Boris Johnson's Administration and Women in London

First Published: Tuesday 08 July 2008, 00:01 By Ken Livingstone Ray Lewis was the only member of an ethnic minority appointed by Boris Johnson to the most senior level of his administration - it remains to be seen who will replace him. Due also to the resignation of the Deputy Chief of Staff James McGrath, and the row surrounding the elimination of anti-racism from the Rise Festival, considerable attention has been paid to Boris Johnson administration's attitude to London's ethnic minorities. Given that this is almost one third of Londoners this is obviously a major issue for the capital. But equal attention has not been paid to similar developments concerning women. The elimination of women from the senior management levels in the Greater London Authority has been greater even than that for ethnic minorities and similar... [read full story]