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NEWS ABOUT: Ken Livingstone

Ken Livingstone stories: 12 news summaries

Former London Mayor Will
Advise Chávez

'Red Ken' seals urban planning deal nixed by his successor

Aug 28, 08 6:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - Ken Livingstone, London's mayor from 2000 until his election defeat this May, has found a new job: consultant to Venezuelan strongman Hugo Chávez. "Red Ken," who has long been a supporter of the socialist president, will advise pro-government mayors on urban planning, reports the BBC. Last year... More »

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Venezuela • London • Ken Livingstone • Caracas • Hugo Chávez

'Buffoon' Boris Takes London's Mayor Race 

Johnson's huge win deals devastating blow to Brown's Labour party

May 3, 08 5:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - Self-described "buffoon" Boris Johnson won a hard-fought race last night to become mayor of London, the Guardian reports, dealing British PM Gordon Brown's party a stunning loss in his first election test. Johnson unseated Labour incumbent Ken Livingstone 53% to 47% after a 15-hour count that ended with a... More »

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London • United Kingdom • Ken Livingstone • Labour Party • Conservative Party • Boris Johnson • London mayoral election

 Brown, Labor Savaged
 in UK Elections 

Labor posts worst election results in 40 years

May 2, 08 5:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - Labor has suffered its worst showing in 40 years in local elections across England and Wales. Just one year after Gordon Brown became prime minister, his party pulled only 24% of the projected national vote, 20 points behind the Tories and behind even the third-party Liberal Democrats. As for the... More »

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London • United Kingdom • Gordon Brown • British elections • Ken Livingstone • Labour Party • Tories • Conservative Party • Liberal Democrats • Boris Johnson

Down in Polls, Brown Admits 'Mistakes' 

Ahead of UK local voting, PM confesses tax missteps

Apr 30, 08 3:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - With polls predicting big losses for his Labour party in tomorrow’s local elections, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown admitted he’d made mistakes in the past six months, Reuters reports. Chiefly, Brown acknowledged increasing the tax burden on the lowest-paid workers and those aged 60-64, but said both problems... More »

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Gordon Brown • British elections • Labour • Ken Livingstone • Labour Party • home prices • housing crisis

Labour Will Lose London, Final Poll Says

Boris Johnson on course for 10-point victory in mayor's race

Apr 29, 08 9:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - With 48 hours to go before the election, a final poll gives Boris Johnson a 10-point edge in the race for mayor of London. The shambolic Tory is poised to romp to victory over incumbent Ken Livingstone Thursday, according to the pollster YouGov. The finding is completely at odds with... More »

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London • United Kingdom • Gordon Brown • Ken Livingstone • Labour Party • poll • Conservative Party • Boris Johnson

Blair Weighs In on London's Neck-and-Neck
Mayoral Race

Ex-PM comes to aid of sworn foe Livingstone

Apr 24, 08 7:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - With one week to go, the two main candidates in the race for mayor of London—maverick Labour incumbent Ken Livingstone and clownish Tory Boris Johnson—remain neck-and-neck. As the Labour Party realizes that it could lose the most important elected office in Britain, the Guardian reveals that Livingstone is... More »

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Tony Blair • London • Gordon Brown • Ken Livingstone • Labour Party • Alistair Campbell • Boris Johnson • London mayoral election

Brits 'Duped' Over Olympic Pricetag

Government slammed after projected
costs soar $10B

Apr 22, 08 3:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - The projected pricetag of the 2012 Olympic games in London has more than doubled to $18 billion since the city was picked as host three years ago—and the British  government is being accused of deliberately low-balling estimates to sell the event to the public, the Guardian reports. A public... More »

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London • United Kingdom • British Parliament • 2012 London Olympics • Ken Livingstone

Gas-Guzzlers Will Cost Londoners $50 a Day

Mayor's move sparks outrage, applause

Apr 3, 08 11:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - In a move to make drivers of gas-guzzlers “pay for the environmental damage they cause,” London’s mayor is imposing a CO2 charge: beginning in October, every private vehicle driven in the central city that doesn’t meet tough emissions standards will cost its owners $50 a day,... More »

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London • taxes • gas • Ken Livingstone • SUV • Britain • carbon emissions

 'Buffoon'
 Leads Incumbent
 in Race for
 London Mayor 

Boris Johnson holds slight lead for most important elected office in UK

Apr 3, 08 10:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - The two leading candidates for mayor of London, Britain's most important elected office, are locked in a neck-and-neck race, according to a new Guardian poll. Ken Livingstone, the fiery Labour incumbent and sworn enemy of Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, is now running just behind the Conservative challenger: MP Boris... More »

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London • United Kingdom • Gordon Brown • Ken Livingstone • Labour Party • Conservative Party • Boris Johnson • London mayoral election

Corruption Claims Tarnish London Mayor

Top aide accused of funneling millions in city money to friends

Feb 8, 08 11:20 AM CST
(Newser) - London's left-wing mayor Ken Livingstone faced a harsh 3-hour grilling last night over a deepening scandal that has seen the city's equality adviser accused of nepotism and corruption. Hundreds of e-mails and memos released yesterday cast new light on at least $6.6 million in contracts allegedly awarded to friends... More »

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London • corruption • Ken Livingstone • Boris Johnson • London mayoral election

London Transit Strike Off, But Headaches Still On

Tube labor action tangles up entire city

Sep 5, 07 11:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - The union representing London’s Tube workers has called off a threatened 3-day strike after a day of shutdowns that hobbled the city’s transit system, but commuters still face lingering aftershocks. Transit of London, which runs the Underground, and the RMT union say they made sufficient progress yesterday to... More »

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London • Gordon Brown • England • Ken Livingstone • underground • strike • Tube • Metronet

'No Go to the Logo,' Say Londoners 

Olympics logo is making people not only furious but physically ill

Jun 6, 07 6:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - Londoners loathe the logo unveiled Monday for the 2012 Olympics so much that 30,000 have already signed a petition demanding a new one. The jagged pink-and-orange rendition of 2012  took a brand-consultancy firm $800,000 and more than a year to design; Olympics organizers, calling it "dynamic" and... More »

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London • 2012 London Olympics • Ken Livingstone • logo • design • epilepsy • Olympic Games

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