Sadiq Khan has been criticised for effectively blocking a statue of Queen Elizabeth II in Trafalgar Square until 2030 at the earliest - with "woke art" going there instead.

The London Mayor has signed off on the empty Fourth Plinth, where campaigners hope to erect the statue of the beloved late monarch, for "woke" art until the end of the decade.

The first piece to go up for six months will be a fixture of 850 faces of trans people who were mostly sex workers.

It is understood that if Tory mayoral rival Susan Hall defeats Mr Khan on May 2, she will reverse his decision and find an alternative site for the items - while organising for a new statue of the late Queen to be commissioned and erected on the empty plinth.