Mayoral Election: four main candidates’ key pledges explained ...The Standard podcast

Rachelle Abbott and Jon Weeks

30 April 2024 at 11:57 am·1-min read

With less than two days to go before the 2024 London mayoral election, our city hall editor Ross Lydall joins Jon Weeks to explain the key pledges made by each of the four main candidates, Sadiq Khan (Labour), Susan Hall (Conservatives), Rob Blackie (Liberal Democrats) and Zoe Garbett (Green Party).

Ross also reveals which one he thinks is relevant to most Londoners.

In this episode:

Why now is the time to secure voters
Free school meals, ULEZ, tackling crime, lowering rents: which issue speaks to most Londoners?
Who’s tipped to win based on the latest polls

You can read the full report here.

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