Laila Cunningham named Reform UK candidate for London mayor in 2028

Independent.co reports Nigel Farage has announced Laila Cunningham as Reform UK’s candidate for the London mayoral election in 2028.

Cunningham is a former criminal prosecutor and Westminster City councillor who defected from the Conservatives to Reform UK in June last year. Farage said she will be the figurehead for the party’s campaign in London ahead of May’s elections, which he views as a significant electoral test, and her key pledges include launching an “all-out war on crime” and scrapping the Ultra-Low Emission Zone (Ulez).

She left her role at the Crown Prosecution Service after making politically charged comments upon joining Reform UK, potentially breaching impartiality rules.

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