The starting pistol has fired and the most hotly-contested London Mayoral election since the role was created eight years ago has begun.
Ken Livingstone, gunning for a third term, faces serious competition from the flamboyant Conservative MP Boris Johnson, and Liberal Democrat Brian Paddick, formerly the UK's highest-ranking openly-gay police officer, plus seven other candidates.
Children and young people feature highly in all three manifestos. London has a staggeringly high rate of child poverty and is dogged by news reports of teenage gang crime. But the capital is also a trailblazer for initiatives such as the Childcare Affordability Programme, which provides subsidised childcare to help parents in deprived areas get jobs, and guidance that requires housing developments to include play areas.
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