Former Treasury minister Jim O’Neill, who advises the Prime Minister, criticizes London Mayor Sadiq Khan, linking concerns about slowing “momentum” in the capital to low housing delivery and wider questions about the city’s direction.
O’Neill’s comments are framed as a rebuttal to Khan, who has publicly lamented that “momentum has gone from London.” The Daily Mail presents O’Neill’s response as suggesting that the mayor should do more, describing Khan in terms such as being “focused and functioning,” while arguing that progress on key issues—particularly housebuilding—has not met expectations.
Across the available coverage, the core dispute centers on London’s performance and whether the mayor’s leadership is delivering enough, especially on housing supply. The accounts emphasize the exchange of views between Khan’s assessment of decline and O’Neill’s critique of the mayor’s effectiveness, without adding detailed new policy figures in the excerpted reporting.
