Tech secretary to make statement over X’s sexualised AI images – UK politics live

Liz Kendall had previously said that Ofcom must act ‘in days, not weeks’ after Grok merely made picture service available to paid subscribersNigel Farage, the Reform UK leader, is holding another press conference today. Last week he held one that was largely devoted to the crime late in London, which he depicted as a ghastly hellhole where it wasn’t safe to walk the streets. He and Laila Cunningham, his candidate for mayor in London, claimed the capital used to be safer in the past.Today Sadiq Khan, the Labour mayor of London, is highlighting postive crime figures for London. As Vikram Dodd reports, the murder rate is at its lowest level for a decade.London’s homicide rate is lower than rates in New York, Berlin, Brussels, Milan, Toronto and Paris, five times lower than the rate in LA, and almost 12 times lower than the rate in Chicago. Last year, the capital recorded the fewest number of homicides of victims aged under 25 this century. Our homicide rate for under-25s is now three times lower than it was when I set the VRU up in 2019, and hospital admissions of young people for knife assault have fallen by 43% in the same period.The success of our crackdown on violent crime means Londoners are safer in their homes and on our streets. Continue reading...