Labour On Attack After Johnson Doubles Fares For Poorest Londoners

Labour has accused Mayor of London Boris Johnson of ‘punishing the least well-off and most vulnerable Londoners’ after he announced the scrapping of half price fares for income support recipients.

Johnson Scraps Cheap Fares for Income Support Claimants

Some of the poorest transport users in London will see bus fares double after Mayor of London Boris Johnson announced the end of a deal with Venezuela’s state-owned oil company which allowed income support recipients benefit from half price bus fares.

Now Let’s Ensure the Venezuelans Get Value for Money

Yesterday’s eventual launch of the Venezuelan oil funded low fares initiative has once again led to charges of a rich city stealing from the poor citizens of Venezuela and much public hand-wringing about deals with ‘dictators’.

Mayor Launches 50p Fare for Income Support Recipients

Ken Livingstone has launched a new scheme which will allow Londoners in receipt of income support to benefit from a reduced bus far of just 50p per journey.

One London Continue to Question Oil Deal

The One London Party continued their questioning of the Mayor’s oil deal with Venezuela yesterday when they quizzed representatives from Transport for London.

One London and Mayor Clash Over Oil Deal Figures

The One London Party has dismissed Ken Livingstone’s recent statement that providing reduces fairs to London’s 250,000 income support recipients would cost 15 million GBP a year.

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