London News and Opinion
As Labour Party members receive their ballot papers and start voting this week on who will become the party's 2012 candidate for Mayor of London, contenders Ken Livingstone and Oona King answer 10 questions on what party members and Londoners could expect from their respective Mayoralties. Q1.The … [Read more...]
Kulveer Ranger, transport advisor to Mayor of London Boris Johnson, on the challenges of air-conditioning the Tube and the first few days of London's new cycle hire scheme. Listen! … [Read more...]
Spanning two Mayors and taking three years from original idea to first ride, London's new Cycle Hire scheme is the latest way to explore and travel around London. This selection of articles charts the scheme's development, dating back to 2007 when then Mayor Ken Livingstone tasked … [Read more...]
After eight years in opposition as a London Assembly Member, Richard Barnes is now the Deputy Mayor of London. In the last of our articles to mark the tenth anniversary of the Greater London Authority he talks to Martin Hoscik and Adam Bienkov about regime change at City Hall and … [Read more...]
Little known fact: the 10th anniversary of the first GLA elections was Tuesday 4th May. Taking place just two days before the double whammy of the General Election and London Borough elections, it’s no surprise the significance of the date passed most people by. In fact I … [Read more...]
In February 2010, in the build up to the Greater London Authority’s 10th anniversary, Ken Livingstone, London’s first Mayor of London, spoke to Martin Hoscik and Adam Bienkov about ten years of London Government. In this second part of our interview Livingstone discusses successor … [Read more...]
In February 2010, in the build up to the Greater London Authority’s 10th anniversary, Ken Livingstone, London’s first Mayor of London, spoke to Martin Hoscik and Adam Bienkov about ten years of London Government. In this first of a two part interview Livingstone recalls … [Read more...]
The first ever Mayor’s Question Time session was held on May 24th 2000, on the 10th anniversary of the meeting we present an ‘on this day’ article looking back at the meeting from the perspective of the time. Ken Livingstone, London’s newly elected Mayor, appeared before … [Read more...]
