The symbolism and shared purpose were unmistakable: the likely next prime minister of the UK standing shoulder to shoulder with the likely next mayor of London, for the launch of Labour’s mayoral election campaign. Despite polling leads, the party is bringing out the big guns and taking nothing for granted.
There was a policy announcement too — Sadiq Khan pledged to double his target of new council homes for the capital to 40,000 by 2030, branding it the “greatest council homebuilding drive in a generation”.
