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Posts by Kumail Jaffer, Local Democracy Reporter

‘Get a handle on housing crisis,’ Mayor of London told

By Kumail Jaffer, Local Democracy Reporter | Wednesday 12 November 2025 at 09:33

Only 6,370 affordable homes have been started since 2023, despite Sadiq Khan promising at least 17,800 by next March

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Come clean on buried ‘LTNs don’t cut traffic’ report, Sadiq Khan told

By Kumail Jaffer, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 26 September 2025 at 14:35
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan

The City Hall Conservatives transport spokesman Keith Prince said mayor must reveal whether he was involved

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Popular Dalston bakery giving prison leavers tools to flourish in ‘chaotic’ London

By Kumail Jaffer, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 26 September 2025 at 14:01

The Dusty Knuckle has been praised as an exemplar in how to support ex-offenders

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‘Desperately disappointing for bereaved and injured’ – plans to end road deaths delayed till 2026

By Kumail Jaffer, Local Democracy Reporter | Wednesday 24 September 2025 at 11:19

Campaigners react as second phase of TfL puts brakes on much-vaunted Vision Zero Action Plan

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Sadiq Khan breaks ranks with Labour government to call Gaza tragedy ‘genocide’ for first time

By Kumail Jaffer, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 19 September 2025 at 11:34
Sadiq Khan at People's Question Time, 17 September 2025

Mayor of London has previously resisted calls to label Israel’s military campaign a genocide but now says it’s “inescapable” to conclude that

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Homerton dietician warns of ‘postcode lottery’ over access to weight loss drugs

By Kumail Jaffer, Local Democracy Reporter | Monday 15 September 2025 at 11:31

The London Assembly Health Committee heard that high demand for the drugs in London has forced consumers into buying counterfeit medicines

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Greens welcome Met’s removal of 371 school officers – but others brand it ‘most catastrophic decision in keeping children safe’

By Kumail Jaffer, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 4 September 2025 at 13:42
Dalston councillor Zoë Garbett

Surveys revealed that 93 per cent of Londoners supported the presence of Safer Schools Officers in school buildings

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London Mayor joins Green party in calling for London arms fair to be scrapped

By Kumail Jaffer, Local Democracy Reporter | Wednesday 3 September 2025 at 21:44
Green party London Assembly Members and councillors protest against DSEI arms fair

Sadiq Khan ‘is appalled that the capital is being used as a marketplace for those who wish to trade in weapons’

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London’s overheating crisis: Calls for Sadiq Khan to rethink new-build air conditioning

By Kumail Jaffer, Local Democracy Reporter | Monday 1 September 2025 at 17:23

City Hall has told developers to prioritise ‘passive ventilation’ and avoid air conditioning unless ‘unavoidable’

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‘Treating us all as suspects’ – Doubts over success of Met Police’s Live Facial Recognition technology

By Kumail Jaffer, Local Democracy Reporter | Saturday 16 August 2025 at 09:37
Critical: Green party London Assembly Member and Dalston councillor Cllr Zoë Garbett

Critics have branded the use of LFR, which maps a person’s unique facial features, and matches them against faces on watchlists, as an ‘erosion of civil liberties

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