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Tony Travers

Results: London Assembly

The London Assembly operates within the vast shadow of the Mayor. Ever since Ken Livingstone was first elected in 2000, assembly members have had to struggle to be heard.

08 May 2012 12:15 PM

Time to choose: Boris Johnson and Ken Livingstone

Boris v Ken – an independent guide

Tony Travers, London government expert at the LSE, gives his verdict on the candidates

02 May 2012 12:28 PM

Commentary: Major shift in voting intention

10 April 2012 11:31 AM

This is a case of 'anything Ken can do I can do better'

IF Boris Johnson proposes to introduce cheap off-peak travel, he will open up a new front in the "fares war" initiated by mayoral challenger Ken Livingstone.

19 December 2011 12:34 PM

Cash now risks tattier Tube in future

Londoners now face a fares auction for their votes. Ken Livingstone's announcement that he will offer a seven per cent cut rather than the five per cent he proposed in September suggests he believes he can overturn Boris Johnson's opinion poll lead by offering to take less from people's pockets.

05 December 2011 01:11 PM

Don't strangle goose that lays London's golden eggs

Parking is a serious issue. People feel strongly about it for the logical reason that it - or more precisely the lack of it - affects their freedom to travel about.

09 November 2011 11:47 AM

Quietly effective operator who put Mayor's train back on track

Sir Simon Milton was one of London's leading contemporary politicians, a man who saw the capital both from a borough perspective and from a desk at City Hall.

12 April 2011 12:16 PM

The Tube in disarray — it’s a never-ending saga

To have passengers led along dark tunnels from abandoned Underground trains two days running is an acute embarrassment for Transport for London.

20 October 2010 10:28 AM

Tory police reforms put more heat on the Met

Police accountability in London is a mess. The Mayor sets budgets, the Metropolitan Police Authority (the MPA, which he partly appoints from the London Assembly) determines "non-operational" policy, while the Met Commissioner is responsible for operational decisions. The Mayor also appoints the MPA chair. The Commissioner is theoretically appointed by the Queen, though in reality by the Home Secretary — whose decision is in fact subject to the Mayor's veto, as Jacqui Smith found when Boris Johnson effectively sacked Ian Blair in 2008.

27 July 2010 10:26 AM

Tube passengers should prepare for years of eye-watering fare rises

Tube upgrades are now vulnerable to deep cuts. With the transport department facing 25-40 per cent spending reductions, it is hard to see how Underground funding can be exempt from the axe.

13 July 2010 11:23 AM