Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Mayor of London Ken Livingstone 'squandered millions of pounds'

By Rosa Prince, Political Correspondent Last Updated: 9:16AM BST 16/07/2008

Ken Livingstone squandered tens of millions of taxpayers money on pet projects that he set up on a whim while mayor of London, an audit of his spending has concluded.
A panel tasked by his successor, Boris Johnson, to carry out a forensic audit of Mr Livingstone's eight years in power has found that the London Development Agency, responsible for jobs and business in the Capital, was used as the mayor's personal "cheque book".

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/2302818/Mayor-of-London-Ken-Livingstone-'squandered-millions-of-pounds'.html

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