Sir Robin Wales, Labour mayor of Newham from 2002 to 2018, will become Reform’s London director of local government. Wales’ close aide Clive Furness will be Reform’s mayoral candidate in Newham. Watch along above…
Lord Khan in the Telegraph: “I hope, and I say this in a non-pompous way, that the public service I do will bring rewards in this world and the hereafter,” he says. “I’m hoping the work I do is earning me Brownie points.”