London Assembly

The London Assembly (yes, the lot who sit around all day twiddling their thumbs if Ken is to be believed) have rejected the motion put forward by the ‘politcial group’ One London to suspend the Congestion Charge in the run up to Christmas. According to …

Ken is due to go up in front of the London Assembly today, and when he does he looks to be facing some questions from a few Tories on the Olympics budget. Yes, it seems the Conservatives have taken time out from arguing among themselves …

Never one to pull away from difficult issues Ken Livingstone has expressed his view that the families of the London bombers should not be turned away from the national memorial service for the victims. During his weekly press conference he had the following to say: …

Looks like Ken Livingstone wants to impose metering of everyone’s water in a bid to reduce wastage. At his weekly press conference, our Blur-collaborating Mayor suggested that compulsory metering was the only way to reverse London’s growing demand for the much-loved liquid. He’ll be discussing …

The London Assembly is two members short as of today thanks to the interim report published by The Commission on London Governance this week. The report, titled Capital Life, is meant to provide a review of London governance and is (according to the website) “supported …

South Bank Centre rent for the London Eye for one year? £65,000. Proposed SBC rent for the London Eye for one year? £1 million. Lord Hollick? £fucking minted. Resulting scandal? £noisy and noisome. Mayor Ken’s intervention, slapping down the French, displaying the usual tact bypass, …

We just got a news release from the London Assembly Conservatives: Tower Bridge failure causes chaos Tower Bridge got stuck today forcing traffic tail backs and vehicles to be diverted into the congestion charge zone. The incident occurred as the bridge tried to lower itself …

Tonight is the night that Mayor Ken faces his public over at Goldsmith’s College. People’s Question Time is a twice-a-year event where Londoners are given the chance to quiz the Mayor and the rest of the London Assembly on the ‘Big Issues Of The Day’. …

You know what we’re talking about here, so let’s get right down to it: as thorough a roundup as we can of what Ken said to Finegold and what the papers are making of it all. The actual conversation: Oliver Finegold: Mr Livingstone, Evening Standard. …

As far as the Liberal Democrats are concerned, no political issue is too small, as the release of their snappily titled report