The Mayor's team

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The Mayor's team

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REDMOND O'NEILL
Young, bright former Commons researcher for Livingstone on Northern Ireland. Strong links to Socialist Action pressure group. Driving force behind anti-PPP campaign.

JOY JOHNSON
Former Millbank media chief, knows how to spin with the best of them. Soft-left and no-nonsense views warmed her to the Mayor. Charming but steely.

JOHN ROSS
£40,000-a-year economics adviser with far-left background. Once fought Newham North West parliamentary seat for the International Marxist Group. Keeps low profile but highly regarded by Mayor.

LEE JASPER
Race and policing adviser, described by some as the most powerful black man in London. Impressed the Mayor and many in the media this year when he called for limited stop and search to cut black gun crime.

JOHN DUFFY
Waste strategy adviser who earned his spurs as a Labour councillor in Mr Livingstone's Brent back yard. Also worked as a waste enforcement officer in Westminster Council.

NEALE COLEMAN
Housing adviser, highly respected in his field, who drew up widely praised strategy to get more affordable homes in the capital through planning gain. Long track record in Labour local government, seen by many as the man whose quiet, studious approach exposed Dame Shirley Porter's homes-for-votes affair.