Sadiq Khan had deliberate to fly the EU flag on the anniversary of the Brexit referendum however was blocked from doing so.

Officials at City Hall have been suggested that doing so with out promoting consent from Newham council might end in them being prosecuted.

They would have been liable to legal prosecution beneath the amended city and nation planning (management of ads) rules.

No such consent is required for flying the flag of any nation in England, however some flags require consent.

Until 2021 the EU flag had additionally been amongst these flags that didn't require permission, however the legislation making use of to England was modified after the UK left the EU.

A City Hall supply mentioned: "The mayor is proud to fly flags from City Hall – from the Union flag to the Ukraine flag in current instances.

"Flying a flag is a manner of exhibiting solidarity, expressing our values, and exhibiting pleasure within the identities we share.

"With over a million people calling London their home from other European countries, it’s extraordinary that the Government has effectively banned the European flag being flown without going through a long and bureaucratic planning process.

"Europeans contribute vastly to our social and financial life, and all we needed to do was present our gratitude with a small gesture for at some point of the 12 months."

City Hall will instead display the EU flag’s blue and yellow colours on the building using lights to mark the referendum's anniversary.

Mr Khan described the vote to leave the EU as a "heartbreaking" day, saying that Brexit has brought about "big harm to our metropolis".

In an open letter to Londoners, he said: "Seven years in the past at the moment our nation voted to go away the European Union.

"It was a heartbreaking day for me, and I know it was for many of you too.

"There is little question that within the years since, Brexit has brought about big harm to our metropolis and created an excessive amount of uncertainty for a lot of of you. But you stayed with us."

He added: "Despite the appalling uncertainty over settled standing, regardless of getting used as bargaining chips within the negotiations and regardless of the antimigrant rhetoric coming from this authorities, you saved the religion and continued to make London your own home."