By Peter Edwards

Labour members have chosen a councillor and trade unionist from the centre-left as its candidate for a borough mayoralty in London. Damien Egan, a member of Unison and Usdaw, will start next year’s contest as the red-hot favourite to replace Labour’s Sir Steve Bullock, who is retiring. Egan, training manager at the Ethical Trading Partnership, was chosen today from a shortlist of five. The “pro-EU, pro-migrant” candidate saw off the challenge of Paul Bell, Brenda Dacres, Allan Hall and Paul Mas, […]