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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Nicholas Cecil and Niva Yadav

HISTORICAL FACTS: London mayor james cleverly early frontrunner to be tory candidate to challenge sadiq khan | History Defined

Sir James Cleverly has emerged as the early frontrunner to be the Tory candidate to take on Sir Sadiq Khan to be Mayor of London, the Standard can reveal.

In an exclusive interview, Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch told how the contest to choose the party’s mayoral contender for the 2028 election had already started.

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