Sir Sadiq Khan has been accused of “backtracking” on his undelivered promise to ban gambling adverts from the Tube network.
The mayor pledged in his 2021 re-election manifesto to instruct Transport for London (TfL) to ban adverts from casinos and betting websites, “given the devastating way gambling addiction can destroy lives and families”.
But four years on, no such ban has been passed, and Sir Sadiq has now said that he will wait for the Government to “provide a national framework to addressing this issue” before taking any action from City Hall.
In a recent written question from Caroline Russell, a Green member of the London Assembly, the mayor was asked when he “will implement an ethical advertising policy for TfL.
