icSouthlondon - Livingstone got plenty of free gifts
icSouthlondon - Livingstone got plenty of free gifts: "Livingstone got plenty of free gifts
Dec 13 2006
A LISTissued by the London Assembly reveals Mayor Ken Livingstone got hundreds of pounds worth of free gifts in six months.
Among the freebies was a leather-bound notebook from former US president Bill Clinton. There was also a silver tea caddy from the High Commissioner of Sri Lanka, a painting of old Moscow from Mayor Yuri Luzhkov and a crystal paperweight from Holland.
The mayor was given the notebook in September after he attended the annual meeting of President Clinton's Global Initiative group in New York.
A spokeswoman for the mayor said it was not possible to put a value on the book - but all declared gifts are judged as being worth more than �25.
Slightly less impressive was the payment from polling experts Mori to Green Party representative Darren Johnson.
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Mr Johnson, who also serves on Lewisham council, was paid for answering questions about his attitude to the oil industry.
But he did better than fellow Green Jenny Jones and Southwark and Lambeth representative Val Shawcross, who did not receive anything worth more than �25.
Maybe they could learn from the assembly chairman Brian Coleman.
The Conservative representative for Barnet and Camden in north London got two tickets to Wimbledon, complete with lunch and refreshments, and another two tickets to see the glam disco band Scissor Sisters.
The register covers all gifts and hospitality from June to November.The previous register, covering between September last year and May this year, showed the mayor picking up 59 gifts worth more than �25.
Among the gifts were 12 boxes of vitamins, eight tins of Turkish coffee and a DVD of The Wizard Of Oz.
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Dec 13 2006
A LISTissued by the London Assembly reveals Mayor Ken Livingstone got hundreds of pounds worth of free gifts in six months.
Among the freebies was a leather-bound notebook from former US president Bill Clinton. There was also a silver tea caddy from the High Commissioner of Sri Lanka, a painting of old Moscow from Mayor Yuri Luzhkov and a crystal paperweight from Holland.
The mayor was given the notebook in September after he attended the annual meeting of President Clinton's Global Initiative group in New York.
A spokeswoman for the mayor said it was not possible to put a value on the book - but all declared gifts are judged as being worth more than �25.
Slightly less impressive was the payment from polling experts Mori to Green Party representative Darren Johnson.
Story continues Continue story
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Mr Johnson, who also serves on Lewisham council, was paid for answering questions about his attitude to the oil industry.
But he did better than fellow Green Jenny Jones and Southwark and Lambeth representative Val Shawcross, who did not receive anything worth more than �25.
Maybe they could learn from the assembly chairman Brian Coleman.
The Conservative representative for Barnet and Camden in north London got two tickets to Wimbledon, complete with lunch and refreshments, and another two tickets to see the glam disco band Scissor Sisters.
The register covers all gifts and hospitality from June to November.The previous register, covering between September last year and May this year, showed the mayor picking up 59 gifts worth more than �25.
Among the gifts were 12 boxes of vitamins, eight tins of Turkish coffee and a DVD of The Wizard Of Oz.
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