Ken Livingstone was under pressure last night to answer a series of incendiary claims that put the Mayor of London's personal and public life under intense scrutiny. Lawyers representing Channel 4's flagship documentary programme, Dispatches, have given Livingstone till Wednesday to respond to a number of accusations before the programme is broadcast next Monday.
Livingstone's supporters last night launched a ferocious riposte to C4, accusing it of 'unlawful interference' in the run-up to the mayoral elections. The Dispatches programme, which has been a year in the making and is fronted by the political editor of the New Statesman, Martin Bright, asks what happened to tens of thousands of pounds of London Development Agency cash.
