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Investigation into Tories’ London election strategy

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There is fresh turmoil among London’s Conservatives as the party launches a probe into its electoral operations in the capital.

Voters will likely go to the polls both nationally and in London in 2024. 

Now the internal review, news of which was broken by LBC, comes just weeks after Susan Hall’s selection as the Conservatives’ London mayoral candidate.

The investigation will focus on the “structures, processes, and organisation of the Conservative Party in London”, but senior Tories also want party chairman Greg Hands to ensure the inquiry covers the selection process to choose their London mayoral candidate.

However, Richard Barnes, the former Conservative deputy mayor of London, told LBC that the probe risked “totally undermining her position”.

It comes after the Conservatives’ surprise by-election win, by 495 votes, last month in Boris Johnson’s former constituency of Uxbridge and South Ruislip.

For the latest, The Leader podcast is joined by Evening Standard political editor Nicholas Cecil.

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