Women are done with platitudes, Sadiq Khan must make London safer if he is to prove he actually cares about women’s safety, writes Aaron Newbury

Nearly a year ago, Sadiq Khan promised action, but today, Londoners are still waiting.

Last year, as polls tightened and the Mayor was under fire for a skyrocketing record of violence against women, Khan rushed out a policy to try and nip negative coverage in the bud. Faced with a Tory challenger pledging to overhaul how the Met tackles violence against women, Khan pledged a “lived experience” project, where 60 women would be paid to ‘audit’ safety concerns across five London locations.

Defiant, he pledged that this would all be possible with “the winds of a labour government” behind him. Alas,

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