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Margaret Thatcher's legacy 'still felt' in London

8 April 2013 Last updated at 17:35 BST

Margaret Thatcher's arrival in Downing Street marked the birth of a political ideology which brought about dramatic changes to London.

She was loved as much as she was loathed and, in the years since stepping down as prime minister in 1990, opinion has remained bitterly divided on her legacy.

When she swept to power she was determined to reverse the country's economic decline and destroy the left-wing politics she felt had held the country to ransom for too long. Top of her list of targets was the Greater London Council (GLC) led by Ken Livingstone.

BBC London's political editor Tim Donovan assesses the impact her premiership had on the capital and talks to Andrew Rosindell MP, Mr Livingstone, City financier Terry Smith, Tony Travers of the London School of Economics, former employee of the London Docklands Development Stuart Innes, Peter Dunn of the Docklands Community Poster Project and former Conservative minister Steven Norris.