The traditional annual service to celebrate public service at the City of Westminster had a distinctly Catholic twist this year.

Cllr Robert Rigby, the new Lord Mayor of Westminster – a Catholic – and his Chaplain, Fr Christopher Colven, addressed hundreds of guests ranging from MPs, councillors to leading figures in charities, the private sector and local amenity societies during the service in Westminster Abbey.

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