Mayoral candidate Brian Paddick, has pledged to safeguard all of London's historic views from property developers if he is elected mayor.

The Liberal Democrat claims that the capital's views are at risk following changes made by rival Ken Livingstone to allow more tower blocks.

He has promised to restore "full protection" to London's historic views.

"The Mayor has eroded the protection of our historic views, threatening to obscure our world heritage landmarks," he said.

"As Mayor, I will restore the full protection to all of London's historic views which Ken has eroded to the benefit of his property developers friends.

"I will not approve applications for buildings which will damage the traditional view lines. The Mayor of London must have strategic responsibility for planning, not tactical interference with the decisions of locally elected representatives."