Bailey has three months to persuade Londoners he can cut crime

Showing that the current Mayor is failing is not enough. A strong alternative must be put forward.

Eddie Hughes: Our values must drive CCHQ. That means moving it to a town or small city – not a big one.

Going from the metropolitan bubble in London to another one elsewhere would be pointless. What about Derby, Stoke or York instead?

Greg Hands: Crime will be the central issue in this year’s election for Mayor of London

147 people were murdered in the capital last year, the highest level since 2008. There were three knife crime murders in Fulham last year, in my constituency.

Neil O’Brien: R & D. We invest disproportionately in the first at the expense of the second. Here’s how to improve.

This imbalance is driven by the core science budget: the Research Councils (which fund projects) and Quality Related “QR” funding, which universities allocate.

Shaun Bailey: We need tougher sentences to protect the LGBTQ+ community

I have a crime plan which will ensure that criminals on and offline are put under pressure, not victims. I will fight for London’s values of openness and acceptance.

Rachel Wolf: Where education reform has succeeded – and where it has failed

The parents we have most consistently let down are those we have not empowered to demand more for their children. That must change.

Ben Brittain: Get Brexit Done and innovate like Israel

Its success in innovative industries is based on an R&D-intensive, novel-product-based, export-oriented business model. One that the UK should adopt.

Susan Hall: In 2020, we must offer a positive and progressive alternative to Labour-run London

I am deeply honoured to have been elected Leader of the Conservative Group, on the London Assembly, at an extraordinarily important juncture.

Sunder Katwala: The Conservatives, ethnic minority voters, and the election. Next to no progress.

Not being white remains the number one demographic predictor of not voting Tory.

Andrew Wood: Understanding why we lost in East London

We must do more to dispel the fears held by Muslims and EU citizens. Also important is boosting the right to buy.

Neil O’Brien: Policies for a new Britain – in which the central point for new Tory MPs is the moors on the edge of Sheffield

Can have a bold enough economic policy that people in these newly gained seats can see the difference in five years’ time?

“Get out of London.” Now watch Johnson and Cummings turn the country upside down. Or try to.

Don’t expect Downing Street to bother too much about what MPs or the media think as it prepares to shake up government and Whitehall.

“Boris put out his right hand softly and drew the sword out as gently as from a scabbard”.

His big win marks the end of the EU Ascendancy and the beginning of a new era: that of Britain as a sovereign nation.

Interview. Johnson: This election is “going down to the wire. It is absolutely vital that every Conservative gets out and votes.”

He names his favourite carol, pledges an independent inquiry into anti-Muslim hatred within the Tory Party, and says his record explains why he can be trusted.

Hundreds of “tenants’ halls” sit empty on council estates. They could be rebuilt to provide new homes.

Some local authorities don’t even keep a record of whether the buildings are in use.