The Mayor of London has today been knighted despite mammoth petitions to stop it happening. One currently has more than 220,000 signatures and nearly 30 have been rejected, as per the UK Parliament Petition website.

The 220,000-strong petition read: "Our once thriving capital is now divided and stagnant, and all under his watch. We've seen Khan continuously deflect responsibility and accountability, blaming everybody but himself. Our beloved city is in an expensive paralysis, consistently interrupted by strikes."

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The Knighthood was announced on December 30 last year, among a number of politicians named in the New Year's Honours list.

However, Conservative politicians criticised the move, including shadow home secretary Chris Philp who labelled it as a "reward for failure".

Philp said under Sadiq Khan, Londoners have faced increased knife crime, a housing crisis and soaring council tax, and they will "rightly be furious his track record of failure is being rewarded".

"By rewarding the failing Sadiq Khan, has shown once again that for Labour it is Party first, country second," he added.

However, Labour's Foreign Secretary David Lammy congratulated Sir Sadiq on policies to make London's air cleaner, build more council homes, and deliver free school meals.