London Underground workers have voted to strike over job cuts and the closing of ticket offices on the Tube network. Plans to axe the ticket offices and redeploy staff to ticket halls and platforms were confirmed last year by Mayor Boris Johnson and Mike Brown, Managing Director of LU.

Season ticket holders could get a rebate on the cost of their pass in return for walking or cycling once a week after the Mayor told Transport for London to investigate how flexible ticketing could be used to encourage physical activity.

Mayor Boris Johnson and his policing deputy, Stephen Greenhalgh, visited Harrow today to highlight how proactive policing can help reduce burglary in the capital.

London’s buses will go cash-free from Sunday 6th July, after which passengers will need an Oyster card, contactless debit or credit card or pre-paid ticket to travel.

Mayor Boris Johnson has proposed using up to £200m of public money to finance the construction of new homes to be rented at below market rents for a ten year period.

Business leaders have warned that a failure to include London in Labour’s plans to devolve more powers to cities would benefit the capital’s European rivals, not its English neighbours.