During an appearance on Channel 4 news on Friday, Mr Khan was told Goldsmith’s campaign had issued “a leaflet calling the opponent, Sadiq Khan, radical and divisive as a Muslim” and that the claim had been “seen as a huge offence by the Musilm community here in London.”
Think tank criticises Sadiq’s Khan’s “damaging” affordable housing target
According to the report, Mr Khan’s 50 per cent target could see developments filled with “high-cost homes at the expense of more modest ones” as developers seek to recoup the profits lost on the affordable units.
Delivery of official guide to City Hall elections gets underway
By law each of the 5.8 million registered voters across the 33 London boroughs must be provided with a booklet explaining the work of the Assembly and Mayor and containing an “easy to follow” guide on how to fill out the ballot papers.
Video: Zac Goldsmith and Sadiq Khan go head to head at City AM debate
Last night City AM, London’s the business focused newspaper, pitched Mayoral hopefuls Sadiq Khan and Zac Goldsmith against one another in their first head-to-head debate of the campaign.
Zac Goldsmith pledges to create 500,000 new jobs for London workers
Goldsmith said the jobs would be created both through his commitment to build 50,000 homes a year and his promise to “protect transport investment” from the “£1.9 billion black hole” he claims would be created by Labour rival Sadiq Khan’s pledge to freeze fares.
