London Mayor

London mayor and local elections 2012 - live polling day coverage

GUARDIAN — Thu, 03 May 2012 08:30:00 GMT

Rolling coverage as voters in England, Scotland and Wales go to the polls – and Boris Johnson and Ken Livingstone prepare to find out who will be London's next mayor 9.26am: Hello and

Book swaps at London tube and train stations 'a good idea', says Johnson

GUARDIAN — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 19:43:12 GMT

London mayor agrees to look into creating a network for sharing books at capital's stations in time for 2012 Olympics Book swaps and book shares could be set up at tube and train stations

Autumn statement: George Osborne pledges £6bn for infrastructure projects

GUARDIAN — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 16:50:28 GMT

Railway projects to go ahead include electrification of Leeds to Manchester link and a new Oxford to Milton Keynes line Britain's roads and railways will receive an extra £6bn in

Electric car scheme secures £17m

BBC — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 11:24:13 GMT

London Mayor Boris Johnson secures £17m to fund thousands of electric car charge points across the capital.

Mayor targets London's recycling

BBC — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 09:35:13 GMT

London Mayor Boris Johnson outlines plans to cut the amount of rubbish going to landfill sites.

Estuary airport 'biggest project'

BBC — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:22:29 GMT

London Mayor Boris Johnson gives his clearest indication yet that he wants to push ahead with plans to build a new airport in the Thames estuary.

About London : "On your Bike, Get Set, Go!"

NAHLAINK — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

"I decided one day to visit a bicycle shop and heed the Mayor’s call. (For unless you don’t watch the news or read the papers, the Mayor has launched a great initiative to encourage us all

Tower Hamlets Palestine Solidarity Campaign launched

WORDPRESS — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Betty Hunter from the PSC kicked off by explaining something of the PSC’s history and approach. Kiri Tunks spoke on behalf of the local teachers’ union branch and said, among other things

Livingstone claims Johnson tried to 'pay off' Evening Standard editor

GUARDIAN — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 21:22:33 GMT

Ken Livingstone, the former mayor of London, has accused his successor, Boris Johnson, of trying to "pay off" the former editor of the Evening Standard with a top arts job in the capital in

Respect launch elected mayor campaign

EASTLONDONADVERTISER — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT

MEMBERS of the Respect party will launch their campaign to have a directly elected mayor for Tower Hamlets tomorrow (Tuesday).

Tower Hamlets council is running a consultation to find

Red Ken lends support to Gaza campaign

EASTLONDONADVERTISER — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT

FORMER Mayor of London Ken Livingstone is joining the campaign to help the people of Palestine.

Mr Livingstone will be joining Bethnal green and Bow MP George Galloway to launch a

Cartoon : Control of the Met

WORLDPRESSNETWORK — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT

By cartoonist Leon Kuhn whose work can also be seen on his own website http://www.leonkuhn.org.uk where

Mayor heads to Cannes trade show

BBC — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 06:20:59 GMT

London Mayor Boris Johnson heads to an international property show in Cannes.

Venezuela: Livingstone to advise Chávez on urban issues

GUARDIAN — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:31:59 GMT

Former London mayor to take up role as consultant on policing, transport and other municipal issues in Caracas

Boris Johnson backs 'disproportionate' development project

GUARDIAN — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 11:10:00 GMT

New housing and health centre project gets go-ahead despite warnings from London mayor's own planning officers

Video: Ken Livingstone on Boris Johnson's first 100 days

GUARDIAN — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 12:40:34 GMT

Tania Branigan talks to the former mayor of London, who is in Beijing as a guest of the city's authorities

Question of the week - Should politicians have radio shows?

GUARDIAN — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Ken Livingstone has moved from defeated London mayor to stand-in presenter at LBC, the London speech station, joining the ranks of politicians turned broadcasters.

George Galloway

Galloway calls for inquiry into police action against anti-war protest

RESPECTRENEWAL — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Respect MP and vice-president of the Stop the War Coalition George Galloway has written to the Metropolitan Police Commissioner and London Mayor Boris Johnson calling for a swift inquiry into

CCTV examined in West End killing

BBC — Tue, 13 May 08 07:04:59 BST

Police look at CCTV footage after a man is stabbed to death in Oxford Street in London's West End.

The high-profile stabbing came just days after 16-year-old Jimmy Mizen was murdered in

TalkSport sacks James Whale over 'vote Boris' call

BRANDREPUBLIC — Tue, 06 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT

TalkSport has sacked veteran presenter James Whale after he broke Ofcom's impartiality rules by urging listeners to 'vote Boris'.

The station is under investigation by the media

TalkSport presenter James Whale sacked for 'vote Boris' plea

GUARDIAN — Tue, 06 May 2008 09:21:35 GMT

TalkSport presenter James Whale has been sacked after breaching broadcasting regulations by urging listeners to vote for Boris Johnson. By John Plunkett

New London mayor vows to cut crime

PRESSTV — Sun, 04 May 2008 05:37:19 GMT

The new mayor of London, Boris Johnson promises to tackle the "scourge" of crime on London's transport system making it his key priority.

Boris' win: reaction quotes

BBC — Sat, 3 May 08 13:32:26 BST

Reactions from key figures to the victory of Boris Johnson in the London mayoral election.

The Boris Johnson story

BBC — Sat, 3 May 08 08:20:07 BST

TV clown, classical scholar, high-flying journalist and now London mayor.The life and times of Brosi Johnson.

