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Her allies maintain that she isn’t plotting against the PM

In today’s newsletter: Inside the buildup to the 2 May vote, and what the result might mean for Labour at the general election

The mayor has been criticised for the Met Police falling short in its recruitment targets last year by more than 1,000 officers

Editorial: Labour is on course to win the London mayoralty, but this does not justify the Tories’ underhand electoral tactics

In the course of three or so years and more than 700 editions, this newsletter has been known to drop the odd clanger. Typos, of course ('guilt-edged' still haunts me late at night) and even once contriving to use an image of Tower Bridge to illustrate a story about Hammersmith…

It was crazy to flag up UK crime using footage of the NY subway. But then, Susan Hall is the candidate: wisdom’s in short supply, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

Mayor hits back after Conservatives pull online video showing panicking crowd in New York to criticise crime record

The Tory party has come under fire after using footage from a stampede at a New York subway station in an attack ad on Labour mayor Sadiq Khan

As well as removing cycle lanes in the capital, Susan Hall also promises to back any group that wants rid of LTNs in London

With under six weeks to go until the mayoral election on May 2, the Standard launches a series of audits into Sadiq Khan’s record. Here, Home Affairs Editor Martin Bentham examines crime

London is poised to reach further out into the sky. Plans are afoot to build scores of new tall buildings across the capital over the next few years in a wave of construction that will reshape the city’s skyline for the next century.