The Latest Breaking News from Sadiq Khan

Today, the electoral path to the next Tory government (if there is one) is narrower than ever. Thanks to the rise of Reform UK and the prospect of a structural split in the right-wing vote. Yet whilst most commentary has focused on Nigel Farage’s success in the so-called Red Wall,…

TfL is understood to have banned the adverts on the grounds that they could bring City Hall and the police service into disrepute

Sadiq Khan seeking ‘urgent review’ of decision to ban adverts from British Pregnancy Advisory Service

Almost 25 years after an experiment was ditched to caution rather than arrest those carrying small amounts of the drug, a rethink is on the cards – but the British government remains cautious

The London Standard’s readers vote on whether cannabis possession should be decriminalised

COMMENT: When the Conservative front-bencher challenged a series of barrier hoppers on the London Underground, it was a personal vindication – for too long a time, it’s only been middle-aged women like me who step in and do anything, says Clair Woodward

Shadow justice secretary accuses mayor Sir Sadiq Khan of ‘driving a proud city into the ground’

Brian Paddick, who led decriminalisation pilot scheme in 2001-02, says it diverts ‘scarce resources’ from other issues

COMMENT: Making it no longer illegal to possess small quantities of the drug will focus the criminal justice system on those who produce and supply it – and enable the police to rebuild relations with the Black community, says Lord Falconer

COMMENT: Sadiq Khan has had an impressive run as mayor of London, writes Patrick Diamond – and his latest show of independence from Labour thinking could be an indicator of where his future lies within the party

A Labour minister has rejected Sir Sadiq Khan’s calls for the partial decriminalisation of cannabis, stating that the government’s stance “remains unchanged”.