Festus Akinbusoye enters race to be Tory candidate for London Mayor

The Former Police and Crime Commissioner and Westminster Councillor says he's a 'fresh face' and that someone not attached to to the previous Government has a better chance to win in the capital

Victoria’s 2026 municipal election campaign officially gets underway Tuesday, with candidates able to file their nomination papers for mayor and council as voters prepare to decide who will lead the city for the next four years.

Festus Akinbusoye is expected to make policing and public safety central to his campaign for London mayor

The former foreign and home secretary said the Prime Minister's devolution drive would involve 'centralising power in his own backyard' of Manchester at the expense of the capital.

As Sir James Cleverly announces he is quitting the shadow cabinet to run for London mayor, political editor David Maddox considers the implications for the election in two years’ time, and why Kemi Badenoch will be happy

Sir James Cleverly is stepping down from the shadow cabinet to stand for London mayor.