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Ken Livingstone

Ken Livingstone was the first Mayor of London and held office between 2000 and 2008. Before that, he was Leader of the Greater London Council. Known for being rather outspoken, he was a Member of Parliament for Brent East until 2001. He married his wife Emma Beal in September 2009 in London Zoo.

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London’s justice system is failing us

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Women's groups often complain that rape allegations relatively rarely result in offenders being convicted. One reason for that, at least in London, appears to be that so many cases are badly mishandled and collapse before they are concluded... more

‘Neo-Nazi gran’ hired as aide to BNP member on London Assembly

03.02.10
Grandmother working for the BNP at City Hall is feared to be behind plans to unite far-Right activists in advance of the general election... more

Lord Mandelson will enter mayoral race, says Ken Livingstone

21.12.09
Lord Mandelson emerged as possible contenders to stand for Mayor of London... more

Boris does nothing to improve architecture, blasts Livingstone

04.12.09
Former London mayor Ken Livingstone launches withering attack on his successor's record on major architecture projects... more

Power surge at London’s most influential party

11.11.09
Boris Johnson was reunited with his old adversary Ken Livingstone at the Standard’s Influentials party — and promptly offered him a job... more

Strange but true: is Boris just the new Ken?

21.10.09
He loves tall buildings and winding up his party leader. The Mayor is turning out to be a lot like his predecessor... more

Ken’s wedding day: he wears old suit and arrives on Tube

28.09.09
Former mayor Ken Livingstone wore an old suit to his low-key wedding, took the Tube to the ceremony and didn't even have a honeymoon... more

The abolitionists’ fallen hero is desperate for every penny

24.09.09
The western extension of the congestion charge was Ken Livingstone’s statement of intent following the successful introduction of the original, central zone, charge... more

Google the stars' favourite haunts

15.07.09
Some of the capital's most famous residents have revealed their favourite places for a new Google guide of 'hidden London'... more

Ken landed taxpayer with £16,000 fine-dining bill in 4 years as mayor

08.07.09
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Don't pay rail fines, says Ken Livingstone (who travelled without a ticket)

23.03.09
Ken Livingstone, who once led a crusade against fare dodgers, has called on ticket cheats to refuse to pay fines after being let off a £20 penalty... more

Livingstone: Boris can't help himself on race

18.03.09
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Livingstone caught without a train ticket

18.03.09
Ken Livingstone has been caught travelling on a train without a ticket despite declaring "freeloaders will not be tolerated" when he was mayor... more

Ken: I said Brown was a liability and time has proved me right

18.03.09
Ken Livingstone has launched a savage personal attack on Gordon Brown, criticising his handling of the economy and blaming the Prime Minister's national polling for costing him the mayoral election... more

Sir Alan Sugar is asked to run for Mayor

27.02.09
Sir Alan Sugar has been approached to be Labour's candidate for London Mayor in an attempt to stop Ken Livingstone standing again... more

Labour heavyweights plan mayoral bids to 'stop Ken'

26.02.09
Senior Labour figures are planning to run for Mayor of London as "stop Ken" candidates... more

Spare London’s skyline yet another episode of these faulty towers

24.02.09
Ken Livingstone loved high-rise and now, despite election promises, Boris Johnson is following suit. We mustn’t let this steel and glass anarchy ruin our capital’s landscape... more

Ken sets out his stall for 2012

24.02.09
Ken Livingstone's forthright interview with this newspaper today should serve as a sharp corrective for anyone who believed that the former Mayor's defeat by Boris Johnson last May marked the end of his political career... more

Five years of the congestion zone

27.11.08
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New target for cheap housing

20.11.08
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Watchdog launches inquiry into mayoral conduct

10.11.08
Britain's sleaze watchdog has started an inquiry into the London mayoralty... more

Ken's arrogance cost him Mayor's job says Jowell

23.09.08
Minister for London Tessa Jowell has admitted that Ken Livingstone's perceived arrogance could have lost him the mayoral election... more

Labour must move on after Ken's errors, says minister

22.08.08
Ken Livingstone lost the mayoral election because he failed to treat knife crime seriously enough and ignored London's suburbs, a government minister said... more

Beijing pays £20,000 for Ken’s junket to Games

15.08.08
Ken Livingstone was given a £20,000 free trip to the Olympics by the Chinese government... more

Bob Kiley's house still for sale - after 15 months and £1.4m price cut

15.08.08
The property bought for Ken Livingstone's former transport commissioner for £2.2 million has failed to resell after more than a year on the market... more

Comment: Absurd payoff for Ken's cronies

04.08.08
Our revelation that £1.6 million of public money is being used to pay off the eight closest advisers of the former mayor, Ken Livingstone, is a scandal... more

Ken cronies' £1.6m payoff

04.08.08
Eight of Ken Livingstone's closest "cronies" are to receive pay-offs totalling £1.6 million after he changed the rules before he lost the election... more

Comment: Why didn't Boris fight these payouts on principle?

04.08.08
There's a certain grim humour in the fact that one of the eight ex-advisers benefiting from today's £1.6 million taxpayer-funded windfall is John Duffy, Ken Livingstone's director of waste... more

Ken chalked up £13,000 expenses in his last year

17.07.08
An investigation has been ordered into how the Mayor can claim expenses after it was revealed Ken Livingstone spent more than £13,000 in his last year at City Hall... more

Comment: This is the first stage in rescuing the LDA disaster

16.07.08
In journalism, it is important to spot not just what politicians say, but also what they don't... more

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  • Facts
  • Ken Livingstone oversaw the introduction of the aptly named ‘Bendy Bus’ and congestion charge.
  • Ken Livingstone is known for keeping and breeding newts.
  • Ken Livingstone worked for eight years as a cancer research technician and also qualified as a teacher in 1973, but never went into the profession.

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