London mayoral election 2021: who are the candidates in the race to become London mayor? Katie Strick and Sophia Sleigh
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The list reads like it could be the line-up from Strictly Come Dancing: an interplanetary space warrior, a YouTuber prankster and a former crime drama star forging a new political career path. But in fact, these are the candidates taking on Sadiq Khan in next month’s London mayoral election.
They are a varied lot - and there is a record-breaking number of them. While 12 nominees ran in 2016, a total of 20 have put their names in the hat for this year’s City Hall contest, which currently sees Khan in the lead, followed by Tory hopeful Shaun Bailey, a former youth worker who has has served in the London Assembly since 2016. Other candidates include UKIP’s Peter Gammons, Mandu Reid for the Women’s Equality Party and the Greens’ Sian Berry.
London mayoral election: Sadiq Khan accuses Tories of stoking up anti-London sentiment to ‘prop up’ red wall Sophia Sleigh
The race for City Hall heated up today as Sadiq Khan called for “London bashing” to stop as he unveiled his big pitch to the capital.
The Labour mayor launched his manifesto this morning with a speech from the Bloomberg building in the City of London.
Mr Khan’s blueprint accuses the Conservatives of stoking up divisions between London and the rest of the country in order to “prop up” their parliamentary gains in the red wall seats of the Midlands and the North.
Your remote learning mega-guide for lockdown 3.0: Tips, tricks and plans for lessons at home Jake Helm and Katie Strick
School’s out for the foreseeable - but don’t panic. We’ve been here before so we (technically) know what we’re doing, Joe Wicks is back (hurrah!) and this time, there’s more help at hand than ever.
Even if teachers aren’t always available on Microsoft Teams, the online timetable is packed - homeschool heroes from Myleene Klass to David Walliams are hard at work to keep the little ones educated (and entertained).
The even better news? Video lessons aren’t the only option available if you’re all sick of screen time or taking it in turns to use the iPad. This time, there are science podcasts to play while you’re making breakfast and audio books that’ll take care of the bedtime reading on nights that you’re too stretched.