SADIQ KHAN spent more than £2million of taxpayers’ money on a ‘Workforce Integration Network’ promoting race and gender initiatives, while warning City Hall employees that redundancies may be needed due to funding constraints. Documents released to the Daily Express through a Freedom of Information Request (FOI) revealed that City Hall allocated millions to the network since it launched in an attempt to get more ethnic minorities into the workforce.

The program is understood to still be ongoing, even as City Hall staff were emailed this week to say job losses could not be ruled out, as London’s finances face mounting pressure. Critics said the revelation shows Mayor Khan’s “upside down priorities” at a time when Londoners are being hit by record transport costs, soaring council tax, and rising violent crime.