London Assembly Member Val Shawcross has called on Boris Johnson to "honour his election pledge to protect ticket offices" and re-think plans to reduce office opening hours across the network and close some ticket offices. The reduced opening hours are set out in an internal Transport … [Read more...]
Mayor calls on Darling to plug PPP ‘black hole’
September 10, 2008 By
Boris Johnson has written to Chancellor of the Exchequer, Alistair Darling, requesting that the Government ensure Londoners are not shortchanged after PPP Arbiter Chris Bolt determined that maintenance work to be carried out by Tube Lines could cost more than £1billion above the … [Read more...]
RMT Announces Two Tube Strikes
August 13, 2008 By
The RMT has announced members working on the Underground are to stage two strikes over pay. Over 700 members working for cleaning contractors will hold their third strike between Thursday August 21 and Saturday August 23rd over ongoing demands to be paid the London Living Wage of … [Read more...]
Metronet Control Passes To TfL
May 27, 2008 By
Control of the failed tube contractor Metronet, which collapsed last year after shareholders withdrew support from the company, officially passed to Transport for London at one minute past midnight Monday. Transport for London are promising to invest £1.4bn in trains, signalling … [Read more...]
Mayor Appoints New Chief of Staff
May 22, 2008 By
Mayor of London Boris Johnson has named businessman Tim Parker as his new Chief of Staff and ‘Chief Executive’ of the GLA Group, City Hall announced earlier today. Mr Parker is a successful businessman credited with turning around the fortunes of companies as diverse as the AA, … [Read more...]
Livingstone Sets Out ‘Transport Choice’
April 22, 2008 By
Ken Livingstone has said the future of transport in London is 'the big choice' facing voters next week. Speaking earlier today Mr Livingstone said the choice facing Londoners was between proven experience and "complete incoherence" on the part of Tory candidate Boris Johnson. On … [Read more...]
Negativity at the Reuters Mayoral Hustings
April 15, 2008 By
Ken Livingstone, Boris Johnson, and Brian Paddick spent this morning at the Reuters Mayoral Hustings at Reuters House, Canary Wharf where they addressed an audience of business leaders and journalists. The event started with each candidate setting out their vision for the Capital, … [Read more...]
Candidates Condemn Tube Strikes
March 28, 2008 By
Mayoral candidates Boris Johnson and Brian Paddick have condemned the announcement of a 72-hour strike by London Underground workers in a row over safety. The RMT and TSSA unions have announced a stoppage from 1830 on 6 April to 9 April amid claims that plans to close 40 ticket offices … [Read more...]
