{"id":762482,"date":"2026-02-13T20:11:26","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T20:11:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/762482\/"},"modified":"2026-02-13T20:11:26","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T20:11:26","slug":"sadiq-khan-signals-he-will-stand-for-a-fourth-term-as-london-mayor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/762482\/","title":{"rendered":"Sadiq Khan signals he will stand for a fourth term as London Mayor"},"content":{"rendered":"

Speaking exclusively to the London Evening Standard<\/a>, London Mayor Sadiq Khan has given his strongest hint yet that he will seek a fourth term in the role.<\/p>\n

In a video interview with the paper he said \u201cOnce the election begins, we know who the candidates are, I will have a strategy to deal with both Count Binface and Reform\u201d indicating that he is already considering his strategy to run.<\/p>\n

Khan won re-election for a third time in 2024 with 43.8% of the vote \u2013 a rise of 3.8% on his total in 2021 beating the Tory Susan Hall by over 11%.<\/p>\n

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He has been increasingly vocal as mayor, championing his successful clean air policies<\/a> and record reductions in homicide<\/a> as well as recently speaking out<\/a> in criticism of the government\u2019s immigration reforms.<\/p>\n

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He is a frequent target of attacks from the far right, with Donald Trump calling him \u201chorrible, disgusting, vicious and incompetent.\u201d<\/p>\n

This has only made him more popular with Labour members, with recent Survation polling done exclusively for LabourList making him the most popular Labour politician.<\/p>\n

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