PPP Arbiter’s final ruling creates London Underground funding gap

London Underground faces a larger than expected funding gap for upgrade work carried out by Tube Lines after PPP Arbiter Chris Bolt increased his final determination costed the works at £4.46 bn, an increase of £65m on his draft directions published in December.

Thames Water commits £25million to combat West London flooding

Homes in West London could soon be spared the problem of basements flooding with sewage after Thames Water committed itself to spending up to £25million over the next five years on measures to alleviate the issue.

Medway Council joins calls for clarity over ‘Boris Island’

The leader of Medway Council has written to Mayor of London Boris Johnson demanding “clarity” over the Mayor’s backing for an airport in the Thames Estuary. Last week the Mayor told BBC One’s Question Time “I don’t want to build an estuary in the, er, an airport in the Thames Estuary”, a position later ‘clarified’ by City Hall which insisted the Mayor “was referring to the fact that there are no actual plans in place to build an airport” but believed “the complex and critical decisions on Britain’s aviation future require mature exploration of every possible option.”

Mayor urged to ‘clarify’ airport plans

Boris Johnson has come under pressure to clarify whether he intends to push ahead with proposals to build an airport in the Thames Estuary after he last night appeared to backtrack on previous statements supporting the scheme.

Boris announces £900,000 to tackle homelessness

The London Development Agency is to provide an additional £900,000 of funding to tackle homelessness in the capital. The funding will be used to pay for outreach teams who, from October this year, will work with homeless people in the capital to offer opportunities to gain skills and training.

TfL to renew METRO’s distribution contract

METRO, the free newspaper printed by Associated Newspapers and distributed to London’s commuters at London Underground stations, is set to retain its contract with Transport for London.

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