A record of success
Dear Londoner
I've lived in London my whole life. I have always worked to make it a better place. I take the tube to get to work not just because public transport is one of the best ways to commute around London but because it keeps me in touch with the concerns of other Londoners.
One thing I'm clear about is that London is now more successful than it was - and that our job is to continue to help all Londoners take part in that success.
There is no room for complacency if London is going to stay on the right path.
My most central pledge at this election is that I will work to ensure that London continues to be successful; that I will not rely on the myth of automatic "trickle down" to ensure every Londoner shares in that success but take practical measures to ensure they do; and that London will tackle the great environmental problems, above all climate change, to ensure that our success is sustainable.
London is leading the world with 21st Century solutions to the challenges that face all of the world's great cities. My priorities for a new term will be clear - transport, crime, housing, the environment and good community relations.
If you believe the direction London has been going in for the past eight years is fundamentally right and should continue further, then please join my campaign so that we can keep London moving forwards in the future.
Ken Livingstone
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Ken's commitments for a new term:
- Continue investing to transform London's transport system - continue improving bus services, modernise the Tube, build Crossrail and improve London rail services through London Overground to raise service and safety standards, while holding down fares
- Continue the six per cent reduction in crime each year - add a further 1,000 police over the next year to London's existing record police numbers and maintain a dedicated police team in every neighbourhood
- Safeguard the policy that 50 per cent of new homes should be cheaper homes to buy and homes at affordable rents; build a minimum fifty thousand new affordable homes in the next three years
- Introduce 24 hour operation of the Freedom Pass - giving older and disabled Londoners free travel before 9am and throughout the day
- Extend the student travel discount to Oyster One Day Travelcards; maintain free travel for under-18s on the buses
- A £25 a day charge for high carbon-emitting gas guzzlers to enter the central London congestion zone and no charge for the greenest cars, with a London-wide Low Emission Zone to keep the worst polluting lorries out of London
- Maintain good community relations - continue to reduce racist attacks, down more than fifty per cent over eight years
- Youth centres for our young people - a £78m programme to set up youth centres and improve youth services throughout London to provide safe facilities outside school hours