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Londoners have been barred from attending Thursday's People's Question Time in person.

People's Question Time is held twice a year, when the mayor and assembly members are quizzed about various issuesA rude sticker of mayor Sadiq Khan contributed to the barring of Londoners from attending People's Question Time on Thursday in person, it has emerged.

The mayor and London Assembly are required by law to hold two PQT events a year, with the public meetings - a place where people can pose questions to politicians in person - being held for more than two decades.This week's event was due to have been staged in Richmond, south-west London, but last month the mayor decided to

A number of anti-Ulez protesters attended and repeatedly interrupted, heckling the mayor and at points chanting: "Get Khan out." "Behaviour at the last PQT meeting raised concerns and prevented some attending from putting their questions to the mayor. It put the security of members of the public attending as well as those staffing the event at risk."

Spokesman Nick Arlett said: "It's a joke and a caricature, it's nothing. If you are a five-year-old you might find it offensive. There was nothing threatening about it whatsoever. When Mr Prentice asked for the staff member's name and said he wanted to make a complaint, he was forcibly removed by security guards, while his partner followed in her wheelchair.

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