Labour suffers mauling across country with worst local election losses in years

THELONDONPAPER — Fri, 02 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The scale of Tory success in local elections around England heightened speculation that Boris Johnson may be on the point of snatching the crown in the capital from Labour's Ken

All eyes on London mayor contest

BBC — Friday, 2 May 2008 06:55 UK

Labour will be looking to Mr Livingstone to salvage something from a night that saw them slump to third place in the national vote share.

The election will also decide the 25

Johnson ‘ahead’ in mayoral race

48NEWS — Fri, 02 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Early results from the election count suggest Conservative candidate Boris Johnson is ahead in the race to become the next mayor of London.

With 22% of votes counted in each of the

Brown dreads loss of London when votes are counted

SCOTSMAN — Fri, 02 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT

GORDON Brown, the Prime Minister, today fears the loss of London when the result of the battle between Ken Livingstone and Boris Johnson is declared.

In London, voters were also

Brown faces election mauling

GUARDIAN — Fri, 02 May 2008 02:18:07 GMT

Labour admit national share of vote could plummet to 24%, its lowest level since records began in 70s

Race to be London's mayor is too close to call

GUARDIAN — Thu, 01 May 2008 23:03:20 GMT

Opinion polls showed Livingstone closing in on Johnson as capital voted

The Jeeves to Johnson's Bertie Wooster: the man who may have got him elected

GUARDIAN — Thu, 01 May 2008 23:03:20 GMT

Lynton Crosby helped John Howard win votes, and is the man behind Boris Johnson's mayoral campaign

Brown suffers local election 'bloodbath'

GOOGLE — Fri, 02 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Prime Minister Gordon Brown admitted Friday that his party had suffered a "bad" blow in local elections as forecasts predicted the worst results for Labour since the 1960s.

Labour --

Brown votes early on uneasy election day for Labour

GUARDIAN — Thu, 01 May 2008 09:50:45 GMT

Polling booths open for the first important set of elections since Gordon Brown became prime minister

Voters to choose London mayor

BBC — Thu, 01 May 2008 06:48:53 GMT

Londoners go to the polls to vote in the London Mayoral Election.

MAY 1st - HOW TO VOTE

SOCIALISTUNITY — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Outside London there are several progressive candidates standing, for a variety of parties and we wish them all well.

In London, vote for Ken Livingstone for Mayor; and

Livingstone launches attack on election rival, Johnson

PRESSTV — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 04:25:30 GMT

Livingstone launches attack on election rival, Johnson. George Galloway also interviewed.

Andy Newman : COME FRIDAY, HOW SHOULD WE JUDGE THE ELECTORAL RESULTS?

SOCIALISTUNITY — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

RESPECT
As Salma Yaqoob has written

“The broad constituency in favour of peace, equality and social justice is growing. On many issues it is even a majority in society.

PM needs a Livingstone win to keep backbenchers happy - Nightmare scenario would be a beaten mayor blaming Labour

GUARDIAN — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 23:01:51 GMT

Brown's worst nightmare is a defeated Livingstone lashing out at him for making Labour so unpopular he could not win, convincing marginal MPs that they could go the same way.

The

A clear choice on transport

GUARDIAN — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

London elections 08: Now both Johnson and Paddick have come out for privatisation of the Tube, against my policy and most voters' wishes

London mayoral election: It's really no contest - GEORGE GALLOWAY argues why the choice facing Londoners couldn't be clearer.

WORLDPRESSNETWORK — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Any doubts about the topography of the battlefield in the race for London Mayor ought to have been dispelled this week with the shrill escalation of the Evening Standard's attacks on Ken

Livingstone backs vote for Galloway

RESPECTRENEWAL — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Ken Livingstone, visitng George Galloway's Bethnal Green and Bow constituency in East London today, gave surpise backing for a broad coalition of Labour, the Greens and George Galloway and

GREENS SHOW HOW TO DO IT

SOCIALISTUNITY — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

This photo from the Evening Standard shows how the Green Party have brilliantly positioned themselves in the London mayoral and GLA elections.

They have produced a very clear

Livingstone edges ahead in new poll

GUARDIAN — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 15:31:00 GMT

Ken Livingstone has edged ahead of his Tory rival, Boris Johnson, in the race to become the next mayor of London, according to an opinion poll released today

Rally for peace - this Sunday, 27 April, with George Galloway & Ken Livingstone

LONDONCLUBGROUP — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Rally for peace - this Sunday, 27 April, with George Galloway & Ken Livingstone
George Galloway and Ken Livingstone, who are standing for the London
Assembly and the London

Ken gives surprise hope to Galloway's Assembly bid

EASTLONDONADVERTISER — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

RESPECT MP George Galloway's election bid for the London Assembly received an unexpected boost today... from Labour Mayor Ken Livingstone.

Livingstone, who is himself running

Left rallies for rally with days to go

EASTLONDONADVERTISER — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

LEADING Left wing politicians are staging a peace rally in the East End at the weekend in the final days before Thursday's London Mayor and London Assembly elections.

Labour's Ken

Ken Livingstone: It's me or the Thatcherite

GUARDIAN — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT
Ken Livingstone: Londoners face a choice between a progressive, proven approach and an assault on public services

Two big weekends and 12 days to go for Respect's election campaign

WORLDPRESSNETWORK — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT
The election campaigns across the country are beginning to hot up. We have been getting a great response to the Respect campaigns in London, the Birmingham area, the Manchester area and

Could the web win it in London?

BBC — Wed, 16 Apr 08 10:01:21 BST
The internet could turn out to be the key battleground at this year's London mayoral elections.

I don't care what Ken Livingstone does - I'll still vote for him if it stops Boris Johnson becoming mayor

GUARDIAN — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 23:03:37 GMT
Charlie Brooker: I wouldn't trust Boris to operate a mop, let alone a £10 bn Crossrail project