Sadiq Khan's 100 Days Of Mayor Of London

Mayor's 100 Days in Office: It’s been 100 days since Sadiq Khan became Mayor of London. In a little over three months, he’s already started to work on many of his manifesto promises. From arts and culture, to housing, policing and transport, here are some of the Mayor’s key achievements so far.

#LondonIsOpen is a major campaign – launched by the Mayor, Sadiq Khan – to show that London is united and open for business, and to the world, following the EU referendum. It shows the world that London remains entrepreneurial, international and full of creativity and possibility. It reassures the more than one million foreign nationals who live in London that they will always be welcome, and that any form of discrimination will not be tolerated.

Mr. Khan is delivering on his promise to be the most pro-cycling mayor that London has ever had and wants to make riding a bike the “safe and obvious” transport choice for Londoners. Cycle Superhighways are cycle routes running from outer London into and across central London. 

Amid a lengthy manifesto is a pledge to support the arts and provisions for small creative businesses, as part of a series of new initiatives he plans to implement that appear to empathise with London’s art and design community. One major endeavour is the promise to produce a Cultural Infrastructure Plan for 2030, which he says will identify what London needs in order to sustain the city’s future as a cultural capital.

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, today announced plans for 10 more Low Emission Bus Zones deploying the greenest buses on the capital’s most polluted routes to cut harmful nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions. The buses are part of the Mayor’s hard-hitting measures to tackle London’s filthy air – responsible for the premature deaths of more than 9,000 Londoners every year – with major plans set to be implemented in 2017 to tackle the dirtiest vehicles.

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, appointed Lord Toby Harris of Haringey to undertake this independent London-wide strategic review in his first weeks in office, following the terrorist attacks in Paris and Brussels, which were followed by an attack in Nice.

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, is on track to deliver at least two dedicated neighbourhood PCs across all of London by the end of this year, with more than half of London’s neighbourhoods now covered. The move towards dedicated ward officers, who know and are known by the community, is Sadiq Khan’s first step to re-establishing real neighbourhood policing.

The Mayor’s new funding programme details how he will use the investment - the biggest housing deal ever secured by City Hall - to support new affordable housing in the capital over the next five years. It is launched on the same day as new planning guidance, designed speed up development and boost affordable housing numbers. Sadiq has been clear there is not a ‘one size fits all’ approach to affordable housing in London, as the city needs a balanced mix of homes to rent and buy.

The Mayor of London Sadiq Khan is fulfilling his pledge to Londoners to protect the capital's Green Belt by refusing planning permission for a development that would encroach on green space in the city. Khan has said: “I am determined to oppose building on the Green Belt, which is now even more important than when it was created."

Travelling on a bus in London will become cheaper and more convenient for millions of Londoners from next week as the one hour ‘Hopper’ fare will begin on Monday 12 September, the Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has announced. The new fare will mean an estimated 30m bus journeys currently costing £1.50 will now become free every year. 

The Mayor Sadiq Khan has frozen fares in London. Mr Khan said: "After years of huge fare increases for London passengers, I'm delighted to be formally announcing our plans to freeze TfL fares across London's transport network.

The Night Tube services have proven a huge success with Londoners, with more than one million journeys already made. The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, said: “I pledged to introduce five Night Tube services before the end of the year, and it gives me great pleasure to announce the start date of the fifth of these, the Piccadilly line services. We’ve seen how enthusiastically Londoners have embraced the Night Tube, and I am delighted that we’ve exceeded expectations with more than one million journeys made already. 

A vote for gay rights would be a vote for homosexual people to have the same rights as heterosexuals (including for example the ability to marry, an equal age of consent, and the right to adopt) and for discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation to be illegal.

Sadiq Khan today hit out at the 'unacceptable' pay gap between men and women as he published full gender pay details of all organisations in the Greater London Authority (GLA) family – including Transport for London, the Metropolitan Police and the London Fire Brigade. Earlier this year, the Mayor honoured a manifesto pledge by publishing gender pay data for all staff at City Hall and today he reiterated his call to all employers to close the pay gap for women after widening publication to include the GLA's 'functional bodies.'

The Mayor is clear that ambitious and decisive action is needed to clean up the air in London. Each year 9,400 deaths occur in the Capital which can be attributed to air quality related illnesses. Today Sadiq Khan said he wanted London to be a 'world leader' in tackling toxic air and challenged ministers to 'prove they share my ambition.' 

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The Mayor's role as the executive of London's strategic authority is to promote economic development and wealth creation, social development, and improvement of the environment. The Mayor also has various other duties in relation to culture and tourism, including responsibility for Trafalgar Square and Parliament Square.