Sadiq Khan warns ministers not to ‘put our towns and cities against each other’

London mayor attacks decision to sideline city in spending review, arguing it has some of UK's worst deprivation

Ministers must not stumble into the trap of putting our towns and cities against each other", Sadiq Khan will say, as he delivers a blistering attack on the Treasury's decision to sideline London in this week's spending review.

In a state of London address, the capital's mayor will urge ministers to stop treating investment as a zero-sum game between north and south - arguing that some of the worst deprivation in the country is within London's borders.