London is at a crossroads and Labour Party and trades union members have an important choice to make about its future. Early next month, they will be asked to choose the Labour candidate for the 2012 Mayoral contest. I’m fighting for London’s future, not Labour’s past and I am the candidate with the best chance […]
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Ken Livingstone: I want to protect and promote London’s music scene
London’s music scene is part of its life blood. For generations London has been the place to go to see live music. The music scene is also important to London’s economy. A quarter of all people working in music do so in London. The UK is the third biggest music market in the world after […]
The Evening Standard asks Londoners to support the capital’s dispossessed
This week the London Evening Standard is making a £1 million plea on behalf of the Dispossessed.
We want every Londoner to join our fundraising campaign to fight the inequality that blights our city. Four months ago we exposed the plight of the capital’s poorest — the people who fight a daily battle just to survive.
Reducing the cost of the GLA – savings, collaboration and sharing services
As the coalition Government looks to reduce spending across the public sector, Mayoral advisor Nicholas Griffin explains how London’s Government is working to make savings by sharing services and procurement across the GLA group.
Mayor stumbling after two years of backward steps on air quality
After two years of taking backward steps on air quality Mayor of London Boris Johnson is now stumbling while the verdict is still out on the new Government’s approach to air quality. The coalition has got off to a bad start, for example, by: defending the hiding of information relating to legal action over breaches […]
