Mr Khan was elected last week, and will now replace Boris Johnson – under whom London has made great strides forward as a cycling city – as mayor.
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Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn must urgently develop a strategy to win back votes across Britain, former shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper has warned.
Although Labour’s council election results were better than predicted, it was knocked into third place in Scotland and lost ground in Wales, where it remains the largest party.
He said: “Sadiq Khan very kindly met with British Cycling during his election campaign, and it was both interesting and encouraging to hear his pledges for cycling in London, which included increasing the proportion of Transport for London spending on cycling”.
The party “only wins when we face outwards… and engage with all voters”, Khan said, adding, “it’s crucial for the whole country that the Labour party becomes a credible government-in-waiting”. “Londoners thought they were buttering their bread by voting in an Islamic Mayor but with the butter they allowed in the cockroaches”, Mr Grima wrote on Facebook.
Around 150 Holocaust survivors were present at the rugby stadium where the memorial was held. He had served as London mayor from 2000 to 2008.
“I want to go to America to meet with and engage with American mayors”, Khan told Time in an interview.
Mr Corbyn insisted he and Mr Khan were “getting on fine”, despite him going to Bristol to congratulate that city’s new mayor Marvin Rees – instead of attending Mr Khan’s signing-in ceremony on Saturday.
Following Khan’s victory on Friday night, Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn tweeted the hashtag #YesWeKhan, telling the new mayor: “Can’t wait to work with you to create a London that is fair for all”.
But Labour MP and Corbyn ally Clive Lewis denied there was a rift.
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He said: “We’ve got to start reaching out to people who in the past have voted Conservative”.
