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With over 60 Tory MPs standing down and councillors quitting before council elections, there is a sense party expects a heavy defeat

‘The electorate will treat the party seriously if it shows a greater degree of seriousness itself,’ said Sutton and Cheam MP Mr Scully

Party chair also calls on Susan Hall to commit not to use further ‘anti-Muslim hatred’ in campaign against Sadiq Khan

The headline figure suggests the race to be London Mayor is over. A poll in today’s Evening Standard hands Sadiq Khan a 25-point lead over Susan Hall, his Conservative rival, with just 10 weeks to go until polling day.

Former Tory deputy chair says ‘when you think you are right, you should never apologise’ because it would be a sign of weakness

By suggesting that Islamists had “got control of [Sadiq] Khan” and “control of London”, former Conservative Party deputy chairman Lee Anderson was speaking in patently Islamophobic terms. The Mayor is a Muslim, as are approximately 1.3 million Londoners. To remark that leaves Khan in the pocket of Islamists is racist.

London mayoral rivals join forces to condemn antisemitism and Islamophobia

Tory chiefs are under pressure to take action against Mr Anderson over his outburst against the London mayor

Tory candidate for London mayor vows to crack down on knife crime and introduce specialist units to tackle burglaries, robberies and thefts