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Friday briefing: An awful byelection night for Sunak – though the Tories avoid a wipeout

In today’s newsletter: a pair of major defeats for the Conservatives, but the PM will be relieved to have at least retained Boris Johnson’s old seat

The Guardian - UK

Uxbridge: Labour blames Ulez for by-election defeat in Boris Johnson’s former seat

Labour frontbencher Steve Reed pinpointed the Sadiq Khan-backed scheme as a significant factor behind their defeat

Evening Standard

Record swing in Selby but Starmer faces ‘serious questions’ as Labour fails to take Uxbridge

Labour had been widely expected to overturn a 7,000 majority in the outer London seat, but candidate Danny Beales fell short

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Thumping defeats for Sunak’s Tories but he is spared by-election whitewash

A win in Uxbridge and South Ruislip spared Rishi Sunak the ignominy of becoming the first PM to lose three by-elections in a night since 1968.

The Independent UK

Labour blames Ulez for by-election defeat in Boris Johnson’s former seat

Labour frontbencher Steve Reed pinpointed the Sadiq Khan-backed scheme as a significant factor behind their defeat.

The Independent UK

Lib Dems overturn 19,000 majority to win Somerton and Frome by-election

Sarah Dyke secured victory in the Somerset seat, but there was a victory for the Tories in Uxbridge and South Ruislip.

The Independent UK

Tories hold ex-PM Johnson’s former seat in blow to Starmer

Labour had hoped to take Uxbridge and South Ruislip from Rishi Sunak’s Conservatives.

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Sadiq Khan defends TfL ban on West End theatre advert which showed wedding cake

Emma Best, deputy leader of the City Hall Conservatives, said the decision seemed ‘totally bizarre’, and at odds with the goal of promoting culture in London

Evening Standard

Ulez expansion: mobile cameras could be used in areas targeted by vandals, suggests Sadiq Khan

Mobile cameras could be used to plug “rat runs” in outer London where drivers think they can avoid the Ulez expansion, Sadiq Khan has revealed.

Evening Standard

Sadiq Khan warns cost of living crisis could spark increase in summer violence

Sadiq Khan has warned the cost of living crisis could spark an uptick in violence in the capital this summer.

Evening Standard

London’s Tory mayoral candidate is pedalling backwards on cycling policy

Susan Hall’s lack of enthusiasm for active travel reflects a view within the party in sharp contrast with other major European cities

The Guardian - UK

Susan Hall: the Tory London mayor candidate taking on Sadiq Khan

Conservative members have chosen Susan Hall as the party’s candidate to try to unseat Sadiq Khan in the 2024 London mayoral election.

The Week

Retail chief calls on Mayor of London to take action amid huge spike in shop thefts

Thefts from London retail premises rose by 13% last year, and experts say they are becoming increasingly violent

Evening Standard

Tory London mayoral candidate Susan Hall ‘has Rishi Sunak’s full support’

The Prime Minister’s press secretary said Susan Hall has shown ‘great commitment… highlighting the many failures of Sadiq Khan’.

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Evening Standard

OPINION - The Tory mayoral selection process is a humiliation

Iain Dale was approached to run for the mayoralty three times - but doesn’t even live in London

Evening Standard

OPINION - The Standard View: The Tories have their woman: now go for it

At last, the Tories have produced their candidate for next year’s mayoral election. Susan Hall is the woman. She is not, even in London, a household name. She has undoubted local government experience, being until recently head of the City Hall Conservatives, but what is striking about this contest was…

The Independent UK

Susan Hall named as Conservative Party’s London mayoral candidate

Ms Hall said she will do ‘whatever it takes to win’ the contest against Sadiq Khan.

The Independent UK

Tories pick Trump supporter as London mayor candidate

Labour brands Susan Hall ‘hard-right’ politician who hates London’s diversity

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Susan Hall wins Tory race to face-off against Sadiq Khan for London mayoralty

Ms Hall, a London Assembly member and former council leader, defeated Moz Hossain KC, a criminal barrister and political novice

The Guardian - UK

Susan Hall chosen as Conservative candidate for London mayor

Hall’s election ends turbulent selection process in which several early favourites were excluded or stepped down

Evening Standard

Sadiq Khan: Met Police’s improvement plan is ‘important step on road to reform’

The £366m, two-year plan on Tuesday won priase from Labour, Conservative, Green and Liberal Democrat politicians at City Hall

Evening Standard

‘This policy should be changed’: Sadiq Khan weighs in on Labour two-child benefit cap row

The London mayor said he will be lobbying Sir Keir Starmer to abolish the cap, but that he “understands why” the party leader is refusing to make the change

The Independent UK

Jeremy Corbyn: I won’t rule out running for London mayor

The former Labour leader left the door open to standing in next year’s contest as an independent

The Independent UK

Jamie Oliver calls for vulnerable children to be given free school meals

The TV chef also wants every child to leave school ‘knowing how to cook 10 recipes to save their life’.

Evening Standard

Labour bigwigs are all smiles at summer drinks as tensions rise

Rachel Reeves and Wes Streeting were among guests at the New Statesman’s summer drinks

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