London Mayor Sadiq Khan hailed Zohran Mamdani’s victory in the New York City mayoral race as “a fantastic win” and congratulated New Yorkers for choosing “hope over fear.” The win will install Mamdani as the first Muslim mayor of the biggest US city, following in the footsteps of Khan who became the first Muslim mayor of a major Western capital when he won his first of three election victories in the British capital in 2016. Like Mamdani, Khan’s background has put him on the receiving end of fie

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has urged Labour not to block Andy Burnham's by-election candidacy during a speech at the Fabian Society meeting at Guildhall, London. Speculation has surrounded a possible return to Westminster for the mayor of Greater Manchester since Andrew Gwynne announced he would resign as an MP on health grounds on Thursday (January 23). Mr Burnham, who is widely believed to have ambitions to lead the party, is yet to comment on whether he intends to stand. If he does put