 The Guardian | Said & Done The Guardian • £27m: Public money now committed to keeping Spurs in Tottenham – £9m from Haringey council, plus £18m from London's riot-recovery fund. • £2.7bn: Tax-exile Spurs owner Joe Lewis's fortune, partly from currency trades in 1992 which helped push the ... |
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Said & Done – The Guardian
From hawker to Deputy Prime Minister – AsiaOne
 AsiaOne | From hawker to Deputy Prime Minister AsiaOne Dr Toh Chin Chye - who had a PhD in physiology from the University of London - worked as a hawker's assistant and grew potatoes and tapioca during the Japanese Occupation in his early-20s, according to a series on Singapore's founding fathers produced ... Remembering Dr Toh Chin Chye |
On the London Mayor campaign trail with Ken Livingstone and his dog – Mirror.co.uk
 Mirror.co.uk | On the London Mayor campaign trail with Ken Livingstone and his dog Mirror.co.uk Livingstone's weight loss is largely down to a secret weapon recruited ahead of May's battle to topple Tory Boris Johnson as London Mayor. Coco, a yellow labrador, could yet make the great survivor of British politics for more than three decades the ... Boris cuts City Hall's share of council tax to trump Ken's fares pledge Ken Livingstone Supports Ministry Of Sound Campaign To Save Under-Threat Club |
Ken Livingstone Supports Ministry Of Sound Campaign To Save Under-Threat Club – Huffington Post UK
Ken Livingstone Supports Ministry Of Sound Campaign To Save Under-Threat Club Huffington Post UK The London mayor is examining an application - rejected by the south London night spot's local council - to build luxury flats near the super club. The plans were 'called in' by the mayor after being rejected by local councillors. |
Remembering Dr Toh Chin Chye – Channel News Asia
Remembering Dr Toh Chin Chye Channel News Asia The party had to choose its man for Prime Minister, but the votes were split evenly between PAP Secretary-General Lee Kuan Yew and Mayor Ong Eng Guan. As Party Chairman, Dr Toh held the deciding vote - and he voted for Mr Lee. |
Bank-bashing French presidential hopeful heads to London – FRENCH ELECTIONS … – FRANCE 24
 FRANCE 24 | Bank-bashing French presidential hopeful heads to London - FRENCH ELECTIONS ... FRANCE 24 Presidential frontrunner François Hollande will visit the UK in February to seek votes from French expatriates, but London will be all ears after the Socialist candidate reportedly “declared war” on the financial district, the City. |
City to consider Mayoral model – Liverpool City Council
 Liverpool City Council | City to consider Mayoral model Liverpool City Council Liverpool is to vote on changing its constitution and electing a Mayor for the city. It follows the negotiation of a new “city deal” for Liverpool between the local authority and central government, which includes substantial new powers such as the ... |
Armed forces reminded: register to vote – British Forces News
Armed forces reminded: register to vote British Forces News Local Government elections take place in many parts of England, Scotland and Wales in May this year, as well as elections for the Greater London Assembly and the Mayor of London. According to MoD research, 44% of people who believed they were ... |
The Debate: Does Liverpool really need an elected mayor? – Liverpool Daily Post
The Debate: Does Liverpool really need an elected mayor? Liverpool Daily Post by David Bartlett, The Liverpool Post A HISTORIC meeting at Liverpool council on Tuesday is set to vote to have an elected mayor. It will be the biggest change to the way the city is ruled since the abolition of the Merseyside County Council in 1986. |
Oldest conservation group joins fight to ‘save Richmond Hill’ – Your Local Guardian
Oldest conservation group joins fight to 'save Richmond Hill' Your Local Guardian The Open Spaces society said they had written to the Mayor of London and the Secretary of State for Culture urging them to adopt a lower alternative, to a proposed high-residential block at Twickenham station, in order to preserve the view. |