Sadiq Khan says he travels: from a car lover who once voted in favor of Heathrow’s third runway to a politician who understands how pollution harms the health of his fellow Londoners, as well as increasing of the climate crisis. Now campaigning for a third term, he’s written a book about his green conversion.
She explains how developing adult-onset asthma led to a personal awakening, and how she met campaigner Rosamund Kissi-Debrah, whose nine-year-old daughter Ella died of asthma caused by air pollution, making her determined to clean up London’s toxic air. Yet his environmental plans have not pleased everyone – and the expansion of London’s ultra-low emissions zone has proved controversial.
Nosheen Iqbal hear about why he thinks rent controls could be the answer to London’s housing crisis, and whether he feels the Metropolitan police can be overturned following Dame Louise Casey’s damning report, which found that it is institutionally racist, misogynistic and homophobic.
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