Labour picks former child refugee to contest Keir Starmer's former seat

Camden council leader Sagal Abdi-Wali has been selected as Labour's candidate for the 8 October by-election in Holborn and St Pancras.

• Abdi-Wali, who came to the UK from Somalia as a child, was chosen by Labour members to contest the seat vacated by Starmer, who announced his resignation as MP on 1 September.
• Green Party leader Zack Polanski is seeking his party's nomination, facing a challenge from local councillor Hamza Chowdhury.
• Reform UK's Zia Yusuf posted on X questioning whether Abdi-Wali was British, a post Labour described as "straightforward racism."