Sadiq Khan could have his eyes set on a fourth term as London mayor after hinting of plans to stand in the 2028 election.

The Labour politician heavily implied he would be standing in the next contest for City Hall, saying he had ‘already worked out’ his campaign. 

In another apparent nod, Khan added that he would ‘have a strategy to deal with both Count Binface and Reform’ once the election begins. 

There is no limit on the number of terms a person can serve as mayor, with Sir Sadiq currently holding the record for longest time in the role after securing his third term in May 2024.

Khan also took a jibe at Reform’s London mayoral candidate Laila Cunningham who sparked controversy with her call for women in London wearing the burka to face being stopped and searched by police. 

‘The problem is, I don’t know if the Reform candidate will still be the candidate in 2028. So, I don’t want to have a campaign for a candidate that may not be the candidate in 2028,’ Khan said. 

‘Once the election begins, we know who the candidates are, I will have a strategy to deal with both Count Binface and Reform,’ he added in an interview with the Evening Standard in Deptford this week. 

Khan is facing mounting pressure over his suitability in his current role amid an apparent exodus of people leaving London over cost-of-living pressures and rising property prices.

Sadiq Khan (pictured last month) could have his eyes set on a fourth term as London mayor after hinting of plans to stand in the 2028 election

Khan also took a jibe at Reform’s London mayoral candidate Laila Cunningham (pictured with Reform leader Nigel Farage), saying she may lose the candidacy before the 2028 election comes round 

Last month, the longstanding mayor hit back at critics claiming London had become a more dangerous place to live and hailed the ‘benefits’ of immigration. 

The longstanding mayor said there had been a ‘drastic fall’ in the legal movement of people into the country, despite the more than 450 per cent rise since the early 1990s.

In a post on the social media platform X, he said: ‘For too long the immigration debate has been dictated by the hysteria, hatred and fearmongering of the far-right.

‘They paint a dystopian picture of London as a city that’s fallen. And let’s be frank – they do so because they can’t stand what London represents – a city that’s diverse, progressive and thriving.’

Sir Sadiq went on: ‘The drastic fall in legal migration provides a unique opportunity for progressives to reset the immigration debate – and take the public with us.’

The London mayor said there was a ‘clear path’ that could ‘allow us to highlight the benefits of immigration’.

His comments followed a speech he gave at London’s Guildhall the same day – where he further sang the praises of diversity. 

In his speech, Sir Sadiq launched a scathing attack on Reform and Conservative politicians, who he claimed ‘can’t stand what London represents – a city that’s diverse, progressive and thriving, with a Mayor who happens to be Muslim’. 

Khan is pictured shortly after being re-elected as the Mayor of London, at City Hall, in 2024

Responding to the comments, Reform chairman Zia Yusuf said: ‘Sadiq Khan has given a speech at the Fabian Society declaring mass untrammelled immigration is actually amazing and turned off replies. Peak Labour politics.’

Sir Sadiq’s stern words followed a furore last year after the Labour politician was called a ‘horrible, vicious, disgusting mayor’ by US President Donald Trump.

In his criticism, Mr Trump had also suggested ‘many’ states in Europe ‘will not be viable countries any longer’ and said immigration policies across the continent were ‘a disaster’.

Sir Sadiq hit back at the remarks, claiming the attacks on Europe and London were ‘grooming’ and ‘radicalising’ extremists in Britain.

He said: ‘My concern about when President Trump says some of the things he does is he normalises and brings to the mainstream views that I think are unacceptable.’

In January, Sir Sadiq also released new data which he said suggested London is ‘safer than ever’. 

Opponents claimed the evidence was ‘cherry-picked’ after the mayor pointed to figures revealing the capital’s murder rate had fallen to its lowest level in decades.

He insisted the Metropolitan Police data disproved suggestions from Mr Trump and other right-wing politicians that crime in London was out of control.