Rachael Burford is Chief Political Correspondent at Evening Standard
Rachael Burford is Chief Political Correspondent at Evening Standard

Laila Cunningham said ‘we should only have British flags’ flying from buildings in the UK

Jennie Formby, who managed Labour from 2018 to 2020, said she would be campaigning for Zack Polanski’s party ahead of the local elections on May 7

During a fiery Prime Minister’s Questions, Sir Keir faced grilling over his former spin doctor Matthew Doyle
As part of her ‘un-squaring the Square Mile’ strategy for the year, Dame Susan Langley will don her bike leathers to raise funds for her Lord Mayor’s Appeal

Exclusive: Four people charged after criminal investigation into irregularities surrounding Labour candidate selection process for Croydon East

Sacked foreign office boss Robbins accused Downing Street of a ‘dismissive approach’ to vetting Peter Mandelson and claimed Lord Matthew Doyle, who was handed a peerage despite links to a convicted sex offender, had been considered for an ambassadorship

An emergency debate is set to be held in the Commons on Tuesday after Sir Keir claimed he was not told Lord Mandelson had failed security vetting

US navy personnel can be heard shouting: ‘Vacate your engine room, vacate your engine room, we're prepared to subject you to disabling fire’
Bernard Mani, who was due to stand in Lewisham on May 7, also allegedly tore down balloons put up in solidarity with Israeli children kidnapped by Hamas

Green Party leader Zack Polanski criticises Labour for prioritising property developers as Housing Secretary Steve Reed hits back

Georgie David, standing in West Ham and Beckton, said she was suspending her general election campaign in the east London seat

The Finsbury Park festival was called off on Tuesday when the Home Office confirmed headliner Kanye West would be blocked from entering Britain

In a bid to reduce immigration, the Home Office is introducing a series of stricter new rules

The Mayor launched Labour’s London local elections campaign in Peckham after poll showing party could lose all but two of its councils

Simon Dudley said the deadly 2017 blaze was a ‘tragedy’, but that ‘everyone dies in the end’

The Mayor and the Met have warned against any further unrest, with ‘a strong policing plan’ in place to prevent further ‘utterly unacceptable’ scenes

Britain is seeking to lead a diplomatic initiative to restore access to the vital oil shipping lane being throttled by Iran in retaliation to US-Israeli attacks
Tope Olawoyin, who was due to stand for the Havering Green Party, has withdrawn from the council elections on May 7

The US President said forces will be ‘blasting Iran into oblivion’ until the vital shipping lane is reopened

Responders pulled eight people onto a rescue boat, but two could not be saved

Wandsworth residents pay less than half the amount of those living in Lewisham, Redbridge, Hackney or Barking and Dagenham