Livingstone welcomes Blair backing for mayor

Ken Livingstone today welcomed support he has received from former adversaries Tony Blair and Alistair Campbell in his fight to retain the London mayoralty.

It was revealed today that the New Labour big beasts, who both battled against Mr Livingstone’s initial election in 2000, have given advice to his team on how to beat the Conservatives’ Boris Johnson in what is shaping up to be a neck-and-neck race.