Ken Livingstone GLC abolition by-election

Title

Ken Livingstone GLC abolition by-election

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

20 Jun 1984

Year of production

1984

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Duration

00:02:49

Description

Elena Curti reports on GLC leader Ken Livingstone’s hope to resign from his seat over the Government’s decision to scrap the GLC to force a by-election over abolition. Includes interviews with chair of his local party Margaret Lynch and Ken Livingstone.

Contributors

Ken Livingstone; Elena Curti; Margaret Lynch

Keywords

Elections; Politics; London; Local government; Labour Party; GLC; Councils; Local elections; Governance; Central government; Ken Livingstone; Centralization

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