More than four million women and girls live in London. They represent over half (51 per cent) of the capital’s population. But under Mayor Sadiq Khan they have been reduced to an afterthought.

The nation’s capital has become a hostile environment where the incidence of rape has soared, female commuters are routinely harassed, working women routinely underpaid, and mothers foot exorbitant childcare bills that force many to skip meals or fall behind on bills.