LibDems: Mayor failing to cut precept to build up election war chest

Boris Johnson has been accused of dodging the chance to help hard-up Londoners by cutting the Greater London Authority share of the council tax, opting instead to use excess funds in order to build up “a war chest of reserves” to used as part of an election year tax cut.

TfL Board agree taxi fare increase

Taxi fares in London are set to rise by 2.3 per cent after Transport for London’s (TfL) Board today agreed the need to ensure drivers were able to meet rising costs. TfL say the increase “aims to find a balance between maintaining income levels for drivers, who face disproportionately higher costs in order to work than average Londoners, while ensuring passengers still get a fair price” and is the lowest increase since 2004.

London TravelWatch calls for Oyster Extension Permits to be scrapped

London’s passenger watchdog has condemned the new Oyster Extension Permits, which allow Oyster Pay As You Go holders to use their cards on national rail services, for being “difficult to understand” and has called for them to be scrapped.

Does Boris really need one hour bus tickets explaining to him again?

Which genuinely needy group are one hour bus fares designed to help? Subsidised travel schemes for pensioners, low income households and disabled people are vital but fare payers should only subsidise those in genuine need.

Johnson tells Londoners: ‘I’m delivering more for less’

His political opponents may have started the political New Year by condemning his increase in bus fares but Boris Johnson will today seek to persuade Londoners and AMs that he’s “delivering more for less” when he appears before the London Assembly’s Budget and Performance Committee.

London’s commuters face first day of new fares package

Londoners returning to work after the festive break will today be making their first commutes under Boris Johnson’s new fares package which he unveiled in October. The package sees bus fares increase for the second time since Johnson came to office with a single Oyster pay as you go fare increasing from £1 to £1.20.

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