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When this newspaper endorsed Sadiq Khan for a third term as London’s Mayor, it was not simply because of who he was not: Susan Hall. The Evening Standard believes that Khan was the best candidate, and Londoners agreed by a significant margin. Yet it is difficult to escape from the…

Mild-mannered 60-year-old Swinney, who joined the SNP at 15, is the party’s third leader in 14 months.

Newest Labour MP apologises for comments about Charlie Elphicke’s victims amid criticism of her admission to party

Letters: Readers respond to an article by John Harris on the devastating impact of the austerity years on councils and communities

Letters: Readers respond to the news of the staunch rightwing Tory MP defecting to the Labour party

Fresh row erupts over Forbes’s conservative views on equality – but appointment is approved by narrow majority

The former Tory defected to Labour in the most unexpected change of team since Lewis Hamilton announced he was leaving Mercedes

After Natalie Elphicke’s welcome, would Labour turn any Tory dregs away? This is beneath the dignity of a party on the verge of power, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

One is pro-Scottish independence, the other against – can they find common ground on taxation or the new laws on hate crimes?