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Doreen Lawrence tipped as Labour Mayor candidate

The mother of Stephen Lawrence is being tipped as Labour's candidate to fight the 2016 London mayoral elections.

Doreen Lawrence has campaigned for justice since her teenage son was murdered in 1993, and was named the most powerful woman in the country in a list compiled for Radio 4's Woman's Hour.

Baroness Lawrence founded the Stephen Lawrence Charitable Trust to support young people from ethnic minority backgrounds. Credit: PA

Labour policy coordinator Jon Cruddas MP wrote in The Sunday People that the "influential and dynamic" peer is "a class act and going from strength to strength".

A Labour Party spokeswoman said: "The Labour Party's selection process for our London Mayoral candidate is not yet under way."