{"id":171347,"date":"2023-09-20T08:29:35","date_gmt":"2023-09-20T02:59:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/former-london-mayor-ken-livingstone-is-battling-alzheimers-his-family-announce\/"},"modified":"2023-09-20T08:30:33","modified_gmt":"2023-09-20T03:00:33","slug":"former-london-mayor-ken-livingstone-is-battling-alzheimers-his-family-announce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/former-london-mayor-ken-livingstone-is-battling-alzheimers-his-family-announce\/","title":{"rendered":"Former London mayor Ken Livingstone is battling Alzheimer\u2019s, his family announce"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FORMER London mayor Ken Livingstone has Alzheimer\u2019s disease, his family have announced.<\/p>\n

One-time Labour left figurehead \u201cRed Ken\u201d, 78, \u201cwill no longer be available for any media interviews\u201d, his spokesman said. <\/p>\n

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Ken Livingstone’s family have announced he is battling Alzheimer\u2019s disease<\/span>Credit: Getty<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

He added: \u201cKen\u2019s well cared for by family and friends.\u201d<\/p>\n

Livingstone was a prominent figure in the capital for more than 40 years. <\/p>\n

He introduced the congestion charge, ultra-cheap bus and Tube fares, and bendy buses.<\/p>\n

The former MP was a thorn in the side of Margaret Thatcher\u2019s Tories and New Labour under Sir Tony Blair.<\/p>\n

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He was London\u2019s first mayor in 2000 and served two terms, losing out to Boris Johnson in 2008. <\/p>\n

He quit the Labour Party in 2018, embroiled in anti-Semitism allegations.<\/p>\n

The Alzheimer\u2019s Society said: \u201cWe\u2019re grateful to Ken\u2019s family for being open about his diagnosis.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

FORMER London mayor Ken Livingstone has Alzheimer\u2019s disease, his family have announced. One-time Labour left figurehead \u201cRed Ken\u201d, 78, \u201cwill no longer be available for any media interviews\u201d, his spokesman said. 1 Ken Livingstone’s family have announced he is battling Alzheimer\u2019s diseaseCredit: Getty He added: \u201cKen\u2019s well cared for by family and friends.\u201d Livingstone was […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":171348,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[101,3],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/1695178779_Former-London-mayor-Ken-Livingstone-is-battling-Alzheimers-his-family.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171347"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=171347"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171347\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":171349,"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171347\/revisions\/171349"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/171348"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=171347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=171347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=171347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}