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Ken Livingstone

Ken Livinsgtone ProfileKen Livingstone served as the first Mayor of London from 2000 to 2008. He was formerly leader of the Greater London Council between 1981 and 1986 and served as Member of Parliament for Brent East from 1987 to 2001. In 2008, Ken launched Progressive London, a broad coalition of political, cultural, community and artistic leaders supporting progressive policies for the capital. Aside from his achievements in public office, Ken has starred on the BBC’s Have I Got News For You on six occasions and is a former restaurant critic for the London Evening Standard. He is currently writing his memoirs.

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London can't afford the cuts

9:37 am, Wed 1st Sep 2010
London can't afford the cuts By Ken Livingstone / @ken4london Today I’m setting out the details of what we understand the scale of the cuts in London is shaping up to be. Our argument is simple...
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I'm campaigning against Tory cuts that put our quality of life at risk

10:44 am, Thu 22nd Jul 2010
I'm campaigning against Tory cuts that put our quality of life at risk By Ken Livingstone One of the great political myths is that the Tories are the party that fights crime. The facts don’t back this up. Under John Major’s government police...
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London can become the world's first fully fledged Smart City

8:40 am, Mon 7th Jun 2010
London can become the world's first fully fledged Smart City By Ken Livingstone When he coined the phrase "robotics" back in the 1950s, Isaac Asimov got a bit ahead of himself in then imagining that by the early 21st century...
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The Tory press want us to think Cameron's home and dry - voters don't see it that way

9:10 pm, Mon 3rd May 2010
By Ken Livingstone The Sun’s front page today, with the headline “Thy Will Be Gone”, aims to plunge the knife deep into the PM.  James Forsyth in the Mail on...
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Tory cuts to Crossrail would be a disaster - only Labour will make the right investment for London

2:27 pm, Fri 16th Apr 2010
Tory cuts to Crossrail would be a disaster - only Labour will make the right investment for London By Ken Livingstone The Conservatives’ confirmation that it is possible that Crossrail may be cancelled under a Cameron government is dynamite for London politics. On the ITV debate last night...
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The Tory threat is real - but progressives from across the political spectrum can come together to stop it

9:47 am, Fri 22nd Jan 2010
The Tory threat is real - but progressives from across the political spectrum can come together to stop it By Ken Livingstone One thing that is absolutely clear from this first month of a crucial electoral year is that when Labour takes the argument to the Tories it advances...
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Winning the economic argument

12:37 pm, Tue 3rd Feb 2009
Winning the economic argument By Ken Livingstone Labour's progress in the polls during the autumn of last year was directly linked to the sense that of the two main parties, Labour was proposing –...
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