Ken's Aides Used City Hall in Bid to Regain Labour Membership

Evening Standard - London › April 11, 2008

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KEN LIVINGSTONE'S aides used taxpayer-funded resources to campaign for re-admission to the Labour Party, documents obtained by the Evening Standard reveal.

Staff at the Greater London Authority drafted letters for key Labour donors to send to then prime minister Tony Blair, appealing for the Mayor's reinstatement, two years after he was expelled.

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Ken's Aides Used City Hall in Bid to Regain Labour Membership

One letter written on Mr Livingstone's behalf makes clear his desire to join New Labour in contrast to jokey comments he made this month about his proudes...

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