LIB DEMS WISH KEN MANY HAPPY RETURNS ON HIS 60TH BIRTHDAY

9.39.32am BST (GMT +0100) Fri 17th Jun 2005

Liberal Democrats at the London Assembly today wished Mayor Ken Livingstone many happy returns on reaching his 60th birthday.

Mr Livingstone is now entitled to his Freedom Pass that will allow him to travel across the capital free of charge. The Liberal Democrats are hoping that with his new bus pass, the Mayor will take the opportunity to visit many of the outer London areas that he has neglected over the last five years.

Leader of the Liberal Democrat group at the London Assembly, Graham Tope, said:-

"I would like to wish Ken many congratulations on reaching his landmark 60th birthday. I hope that he will find the Freedom Bus pass a useful present that will persuade him to visit areas outside of central London and see for himself what the needs and concerns of residents outside of Zone 1 are."

ENDS