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Susan Hall told Express.co.uk that England’s capital city is falling apart under Mr Khan’s watch. Ms Hall also criticised the London Mayor’s approach to COBRA meetings with the UK Government and his management of Transport for London (TfL). 

Ms Hall said: “I think it has been awful, all he has wanted to do is blame the Government for anything that goes wrong.

“Clearly, we are in an epidemic and nobody knew how it would play out.

“He was invited to a COBRA meeting and gave a statement straight away.

“We all know that COBRA meetings are supposed to be kept private.

“As a Mayor, all he ever does is talks about things he cannot affect like Brexit.

“But all the things that go wrong under his watch like TfL, he will not work with the Government.

“I think he is absolutely appalling and London is falling apart at the moment when you look at it.”

A spokesman for the Mayor of London said in response to Ms Hall’s comments: “Sadiq makes no apology whatsoever for standing up for London.

“Whether it is defending the capital from the impact of Brexit, holding the Government to account over its mishandling of COVID-19, or killing off the worst Government proposals to hit Londoners in the pocket in return for a TfL funding deal, the Mayor will always put the capital first.”

The Conservative Party’s candidate for the 2021 London Mayoral election has also slammed Mr Khan’s previous interaction with COBRA.

During an interview with talkRADIO, Shaun Bailey said: “Sadiq Khan complained he wasn’t invited to COBRA meetings, top-level meetings with things that are being discussed in private so as to not cause a panic in the country.

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“He was invited to a meeting and the first thing he did was to come out of that meeting and break that meeting’s confidentiality.

“He told us that school might be closed down, which could have caused a great panic.

“He was asked not to divulge any information and he did. So that’s why he cannot be trusted.”

Mr Bailey added: “The Government won’t speak to me because everything they tell him, it turns into a political game.”

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