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A political downfall, the law man and Labour's 'Mr Fix-It'

The race to lead the city council and its £1bn-plus budget

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Dec 11, 2024
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Clockwise from top left: Mandy Watt, Cammy Day, Jane Meagher, Kevin Lang, Simita Kumar and Stephen Jenkinson

The meeting rooms are no longer smoke-filled. The diplomacy is far more flat white in a cafe off the Royal Mile than ‘beer and sandwiches in Number 10’. But make no mistake, the political horse-trading is in full swing in the capital.

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