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    Sadiq Khan, the Labour MP for Tooting, has launched his campaign to be the party's candidate for the mayor of London in 2016. Khan's announcement comes just two days after he stood down as Labour's shadow justice secretary and shadow minister for the capital. His announcement also comes on the same day that the party's selection contest for its 2016 mayoral candidate official begins. David Lammy, the MP for Tottenham, who many think is weighing up a leadership bid following Ed Miliband's resignation, became the first Labour figure to announce their mayoral aspirations when he came forward as a candidate in September 2014. The writer and transport expert Christian Wolmar has also officially declared his intention to stand in the party contest. Dame Tessa Jowell and D...

    Labour will want to get the leadership campaign out of the way quickly so it can focus its efforts on the fight to rebuild its reputation. So expect the wheels of power to move very quickly in the next few days, weeks and months. These are the candidates who've been talked about for years as possible successors to Ed Miliband - and who are the favourites with the bookies. Odds are from Ladbrokes at 7am on Friday.

    Ed Miliband’s allies are worried that Mr Cameron will attempt to hang on as prime minister if the Conservatives win more seats than Labour but Labour would have more chance of seeing the Queen’s Speech approved by MPs with the backing of the Scottish National Party and other parties. The new government’s programme will  be unveiled on May 27, with a vote due on June 4. Tory insiders suggest  Mr Cameron would stay on in the hope that the public would regard the party with the most seats as the winner, while seeing a deal put together by the runner-up as a “coalition of the losers.” But Labour argues that such a move would breach the rulebook, the Cabinet Manual, which says a prime minister should resign if it is clear he is unlikely to command the confidence of the Commons....

    The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have announced that their baby daughter is to be called Charlotte Elizabeth Diana. Kensington Palace tweeted the couple were "delighted" to announce the baby will be known as: "Her Royal Highness Princess Charlotte of Cambridge." Bookmakers had said the favourite was 'Alice' after a flurry of last minute bets, knocking 'Charlotte' off the top spot. Some £1m was wagered on the name of the couple's second child, bookmakers estimated. Ladbrokes said that since the baby was born punters had placed more bets on the potential name than on the General Election. Sky's Royal Commentator Alastair Bruce said: "It’s a name that has tremendous history. "It will always provide a link to the past and opportunity for this young princess to create her own ...

Sumon Ahmed: The Royal family youngest princess who newly born, her photograph has published. After proudly showing off the baby princess to the world as they left the Lindo Wing at St Mary's Hospital in London yesterday just 10 hours after her birth, the couple returned to Kensington Palace. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are spending their first day at home as a family of four, as it is widely thought they may reveal the name of their baby daughter later. William and Kate announced the name of their first child, Prince George, the day after the royal couple left hospital in July 2013, so could do the same for their daughter. The Cambridges are expected to remain at the palace for a few days before they travel to their country retreat, Anmer Hall in Norfolk. Their daughter, who is four...