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Lammy throws hat into the ring for London mayor
Lammy announces plans to cap London rents

DAVID LAMMY became the first Labour MP yesterday to throw his hat in the ring to be London mayor — and took shots at Tory incumbent Boris Johnson and his left-wing predecessor Ken Livingstone.

In an interview with the London Evening Standard, Mr Lammy said “both previous mayors” were “mayor for part of London and not for all.

“I am in the centre of British politics,” he said.

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