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A clickable guide to the key policies of the 10 men and women running for the post of London Mayor on 10 June. For full manifestos go to the London Elects website or the candidates' individual sites.
Lindsey German, Respect, The Unity Coalition
Manifesto key points:
- Opposed to war on Iraq
- Minimum wage of £7.40 p/hour and London weighting of £4,000 pa
- Scrap council tax
- Tube fares pegged at £1
- Emergency programme to build affordable homes - paid for by tax on office building
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Build crossrail link and improve overland railways
Ram Gidoomal CBE, Christian Peoples Alliance
Manifesto key points:
- Increase the number of black and minority ethnic police officers
- Create 130 new schools with a Christian/Faith foundation
- Establish a £500m London regeneration fund
- Issue a People's bond to fund tube improvements
- Give boroughs the power to run mini congestion charge zones in busy areas
- More public toilets
Simon Hughes, Liberal Democrats
Manifesto key points:
- Eight-strong community police teams for each neighbourhood.
- Volunteer civilian force to help with aftermath of terror attack.
- Pedestrianise Oxford Street.
- No congestion charge extension, but will reduce time when it applies from to 6.30pm to 5pm.
- Stop Heathrow expansion and support "low emission zones and other anti-pollution measures
- London wide information phoneline to report anti-social behaviour or find out about council services.
- Tube to run until 2am on Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
Darren Johnson, Green Party
Manifesto key points:
- Expand the congestion charge scheme
- No new road building - spend the £1bn saved on public transport
- 20 mph speed limit on all but 'major' roads
- Minimum living wage for low-paid
- Tube running all night at weekends
- End to airport expansion and night flights
Julian Leppert, British National Party
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Scrap the congestion charge
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Make sure London "No longer welcomes economic migrants"
- Two new orbital rail services
- Scrap the 2012 Olympic bid
- No Heathrow airport extension - build a new airport in the Thames estuary instead
- All public buildings to fly flag of St George on St George's day
Ken Livingstone, Labour
Manifesto key points:
- Police teams of six officers for each neighbourhood
- Extend congestion charge to Kensington & Chelsea.
- Run the Tube later every Friday and Saturday night
- More buses; free bus travel for full time students aged under 18
- 30,000 new homes a year
- Aim to push forward Labour policy on childcare, seeking to provide affordable childcare to all who want it by 2010.
Frank Maloney, UK Independence Party
Manifesto key points:
- 40,000 police officers
- Abolish the congestion charge
- Tube to run later
- Free bus travel for under 18s travelling to school
- Abolish GLA
- St George's Day parade
Dr Tammy Nagalingam
Manifesto key points
- Limit congestion charging to 0700-0930
- Ban big lorries from central London between 0600 and 1800
- Have better street lighting in alleys and corners of trouble spots
- 50% of the Mayor's salary donated to a new charity to improve public and environmental health
- Improve funding for police recruitment and training
- Celebrate St George's Day in Hyde Park
Steve Norris, Conservative
- Hundreds of police officers should be out on the streets rather than in offices or cars
- "Zero tolerance" for minor crimes like graffiti, vandalism and public drunkenness
- More police officers for outer London
- Abolish congestion charge
- Introduce free school buses for children at primary schools
- Run the Tube until 3am at weekends, put air conditioning into stations and provide security guards at night
Lorna Reid, Independent Working Class Association
- Support communities in tackling anti-social behaviour
- Abolish council tax and replace with local taxation based on ability to pay
- Introduce a living wage of £7.32 per hour
- Seek extra funding from central government for areas with high influx of refugees
- More public funding for council housing
- Facilities for people trying to escape drug addiction
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