Nicholas Cecil is Political Editor of the Evening Standard. He covers politics at Westminster, foreign affairs, the economy, intelligence and security, and other major stories affecting London and Britain including the Covid-19 epidemic, climate change, air pollution and occasionally sport stories....
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Nicholas Cecil is Political Editor of the Evening Standard. He covers politics at Westminster, foreign affairs, the economy, intelligence and security, and other major stories affecting London and Britain including the Covid-19 epidemic, climate change, air pollution and occasionally sport stories.
How Susan Hall 'may win mayor race' fever sent London into frenzy
Talk of an election ‘Sue-nami’ turned out to be wild speculation
Cabinet minister rules out summer snap general election
Work and Pensions Secretary Mel Stride strongly signals that the general election would now be in the autumn
Rishi Sunak hit by fresh Tory turmoil after heavy election losses
Boris Johnson should return to frontline politics to ease the party’s woes, one Conservative former minister has said
London mayor election result: When will winner be announced?
Londoners voted on May 2 for the Mayor of London, London Assembly Constituency member and London Assembly London-wide member contests
London mayor election: How to watch results in before winner announced
Elections are taking place in the capital for the mayor, constituency London Assembly members, and London-wide Assembly members
London mayor election: Signs of close race between Khan and Hall
Turnout falls in Labour heartlands and rises in those favouring the Tories - suggesting result could be close run on Saturday night
Blow for Rishi Sunak as Tories suffer by-election and council defeats
The Conservatives woke to a set of dismal results streaming in from overnight election counts
London mayor election: Why will the result not be announced today?
The votes of around two million Londoners are expected to have to be counted to get the full result
Mayor race electrified as Khan lead on Hall smallest so far - poll
Exclusive: Savanta survey for Centre for London put Labour mayor on 42 per cent and Tory candidate 32 per cent
Jeremy Hunt blow as top economists cut growth forecast for Britain
The OECD also predicted the UK would see the weakest growth across the G7 group of major economies next year
Turkish police fire rubber bullets as they detain 210 in Istanbul
President Tayyip Erdogan said on the eve of May Day that the annual protests would not be allowed to take place on Taksim Square
Election chiefs plea for Londoners to bring photo ID for May 2 polls
‘Before you head to the polling station, don’t forget to check to make sure you have the ID you need to vote,’ says Electoral Commission
Sadiq Khan 22 points ahead of Susan Hall, new election poll shows
EXCLUSIVE: The YouGov survey put the Labour mayor on 47 per cent and the Tory candidate 25 per cent with just two days until election
SNP: Forbes claims 'groundswell of support' after Yousaf's downfall
SNP’s Westminster chief Stephen Flynn denies he brought down Yousaf as he backs party veteran John Swinney for leader
Raids to be launched to detain migrants to deport to Rwanda - minister
It comes after Government documents suggested of 5,700 people identified for removal, just 2,145 can be located for detention
Migrants heading to Ireland from UK 'sign of deterrent' of Rwanda Plan
The Irish Government has said there had been an increase in asylum seekers arriving across the Northern Ireland border
PM 'tolerance' plea ahead of pro-Gaza London march and counter protest
Home Secretary James Cleverly and Met Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley held urgent meetings with Jewish groups on Thursday
Putin army 'accelerating' bid to break Ukraine line amid heavy losses
Ministry of Defence in London said Russian units had seized ‘several small settlements’ in the Donetsk province
Sunak would be 'off his head' to call summer election, says top Tory
Ex-Brexit Secretary Sir David Davis warned it would be ‘suicidal in political terms’ to go to the country within a few months
One in four young Londoners 'unaware of photo ID need' for mayor poll
YouGov survey for Royal Holloway University of London found 24 per cent of Londoners aged 18 to 24 did not know of this legal requirement
New poll gives Sadiq Khan smallest lead over Susan Hall in mayor race
EXCLUSIVE: Savanta survey for the Mile End Institute at Queen Mary University of London puts the Labour mayor on 46 per cent - 13 points ahead of Tory challenger Susan Hall