Sadiq Khan on why he wants a third term as London mayor

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Sadiq Khan reveals why he wants to serve as the Labour mayor of London for a third term.  The 2024 London mayoral election is due to be held on May 2 2024.

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00:00 What I think we've achieved in the last eight years, despite the government, you know, freezing

00:04 fares for the last eight years, freezing them next year as well in the TFL fares, for the

00:09 first time ever providing free school meals to every child in primary schools, state primary

00:13 schools, investing record sums in council housing, more started than any time since

00:18 the 1970s, more completions of homes than any time since the 1930s, mentors for 100,000

00:23 young people, positive things for 300,000 young people. I think that we've done all

00:28 that with a Conservative government and I just imagine the possibility of working with

00:33 a Labour government that's pro-London. I'm incredibly excited. You know, in the 24 years

00:37 of a mayoralty, there's only been one four-year period with a Labour mayor and a Labour prime

00:42 minister. During those four years, we won the Olympics, we secured cross-rail funding,

00:46 8,000 council homes in one year. So I'm really excited about the chance of working with Keir

00:51 Starmer and Labour government because I think we can do so much more for our great city.

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