Overview
- Cunningham was unveiled as Reform UK's mayoral pick and appointed head of the party's London branch at a press conference.
- Reform said it will fight contests in all 32 London boroughs on May 7 as the opening move in its London strategy.
- Cunningham pledged an 'all-out war on crime' with priorities for the Met including knife crime, drugs, robbery, shoplifting and rape, and a focus on pursuing rape gangs.
- Farage vowed to unseat Sadiq Khan and framed the campaign around law and order, alleging Labour has tolerated a crimewave led by foreign criminal gangs.
- Reports differed on the timing of the mayoral race, with Guido Fawkes citing 2027 while the Daily Mail and City A.M. referenced 2028.