Sadiq Khan hopes victory will inspire more Muslims to enter politics

• Video report by ITV News Political Correspondent Libby Wiener

Sadiq Khan, who was signed in as Mayor of London at Southwark Cathedral earlier today, said he hopes his election victory inspires more Muslims to enter mainstream politics, despite the "divisive" campaign against him.

The new mayor said he had been told that parents had warned their children against a career in politics following the bitter campaign where Zac Goldsmith and other Tories tried to link him to Islamic extremists.

He said his success was down to a "positive" campaign which offered solutions to problems facing Londoners.

He said: "I'm mayor of London now. I've got bigger things to worry about than Zac Goldsmith's campaign.

"It's for them to ask themselves the question, how is it that in the most diverse and fantastic city in the world they chose to have a negative, desperate and divisive campaign?"

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn was conspicuously absent from Sadiq Khan's swearing ceremony, opting instead to visit Bristol to congratulate the city's newly elected mayor Marvin Rees.

"I'm sure I'll be seeing Jeremy over the next few days," Mr Khan told ITV News.