The Latest Breaking News from Susan Hall

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.

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.

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

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

'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.…

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

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.

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. 

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

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.

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