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Iain Dale was approached to run for the mayoralty three times - but doesn’t even live in London

At last, the Tories have produced their candidate for next year’s mayoral election. Susan Hall is the woman. She is not, even in London, a household name. She has undoubted local government experience, being until recently head of the City Hall Conservatives, but what is striking about this contest was…

Ms Hall said she will do ‘whatever it takes to win’ the contest against Sadiq Khan.

Labour brands Susan Hall ‘hard-right’ politician who hates London’s diversity

Ms Hall, a London Assembly member and former council leader, defeated Moz Hossain KC, a criminal barrister and political novice

Hall’s election ends turbulent selection process in which several early favourites were excluded or stepped down

The £366m, two-year plan on Tuesday won priase from Labour, Conservative, Green and Liberal Democrat politicians at City Hall

The London mayor said he will be lobbying Sir Keir Starmer to abolish the cap, but that he “understands why” the party leader is refusing to make the change

The former Labour leader left the door open to standing in next year’s contest as an independent

The TV chef also wants every child to leave school ‘knowing how to cook 10 recipes to save their life’.

Rachel Reeves and Wes Streeting were among guests at the New Statesman’s summer drinks