Mayor's press releases

The Greater London Authority and Mr Atma Singh
20 January 2008

Mr Atma Singh was removed from his job in the Greater London Authority for failure to meet a request for assistance from the Mayor’s Office from the Metropolitan Police Anti-Terrorist Squad, for...

Statement from the Greater London Authority on allegations reported in the Observer
20 January 2008

Statement from the Greater London Authority:

In today's Observer, a former Greater London Authority employee, Atma Singh, who is the main source for a Dispatches programme denigrating...

Detailed analysis of real crime trends in London
16 January 2008

The Greater London Authority today released the following detailed analysis of crime trends in London following the release of the Metropolitan Police's crime figures for 2007.

The Mayor of...

Mayor's St Patrick's Day parade and festival are announced
16 January 2008

The annual London St Patrick’s Day Festival and Parade will take place across the capital on Sunday 16th March. Organised by the Mayor, the event is set to be a fun day out for the whole family...

Fifth year of falling crime in London
16 January 2008

Crime in London fell for the fifth consecutive year in 2007. And the rate of decline is significantly accelerating. Crime fell by 2.2 per cent in 2003, 1.9 per cent, in 2004, 4.4 per cent in 2006...

Sting donates bass guitar to campaign to increase music education
14 January 2008

Sting is to donate a guitar to the Mayor's musical instrument amnesty. The Grammy award-winning musician's bass will go to a young Londoner in a drive to increase music education and give every...

Mayor opens DLR extension
12 January 2008

The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, today officially opened a £180 million extension of the Docklands Light Railway (DLR) to Woolwich Arsenal, which delivers another vital north-south link across...

Giant Russian dolls line up in London for this year's Russian Winter Festival
11 January 2008

This weekend, large crowds will head to Trafalgar Square for the Russian Winter Festival, the annual event in the heart of the city that gives Londoners, as well as the city's Russian community,...

Evening Standard allegations of GLA and LDA corruption false
11 January 2008

The report has been issued today of the review of allegations of LDA corruption and collusion in improperly awarding funds made by the journalist Andrew Gilligan in the Evening Standard in a...

Mayor brands nuclear decision the mistake of a generation
10 January 2008

The Mayor of London Ken Livingstone today branded the Government’s decision to build new nuclear power stations as the mistake of a generation. The Mayor said:

“New nuclear power stations...

GLA one of top organisations for lesbian and gay equality
10 January 2008

The Greater London Authority has been awarded second place – up from last year's third place - in Stonewall's annual Workplace Equality Index, which highlights the UK's top 100 most lesbian and...

Holocaust Memorial Day exhibitions explore history of Polish Jews
10 January 2008

A unique photographic exhibition that visually documents the lives of Polish Jews is coming to London for the first time. The City Hall exhibition, entitled "And I Still See Their Faces – Images...

London set to host its biggest ever celebration of Chinese culture in 2008
10 January 2008

Preparations for the 2008 China in London season are now well underway and the year will see more organisations, galleries and museums taking part than ever before.  The season, now in its...

London's largest free anti-racist festival returns to Finsbury Park this summer
9 January 2008

Thousands of Londoners are expected to attend the largest anti-racist festival in Europe this summer - Rise: London United Against Racism, in Finsbury Park on Sunday 13th July 2008. 

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Mayor sets out five London 2012 legacy commitments
9 January 2008

Mayor of London Ken Livingstone today published the five legacy commitments that he is making to Londoners and by which he believes the ultimate success of London 2012 will be judged.

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