Qatar’s World Cup organising committee, accused of failing to ensure foreign workers’ rights in its construction schemes for the tournament, has been invited by Boris Johnson to invest in regeneration plans in London.

Letters released under the Freedom of Information Act show the mayor of London heaped praise on 2022 World Cup plans and suggested that Qatari officials should consider redeveloping the area around Tottenham Hotspur’s ground in the north of the city.

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Matthew Burgess
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I am a journalist and author. I am a journalist at the UK edition of WIRED magazine. In 2015, my first book Freedom of Information: A Practical Guide for UK Journalists, was published. My second book Reed Hastings: Building Netflix, was published in March 2020. I created FOI Directory in 2012 and have maintained it in my spare time ever since.