On Tuesday Sadiq Khan (Labour), Zac Goldsmith (Conservative), Caroline Pidgeon (Liberal Democrat), Peter Whittle (UKIP) and Sian Berry (Green) addressed more than 600 delegates from the technology industry and set out their policies to ensure London continues to compete with other high-skill cities.
Tories urge Sadiq Khan to ‘front up’ over cost of fares freeze pledge
Tory mayoral hopeful Zac Goldsmith says rival Sadiq Khan must “front up to voters” and explain how he’ll pay for a four year fares freeze which Transport for London says would cost £1.5bn more than the Labour candidate claims.
Sadiq can deny it all he likes but TfL really does say his fares pledge will cost £1.9bn
Sadiq claims his policy would cost £450m. Everyone else says the true cost is closer to £1.9bn and the reason they do so is because Transport for London has said that’s the case.
Sadiq Khan warns of school funding “catastrophe”
Local councils say proposed changes could remove as much as £260 million from London’s funding, equivalent to 6,253 full-time teachers or 12,309 full-time teaching assistants.
Sadiq Khan: London’s bus services could be brought in-house
If elected in May, Mr Khan says he would order a full review of the tendering process to ensure it delivers best value for Londoners and suggests this could see TfL operating some routes in-house rather than franchising them out.
