Sadiq Khan accused of ‘running down clock’ as Mayor pressed on grooming gangs

Sadiq Khan has been accused of “running down the clock” when pressed on grooming gangs in a London Assembly meeting.The London Mayor was asked if he would guarantee some funding for police investigations into the grooming gangs scandal.Khan said: “Firstly it’s really important when you have a conversation of this nature that you think about the victims of child sexual exploitation.”Pressed by Susan Hall, a former London mayoral candidate, Khan said that he was “really surprised” that Hall “did not know how operational independence works” for the police.Noting that she was “on a clock”, she had asked the mayor for a “yes or no” answer.Susan Hall AM, City Hall Conservatives Crime spokesperson, said: “Yet again Sadiq has failed to answer the important questions put to him about the issues that matter to London.”She added: “Starmer tells us local inquires are the way forward but cowardly Sadiq can’t commit to funding one, and instead cynically tries to run down the clock on the time we have to ask him questions in order to avoid answering.”It’s a disgrace, and an insult to the victims that despite every opportunity we get to push for justice, the Mayor continues to run and hide, for shame.”The mayor’s office was contacted for comment.

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