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Liverpool City Council

Liverpool to have directly elected mayor
Liverpool City Council
Councillors have voted to change Liverpool City Council's constitution and elect a mayor for the city. The decision will see elections for a mayor take place on 3 May 2012 alongside local government elections. The mayor will take up his or her ...

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The Guardian

Stephen Greenhalgh: localism hero or demolition man?
The Guardian
To Labour, he is a tyrant for keeping council tax low at the expense of frontline services in the west London borough he has led since 2006. To the Conservatives, he is a town hall trailblazer, praised by the communities and local government secretary, ...

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Coventry MPs' outrage over government's elected mayor referendum 'diktat'
Coventry Telegraph
He accused the government of creating an “illusion” that any Coventry elected mayor would get the same powers as London mayor Boris Johnson. Mr Stunell, in saying voters would decide, accepted Coventry would not get London-type powers and clarified ...

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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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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 ChyeChannel News Asia

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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 ...
Ken Livingstone Supports Ministry Of Sound Campaign To Save Under-Threat ClubHuffington Post UK

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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 ...

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