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Cleverly finally turns battle for London into serious contest again – and why it’s good news for Badenoch

ANALYSIS: As Sir James Cleverly announces he is quitting the shadow cabinet to run for London mayor, political editor David Maddox considers the implications for the election in two years’ time, and why Kemi Badenoch will be happy

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Conservative MP James Cleverly quits to run for Mayor of London

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Cleverly quits shadow cabinet to run for London mayor

The former foreign secretary has told Kemi Badenoch he will leave her front bench.

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James Cleverly electrifies London mayor race as he quits shadow cabinet to run as Tory candidate for City Hall

Former Home Secretary is immediate frontrunner to take on Sadiq Khan saying London needs a ‘champion’ who is ‘prepared to fight for its future’

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James Cleverly quits shadow cabinet to run for London mayor

The former foreign secretary and Braintree MP says the capital needs ‘a champion, someone who understands its potential and is prepared to fight for its future’

The Independent UK

James Cleverly resigns from shadow cabinet to run for mayor of London

Shadow minister for housing, communities and local government to resign with immediate effect

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Just 4% of homes built under Labour’s council housing ‘comeback’ will be council-owned. ‘It’s a con’

Exclusive: Labour’s new council housebuilding drive has been called a ‘con’ as new figures show only a small proportion will actually be built by councils

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Khan v Cunningham: Shock poll shows Reform in pole position to challenge Labour in London mayor race

Nigel Farage’s party may beat the Conservatives in the battle for second place after first choice votes are counted in the next London mayoral contest

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Sadiq Khan announces thousands more council and housing association homes to be built in London

But the Conservatives accused the Government of a ‘sleight of hand’ over the latest social housing plans and of backloading funding

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Why Sadiq Khan would win fourth term as mayor - even if most Londoners want him to stand down

Commentary: If Sir Sadiq did go for four more years in City Hall a contest with Tory Sir James Cleverly could be close but Labour would be frontrunner

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London leaders accuse Andy Burnham of imposing massive council tax rises

Leaders of Westminster, Wandsworth and Kensington and Chelsea town halls argue they are being forced to significantly increase bills or slash services to plug massive budget holes

Evening Standard

Jason Arday's death sparks UK debate over academic rigor, racism after media 'frenzy'

Jason Arday, who was once celebrated as Cambridge University’s youngest Black professor, was found dead last week after weeks of news stories presenting evidence that he was a plagiarist and fabulist

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Rayner defends Burnham’s record on tackling rough sleeping in Manchester

The Government has pledged to offer a place to stay to every rough sleeper by Christmas.

Evening Standard

Burnham unveils £442m plan to end homelessness and get rough sleepers off streets by Christmas

This week, the government has committed to ‘offer everyone a route off the streets this Christmas’

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Evening Standard

PM announces drive to get thousands of rough sleepers off streets for Christmas

The move is reminiscent of the Everyone In scheme in the pandemic when thousands of rough sleepers across England were brought in off the streets.

The Independent UK

Cambridge chancellor condemns ‘racist feeding frenzy’ over Jason Arday

Shadow housing secretary Sir James Cleverly has said he felt Prof Arday was used as ‘bragging rights by some universities’.

Evening Standard

Angela Rayner tears up planning rules to encourage new homes boom near Tube and rail stations in London

‘Minimum density expectations’ will also make it easier for developers to build upwards to tackle the housing crisis in the capital and other cities

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Angela Rayner promises action to tackle housing crisis with planning shake-up

The Government faces a battle to meet its goal of 1.5 million new homes in England.

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James Cleverly Claims Institutions Used Jason Arday as a 'Black Wunderkind' Prior to Tragic Death

Cambridge professor Jason Arday, once hailed as a trailblazing black academic, has died in London after months of punishing scrutiny over plagiarism allegations.

Evening Standard

Vape crackdown to give towns ‘power to turn things around’, Prime Minister says

Andy Burnham visited Ilkeston in Derbyshire on Tuesday, where he said high streets ‘have been hollowed out, particularly in former industrial areas’.

The Independent UK

Andy Burnham vows to give towns ‘power to turn things around’ in vape and betting shop crackdown

Andy Burnham visited Ilkeston in Derbyshire on Tuesday, where he said high streets ‘have been hollowed out, particularly in former industrial areas’.

Evening Standard

Tory London mayor candidate must have no link to previous Conservative government, poll suggests

The poll is bad news for former Home Secretary James Cleverly, who has been tipped as one of the Tory big beasts considering a run for City Hall

The Independent UK

Council tax intake could soar 43% by 2030 – ‘adding £500 to the average bill’

Government forecasts have revealed the Treasury expects the amount raised in England to leap

Evening Standard

Mayors given fast-track route to build new trams and transport links

The change will mean mayors and authority leaders can bypass the queue for Whitehall sign-off on their projects, if they cost less than £500 million.

The Independent UK

The many many different faces in top UK Government jobs in the last ten years

Forget six PMs. The UK on its eighth chancellor, ninth foreign secretary and 10th education secretary in a decade

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