The Christian Peoples Alliance has begun the process of selecting candidates for next year’s London Assembly elections. The Alliance says it has an ‘open selection’ process, with anyone sharing the party’s Christian values and convictions invited to apply. CPA Executive member Stephen Hammond says the selected candidates “will offer something radically different to Londoners.” Hammond added: […]
2012 London Election
News and coverage of the 2012 elections for Mayor of London and the London Assembly (The Greater London Authority).
Livingstone claims fares policy would save Londoners £800
Ken Livingstone ramped up his campaign to return to City Hall today by promising to save Londoners £800 in fares over the next four years. Labour’s 2012 Mayoral candidate spent the morning speaking to Victoria line passengers about his ‘Fare Deal’ campaign which would see fares cut by 5% next year and rise only by […]
Current polling would see UKIP return to the London Assembly
At the 2000 London Assembly elections, UKIP attracted just under 2% of the London-wide ‘list’ vote. Four years later, when City Hall elections coincided with the Euro elections, they gained a further 6% and two seats on the Assembly. Their time on the Assembly was short lived as I’ve recounted before, but their election proved […]
Ken Livingstone ‘I will appoint LibDems if I win back City Hall’
Green and Liberal Democrat Assembly Members could be handed key roles at City Hall if Ken Livingstone defeats Boris Johnson next May. Livingstone says he would hope to appoint Green Mayoral contender and Jenny Jones and LibDem leader Caroline Pidgeon to his administration if he’s successful. The pair would be appointed to to senior roles […]
Jones pledges to cut gap between highest and lowest paid civil servants
Jenny Jones, the Green Party candidate for Mayor of London, says she would cut the gap between the highest and lowest paid London officials if elected next year. Ms Jones says she wants to make London a ‘Fair Pay City’ where top officials in bodies such as Transport for London earn no more than 10 […]
