James Cleverly kicks off London mayor bid with taunts at Sadiq Khan

Craig Munro | Senior Politics Reporter Published August 30, 2026 8:14am Updated August 30, 2026 8:15am James Cleverly would be the highest-profile Tory mayoral candidates in a decade (Picture: James Manning/PA Wire) Sir James Cleverly has announced he plans to run for Mayor of London – while mocking Labour incumbent Si

Tory MP stepping down with immediate effect as he prepares to take on incumbent Sadiq Khan

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

Laila Cunningham warns new London mayor rival James Cleverly could be ‘another Sadiq Khan’  GB News

Former home and foreign secretary says UK capital ‘under assault’ from Andy Burnham

Former Home Secretary immediate frontrunner to take on Sadiq Khan saying London needs a ‘champion’ who is ‘prepared to fight for its future’

The former foreign secretary has told Kemi Badenoch he will leave her front bench.

James Cleverly has quit from Kemi Badenoch’s shadow cabinet in order to launch his bid to run for mayor of London.  Cleverly, who was the shadow housing and local government secretary, said he would put himself forward for the Conservatives’ candidacy for London mayor.  He said the capital needed someone who “is prepar

Ex-Cabinet Minister James Cleverly said he was quitting Kemi Badenoch's shadow cabinet to launch a bid to be London Mayor in May 2028

Tory MP is set to challenge Sadiq Khan for the mayoral role in 2028

James Cleverly is quitting the Conservative shadow cabinet so he can run for London mayor. The MP for Braintree is leaving his role as shadow minister for housing, communities and local government, immediately

Shadow minister for housing, communities and local government to resign with immediate effect James Cleverly has resigned from the shadow cabinet to run for mayor of London. The Tory heavyweight, who was once home and foreign secretary and is shadow minister for housing, communities and local government, told the Sunda

Conservative MP Sir James Cleverly has said he is resigning from the shadow cabinet to run for London mayor. "I am putting myself forward to be the Conservative candidate for mayor of London, because our capital needs more than an administrator," he wrote in the Times.Sir James said he has told Tory leader Kemi Badenoc

James Cleverly is to resign as a shadow cabinet minister with immediate effect to run for London Mayor.

Sir James Cleverly resigns from shadow cabinet to run for Mayor of London  lbc.co.uk

JAMES Cleverly has quite his role in the Shadow Cabinet to run for Mayor of London. The Conservative MP for Braintree and former Home Secretary will resign from his current role with immediate effect. Cleverly explained that he decided he needed to make his position clear ahead of the Convervative Party conference in O

James Cleverly: Sadiq Khan has let down London, our capital needs a champion  The Times

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