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Tories are taking to heart Trump’s playbook of division and lies

Notorious attack ad against Sadiq Khan reflects political era where social media is used to provoke outrage

The Guardian - UK

Controversial attack ad on Sadiq Khan made solely by Tory HQ, source says

Spurious video on London mayor’s record on crime allegedly had no input from team of Tory candidate Susan Hall

The Guardian - UK

Penny Mordaunt: I'm on even more manoeuvres than you think

Her allies maintain that she isn’t plotting against the PM

Evening Standard

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Wednesday briefing: The bizarre Tory attack on Sadiq Khan – and what the London mayoral race might bring

In today’s newsletter: Inside the buildup to the 2 May vote, and what the result might mean for Labour at the general election

The Guardian - UK

Sadiq Khan promises 1,300 new police officers - but only with a Labour Government

The mayor has been criticised for the Met Police falling short in its recruitment targets last year by more than 1,000 officers

Evening Standard

The Guardian view on fake campaign videos: the costs of spreading false information are real

Editorial: Labour is on course to win the London mayoralty, but this does not justify the Tories’ underhand electoral tactics

The Guardian - UK

OPINION - Reality check: Susan Hall might win the London mayoral election

In the course of three or so years and more than 700 editions, this newsletter has been known to drop the odd clanger. Typos, of course ('guilt-edged' still haunts me late at night) and even once contriving to use an image of Tower Bridge to illustrate a story about Hammersmith…

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If Tories who want to run the capital think London is in New York, shouldn’t we be worried?

It was crazy to flag up UK crime using footage of the NY subway. But then, Susan Hall is the candidate: wisdom’s in short supply, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

The Guardian - UK

Sadiq Khan accuses Tories of ‘lies’ over London mayoral ad

Mayor hits back after Conservatives pull online video showing panicking crowd in New York to criticise crime record

The Guardian - UK

Fact-check: All the claims from the controversial Tory ad attack against Sadiq Khan

The Tory party has come under fire after using footage from a stampede at a New York subway station in an attack ad on Labour mayor Sadiq Khan

Evening Standard

Conservative London Mayor candidate vows to tear out 'havoc-causing cycle lanes' if elected into office

As well as removing cycle lanes in the capital, Susan Hall also promises to back any group that wants rid of LTNs in London

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London mayoral election: What has Sadiq Khan done to tackle crime in our city?

With under six weeks to go until the mayoral election on May 2, the Standard launches a series of audits into Sadiq Khan’s record. Here, Home Affairs Editor Martin Bentham examines crime

Evening Standard

OPINION - The Standard View: The only way is up for London's skyline of the future

London is poised to reach further out into the sky. Plans are afoot to build scores of new tall buildings across the capital over the next few years in a wave of construction that will reshape the city’s skyline for the next century.

Evening Standard

Green London mayoral candidate Zoë Garbett pledges lower Tube fares and free school meals expansion

The candidate warned that London has become ‘far too expensive’ for ‘too many people’

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Sadiq Khan launches TfL hate crime taskforce to protect public from antisemitism and Islamophobia

City Hall said the new taskforce will help Jewish and Muslim communities identify “areas of risk and plan improvements” to the sprawling transport network

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Tories delete Sadiq Khan attack ad showing New York instead of London

Footage of people panicking, designed to attack the London mayor’s record on crime, was filmed in a New York subway station

Evening Standard

Tory candidate Susan Hall takes swipe at Sadiq Khan on first day on mayoral campaign trail

The Conservative contender has vowed to focus on cutting crime, tackling ‘sky-high’ rents and cancelling the Ulez expansion

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Susan Hall launches 'vote for change' mayoral campaign to oust Sadiq Khan

She accused Mr Khan of ‘ignoring’ Londoners’ concerns on crime, housing, and the Ulez expansion, but promised ‘I am listening’

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Sadiq Khan rules out further Ulez changes if re-elected

Sadiq Khan has said in a letter to the capital’s transport commissioner he will not introduce a pay-per-mile scheme.

The Guardian - UK

Loose ends in London and Birmingham raise new fears over HS2’s route – and future

With its route map pruned, leaders in the north want other options, while in the capital, questions are growing over its Euston terminus – still a giant hole in the ground

The Guardian - UK

‘It’s not going to be a landslide’: how will Sadiq Khan fare in the battle to be London mayor?

Khan has long been considered a shoo-in for a third term as mayor. But in a city undergoing huge change, unease is setting in among his team

Evening Standard

Almost 700,000 London bus journeys cut last year, data reveals

Sadiq Khan’s spokesman said the mayor had “done everything in his powers to protect bus services across the capital”

The Guardian - UK

‘This isn’t a game of 4D chess’: Tories braced for bruising local elections

Rishi Sunak launches his party’s campaign amid fears of wipeout and internal rumblings about his leadership

Evening Standard

Rishi Sunak tells voters: don't let Keir Starmer 'stroll into Number 10'

PM also claims that Sadiq Khan is ‘more interested in virtue signalling than delivering’

Evening Standard

OPINION - The Standard View: Sadiq Khan is streets ahead of Susan Hall, but voters appear unimpressed

Elections are ultimately about who wins and who loses, and to that end Sadiq Khan appears to have little to worry about. With less than six weeks to go until the May 2 election, a new Savanta poll for the Centre for London puts the Labour Mayor on 51 per…

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