“Legal aid gets a bad press. Some rail against handing taxpayers' money to criminals; others attack fat cat lawyers, while some argue that we spend far more on legal aid than other countries. But let's get some facts straight: saying that legal aid is just about criminals is wrong - most goes to people before any decision is taken on their guilt.”

British politician, Mayor of London since 2016

Sadiq Khan is a British politician, active in the 21st century, and Mayor of London since 2016. He has 100 quotes on the site. He served as the Labour MP for Tooting from 2005 to 2016 before being raised to the House of Lords as a life peer in 2026. Within the Labour Party, he is associated with the soft left and has been described as a social democrat.