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James Cleverly has resigned from the UK shadow cabinet to run for mayor of London. The Conservative MP, a former home and foreign secretary and current shadow minister for housing, communities and local government, is stepping down with immediate effect. The London mayoral election is not due until 2028.
BBC News – UK 3 publishers and 3 source reports documented this archived update.
BBC News – UK The capital is not set to vote on a new mayor until 2028.
Shadow minister for housing, communities and local government to resign with immediate effect James Cleverly has resigned from the shadow cabinet to run for mayor of London. The Tory heavyweight, who was once home and foreign secretary and is shadow minister for housing, communities and local government, told the Sunday Times he will resign with immediate effect. Continue reading...
Sky News – UK Sir James Cleverly is stepping down from the shadow cabinet to stand for London mayor.
Sky News – UK Earl Spencer has defended his claim that King Charles told him Diana, Princess of Wales, would be forgotten "soon enough" days after her 1997 death. In extracts from his upcoming memoir, Diana's brother also said Charles sounded "giddily elated" in a phone call after the crash. Buckingham Palace has pushed back, saying grief can "colour memory".
Sky News – UK British actor Stephanie Cole has died aged 84, her agent said. She was best known for roles in Coronation Street, Waiting for God, Open All Hours and the 1980s BBC wartime drama Tenko, and had an extensive theatre career.
Sky News – UK Jagtar Singh Johal, a British Sikh man from Scotland, has been granted bail by a Delhi court nine years after his 2017 arrest in Punjab, India, over alleged terrorism offences. He had been detained without conviction and must remain in India while facing trial.
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