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Sadiq Khan shut down a caller during a radio phone-in after he was accused of being "dishonest" about using Uber.

The Mayor of London was hosting a radio phone-in on LBC on Thursday, and took a range of calls from listeners.

One caller, Hannad from Tower Hamlets, asked: "What I want to ask is why you say that you use Uber when you were campaigning to be Mayor, and then said that you'd never used them when you revoked their licence?

"I mean, isn't that dishonest?"

Mr Khan did not appear to take the question well, accusing Hannad of not staying on topic since they were supposed to be talking about Brexit.

He said: "Thank you for that relevant question about the EU, let me answer that question directly - I don't know what you're talking about, mate."

The Mayor has previously been accused of “flip-flopping” on Uber to win votes.

He claimed earlier this month that he had “not knowingly” used the taxi-hailing app since its launch in London in 2012.

However a video clip from 2015 has emerged of him referring to himself as an “Uber man”, raising questions over whether he had used the service.

Twitter users were quick to criticise his response to the caller.

One user said: “Sadiq Khan on @LBC asked about his hypocrisy over Uber, hangs up on caller...”

Another added: “The way Sadiq Khan deals with difficult, uncomfortable, embarrassing questions... SLAM!”

Another said: “Sadiq khan on lbc now. A caller raised the issue of him using Uber. Don’t have a clue what yer on about mate and cuts him Off...”

Uber has filed an appeal following a decision by TfL to strip it of its London licence.

Since then more than 855,000 people have signed an online petition launched by Uber, urging TfL to reverse its ruling.

A spokeswoman for the Mayor said: “LBC cut the caller off for not asking a question on topic.”