The London Development Agency has been left with a £159million black hole in its finances as a result of a bungled project to buy land for the 2012 Olympics... more
Livingstone’s TfL boss Peter Hendy was widely expected to be sacked by Boris Johnson. Here, he talks for the first time about surviving regime change... more
In a now legendary Guardian article on mayoral election day, Boris Johnson's sternest critics predicted what it would be like "if this bigoted, lying, Old Etonian buffoon got his hands on our diverse and liberal capital"... more
How the new Mayor deals with Met chief Sir Ian Blair and TfL boss Peter Hendy - and other key members of the old Team Ken - will determine the success of his first months... more
Lee Jasper's resignation last night closes one chapter in London politics - Ken Livingstone's long, bitter and losing battle to defend his senior adviser... more
When he faces the London Assembly for the first time at 10am tomorrow, Lee Jasper, one of the Mayor's top advisers, will have been at the centre of sleaze allegations for three months... more
The Standard's investigation into the affairs of Lee Jasper started back in October, when we spotted an obscure written answer to the London Assembly about a project called Brixton Base.... more
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