Sir Sadiq Khan has urged London’s hotels not to jack up their prices and instead “put out a helping hand” to the thousands of stranded travellers unable to take off from Heathrow Airport on Friday.
Reports of hotels “profiteering” from the closure of the UK’s largest airport due to a major fire at a nearby electrical substation began to emerge over the course of the morning, with establishments accused of increasing the cost of a room by as much as seven times their standard value.
But the mayor highlighted the generosity shown by one hotel in helping to accommodate the 150 people who were evacuated from their homes in the area of Hayes nearest to the substation.
