 Ken Livingstone is going to the polls for a third time next May |
The Greater London Authority Bill which will devolve more power to the mayor, has taken a step closer to becoming law after completing Parliamentary passage. Tory and Liberal Democrat peers, who had proposed measures in the bill in June to limit a mayor to two terms, withdrew the amendment last week.
The amendment would have denied London Mayor Ken Livingstone the right to stand in next May's elections.
MPs rejected the Lord's amendment last week without a vote.
Liberal Democrat spokesman Lord Tope, a London Assembly member, said there was no intention of introuducing the two-term rule until after 2012.
"Clearly it is not appropriate to pursue (this) any further today, and we will not do so," he told peers.
A second amendment, which would have allowed the Assembly more powers to amend the Mayor's budget, was also struck off without a vote.
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