"I love this city with all my heart, but unlike some in this room, I'm not blind to what it's become. London, one of the greatest cities on Earth, is no longer safe, and that doesn't happen by accident. When I was growing up, London was the place to live, the place to work, the place to build a life. People envied us that live here. Now, they pity us. They say: 'London's a bit too dangerous for me.'"
"Cunningham told the news conference she would rewrite the London police and crime plan and give new marching orders to the Met to tackle crime that matters, listing knife crime, drugs, robbery, shoplifting and rape. The former prosecutor also said she would also scrap the ultra-low emission zone (Ulez) if she won power, but when asked about the congestion charge said people would have to wait and find out."
Laila Cunningham is a former senior crown prosecutor and a Reform Westminster city councillor who presented herself as a mayoral candidate. She described London as no longer safe, saying people now pity residents and that the city has been diminished. Cunningham pledged to rewrite the London police and crime plan and give new marching orders to the Met to tackle knife crime, drugs, robbery, shoplifting and rape. She said she would scrap the ultra-low emission zone (Ulez) if elected and declined to commit on the congestion charge. Nigel Farage endorsed her as Reform UK's face across London and criticized Sadiq Khan.
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