He said that Labour members in the GLA were engaged in a "policy of cohabitation" with Mr Livingstone.

BBC: Livingstone out on the fringe

He started his new role on 7 January and is based at the GLA offices in Nottingham, where a third of the GLA's staff are based.

BBC: Paul Broadbent

Labour Party candidate Toby Harris entered the history books as the first member elected to the GLA in Brent and Harrow, the first constituency seat of the 25-member assembly to be declared.

BBC: Tories and Labour tie GLA count