Zac Goldsmith faces the political fight of his life to become Mayor after Sadiq Khan extended his lead among first preference votes to eight points, according to a new poll. With less than five weeks before polling day, the exclusive Opinium survey for the Standard showed growing first preference support for Labour contender Mr Khan particularly in inner London. Conservative ...

Union leaders are calling on David Cameron to take personal charge of talks to prevent the closure of Tata Steel’s Port Talbot plant. They have accused Business Secretary Sajid Javid of “taking his eye off the ball” and say the PM needs “to get a grip” of the negotiations. It comes ahead of emergency talks in London between unions and ...