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Barclays deducts £1.5m from cycle hire sponsorship over performance failures
Barclays has deducted more than £1.5m from its sponsorship of the capital’s cycle hire scheme, a new Freedom of Information request has revealed.
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Boris Bikes satisfaction levels fall after price hike
Satisfaction levels with the capital’s cycle hire scheme has fallen, with users unhappy about the recent price increase and bike & docking station availability, according to internal Transport for London polling.
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Fire Brigade staff in line for £1.5m backpay after Court of Appeal verdict
Staff employed by the London Fire Brigade are in line for a backdated pay rise of £1.5m after the Court of Appeal backed a legal challenge over the wording of a three-year pay deal.
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Report: Civil servants seek to block Mayor’s rail vision
Boris Johnson’s ambitions to gan control of the Southeastern and Greater Anglia rail franchises could be blocked by the UK Government, according to the City A.M. newspaper. The paper reports that the departure of transport secretary Justine Greening and her replacement by Patrick McLoughlin has seen civil servants take “advantage of the change in leadership [...]

Londoners pay £50,000 to provide TfL bosses and families with private health plans
London fare payers are paying thousands of pounds to provide free medical benefits to senior Transport for London staff, their partners and children. TfL bosses, who have claimed thousands of pounds on taxis, trains, magazine subscriptions and meals, are entitled to a medical plan as part of their renumeration packages. In response to a Freedom [...]

Boris welcomes call for greater financial freedom
London’s politicians have welcomed a new report calling for the capital to gain greater control of the money raised within it. The report has been published by the London Finance Commission which was established by Mayor Boris Johnson under the chairmanship of LSE academic and local government expert Professor Tony Travers. It calls for an [...]
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