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Mr Johnson is on a cost-cutting initiative
Boris: London’s overseas offices could be closed

London’s new Conservative mayor, Boris Johnson, has threatened to close the capital’s overseas offices in an effort to cut costs. The offices, created by Johnson’s predecessor Ken Livingstone in Delhi, Mumbai, Beijing, Shangai, Brussels, Caracas and Moscow to promote London as an international business and tourism centre, cost close to £1.5 million to run every… Read more »

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The parties which were late with submissions will be fined
Political parties fail to reveal finances

The Electoral Commission has rounded on a handful of political parties for not revealing their financial accounts to the watchdog in time. “We are disappointed to see that some parties have not returned their accounts to us within the deadline,” said Lisa Klein, director of party and election finance at the Commission. “The late submission… Read more »