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London mayoral election: Lib Dems' Rob Blackie takes aim at Sadiq Khan and Susan Hall as he launches campaign

The candidate said Labour’s Sadiq Khan ‘blames everyone else’ for failures on crime, while Tory candidate Susan Hall is ‘beyond the pale’

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London mayoral election: Sadiq Khan launches re-election campaign with pledge of 40,000 council homes

He stresses the prospect of a Labour government and Labour mayor are a ‘once in a generation” chance to ease London’s housing crisis

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London Mayoral elections: Count Binface to stand and pledges to 'take the trash out'

Key pledges include cap on the price of croissants and to rename London Bridge

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OPINION - A mayoral election campaign finally appears to have broken out in London

A mayoral election campaign appears to have broken out. Less than eight weeks until polling day, the two main candidates for City Hall have been filling their media grids with policy announcements and photo opportunities.

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OPINION - The Standard View: Accept the Princess of Wales' apology and move on

It was a mistake, one to which the Princess of Wales has admitted. Kate has said sorry for any confusion caused over a digitally altered photograph released by Kensington Palace to mark Mother’s Day.

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‘We’re stuffed’: have Conservatives given up on winning the next general election?

With over 60 Tory MPs standing down and councillors quitting before council elections, there is a sense party expects a heavy defeat

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Susan Hall selection as Tory mayoral candidate under new attack by ex-London minister Paul Scully

‘The electorate will treat the party seriously if it shows a greater degree of seriousness itself,’ said Sutton and Cheam MP Mr Scully

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OPINION - Are we there yet? British politics may still have some way to go before it reaches rock bottom

'Rock bottom' confers a powerful elixir. Recovering alcoholics often point to the day, the hour, the drink that led them to make a change. For others, it is the simple reassurance that no matter how difficult the times, there is something to be said for them no longer getting worse.…

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Sadiq Khan launches attack on 'divisive' Tory rival Susan Hall as mayoral race gets personal

Mayor says election will be ‘toughest contest of my political life’

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Three things that could dent Sadiq Khan’s re-election campaign - The Standard Podcast

Professor Patrick Diamond from Queen Mary University of London tells The Standard Podcast which three key areas could impact Sadiq Khan's mayoral re-election campaign.

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OPINION - Londoners are dissatisfied with Sadiq Khan – and look set to hand him a landslide victory

It is difficult to imagine a more benign environment for an incumbent. Sadiq Khan is the Labour candidate in a city that delivered Labour a landslide victory in 2019, even as Jeremy Corbyn led the party to electoral oblivion.

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Labour demands Tory London mayor candidate apologise for ‘Islamophobia’

Party chair also calls on Susan Hall to commit not to use further ‘anti-Muslim hatred’ in campaign against Sadiq Khan

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OPINION - The Standard View: Polls suggest Sadiq Khan will win, despite dissatisfaction with the mayor

The headline figure suggests the race to be London Mayor is over. A poll in today’s Evening Standard hands Sadiq Khan a 25-point lead over Susan Hall, his Conservative rival, with just 10 weeks to go until polling day.

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Lee Anderson stands by attack on Sadiq Khan and launches fresh broadside

Former Tory deputy chair says ‘when you think you are right, you should never apologise’ because it would be a sign of weakness

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OPINION - The Standard View: Lee Anderson's comments were Islamophobic and must be condemned by all

By suggesting that Islamists had “got control of [Sadiq] Khan” and “control of London”, former Conservative Party deputy chairman Lee Anderson was speaking in patently Islamophobic terms. The Mayor is a Muslim, as are approximately 1.3 million Londoners. To remark that leaves Khan in the pocket of Islamists is racist.

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Don't let hate win: Sadiq Khan and Susan Hall make unity plea amid Lee Anderson 'Islamophobia' storm

London mayoral rivals join forces to condemn antisemitism and Islamophobia

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Lee Anderson's 'divisive and dangerous' rant against Sadiq Khan condemned by Tory and Labour MPs

Tory chiefs are under pressure to take action against Mr Anderson over his outburst against the London mayor

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London mayoral election: I’ll boost crime fight by cutting Sadiq Khan’s mayoral staff, vows Susan Hall

Tory candidate for London mayor vows to crack down on knife crime and introduce specialist units to tackle burglaries, robberies and thefts

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Sadiq Khan's rivals urge mayor to do more to promote little-known Tube discount

The young, disabled and armed forces are all entitled to cheaper travel ‘but many of them do not know it’, the mayor has been warned

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London mayoral election: Lib Dem candidate Rob Blackie would scrap 'phoney' TfL fare freeze

Rob Blackie said he would put the money saved into policing instead

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Susan Hall criticises fire brigade for 'ridiculous' delays to Jaden Francois-Esprit suicide investigation

Ms Hall said that delays to the Brigade’s independent investigation into the firefighter’s death were ‘not fair to anybody’

The Guardian - UK

Off-peak tube and rail fare trial to start on Fridays in London

Three-month scheme to try to tempt back passengers since Covid lockdowns will begin in March

Evening Standard

What are the voter ID requirements for the London mayoral election?

The Mayor of London and London Assembly elections take place on Thursday, May 2

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100 days until the mayoral election - The Standard podcast

The countdown is on to the London mayoral election, but with 2nd May fast approaching, is it all still to play for?

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London mayoral election: Sadiq Khan fires warning shot with 100 days to go

Voting changes mean Tories could win, Labour incumbent tells his supporters

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