months after his election as the MP for Tooting, The Spectator awarded Khan Newcomer of the Year.{{Cite web|url=https://www.spectator.co.uk/2005/11/parliamentarian-of-the-year/|title=Parliamentarian of the Year|date=19 November 2005|website=The Spectator|language=en-US|access-date=2 October 2019}}
• Khan was nominated for the Politician of the Year Award at the British Muslim Awards in January 2013 and 2015 and won the award in February 2016.{{cite news|url=http://www.asianimage.co.uk/news/10197507.Winners_honoured_at_British_Muslim_Awards/|title=Winners honoured at British Muslim Awards|publisher=Asian Image|date=31 January 2013|access-date=1 November 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151121173521/http://www.asianimage.co.uk/news/10197507.Winners_honoured_at_British_Muslim_Awards/|archive-date=21 November 2015}}{{cite news|url=http://www.asianworldnews.co.uk/business/british-muslim-awards-2016/|title=British Muslim Awards 2016|publisher=Asian World|date=17 February 2016|access-date=1 April 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160421220433/http://asianworldnews.co.uk/business/british-muslim-awards-2016/|archive-date=21 April 2016}}
• In late 2016 and 2017, Khan won and accepted the British GQ's Politician of the Year Award.{{Cite web|url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/gallery/anthony-joshua-jared-leto-stormzy|title=See all our incredible GQ Men Of The Year 20th Anniversary issue cover stars|website=British GQ|date=7 September 2017}}
• In 2017, he was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Law.{{Cite web|url=https://universitybusiness.co.uk/Article/the-university-of-law-awards-sadiq-khan/|title=The University of Law awards Sadiq Khan|website=University Business|date=9 May 2017|access-date=2 October 2019}}
• In 2018, Khan was conferred Sitara-e-Pakistan for his services to Pakistan by the Pakistani President Mamnoon Hussain.{{cite news |title=President Mamnoon confers civil awards on Yaum-i-Pakistan |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1397075 |work=Dawn}}
• In 2018, he became an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects.{{Cite web|url=https://www.architecture.com/knowledge-and-resources/knowledge-landing-page/riba-honorary-fellowships-2018-announced|last=Royal Institute of British Architects|title=RIBA Honorary Fellowships 2018 announced|date=28 September 2017|access-date=6 March 2024}}
• In 2019, Khan became an Honorary Bencher of the Middle Temple.{{Cite web|url=https://www.middletemple.org.uk/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=40086|last=Honourable Society of the Middle Temple|title=Bench call|date=8 July 2019|access-date=6 March 2024}}
• In 2024, Khan won and accepted the Local Government Award at EPG's Political and Public awards at the House of Commons.{{Cite web |last=EPG |date=8 March 2024 |title=Sadiq Khan, Oliver Dowden, Angela Rayner top the poll at Awards |url=https://www.economicpolicygroup.com/sadiq-khan-oliver-dowden-angela-rayner-win-at-epg-political-public-life-awards/ |access-date=18 March 2024 |website=EPG Economic and Strategy Consulting |language=en-US}}

Khan is a practising Muslim who observes the fast during Ramadan and regularly attends Al-Muzzammil Mosque in Tooting.{{cite web|url=http://www.getreligion.org/getreligion/2016/5/8/london-elects-a-muslim-mayor-and-the-journalism-world-rightly-notes-it-as-a-new-day|last=Rifkin|first=Ira|title=London elects its first Muslim mayor and the journalism world rightly notes its importance|website=Get Religion|date=9 May 2016|access-date=14 May 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160511121118/http://www.getreligion.org/getreligion/2016/5/8/london-elects-a-muslim-mayor-and-the-journalism-world-rightly-notes-it-as-a-new-day|archive-date=11 May 2016}}{{cite news|last1=Sherwood|first1=Harriet|title='This is our moment': Tooting Muslims laud Sadiq Khan victory|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/may/07/our-moment-tooting-muslims-sadiq-khan-london-mayoral-election-victory|access-date=14 May 2016|work=The Guardian|date=7 May 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160512035232/http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/may/07/our-moment-tooting-muslims-sadiq-khan-london-mayoral-election-victory|archive-date=12 May 2016}}{{cite web|last=Khan|first=Sadiq|title=Sadiq hosts Eid celebrations|url=http://www.sadiqkhan.org.uk/sadiq_hosts_eid_celebrations|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160609203340/http://www.sadiqkhan.org.uk/sadiq_hosts_eid_celebrations|archive-date=9 June 2016|access-date=14 May 2016}}{{sfn|Hill|2016|p=58}} Journalist Dave Hill described him as "a moderate, socially liberal Muslim". Khan has expressed the view that "too often the people who are 'representing' the Islamic faith aren't representative, they're angry men with beards. And that is not what Islam is about."{{sfn|Hill|2016|p=83}}

Khan married Saadiya Ahmed, a fellow solicitor, in 1994. They have two daughters, both raised in the Islamic faith.{{Cite news |last1=Crerar |first1=Pippa |last2=Edwardes |first2=Charlotte |title=Sadiq Khan says 'I'm like a stressed Victorian dad' in revealing interview about his family and religion |website=London Evening Standard |date=13 July 2016 |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/mayor/sadiq-khan-says-im-like-a-stressed-victorian-dad-in-revealing-interview-where-he-talks-about-his-a3294436.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160714151534/http://www.standard.co.uk/news/mayor/sadiq-khan-says-im-like-a-stressed-victorian-dad-in-revealing-interview-where-he-talks-about-his-a3294436.html |archive-date=14 July 2016 }} He is a supporter of Liverpool F.C.{{cite web|last=Webber|first=Esther|title=FA Cup: London mayor: The Sadiq Khan story |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-36140479|website=BBC News|date=7 May 2016|access-date=4 March 2021}}

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