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Sadiq admits he could have frozen Travelcard prices

January 23, 2017 - Martin Hoscik@MayorWatch

During last year’s Mayoral election Mr Khan wrote about the sacrifices some Londoners are forced to make when the cost of a Travelcard goes up.

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Sadiq Khan has “serious questions” to answer over TfL’s fares freeze advice

January 23, 2017 - Keith Prince

It did not take Sadiq Khan long to start breaking promises once he had been elected as Mayor. One of the first and most disappointing was his failure to live up to his pre-election pledge that Londoners “won’t pay a penny more in 2020 than you do now.”

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Sadiq Khan says he never got it, but here’s TfL’s official fares freeze advice to him

January 19, 2017 - Martin Hoscik@MayorWatch

The information, which has taken three costly Freedom of Information requests to obtain has been lurking in Transport for London for 8 months – did it really never get as far as City Hall?

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Sadiq Khan formally confirms TfL fares freeze

November 18, 2016 - Martin Hoscik@MayorWatch

The freeze was a major part of Mr Khan’s election manifesto and was popular with many Londoners who’d seen the cost of travel rise each year under his predecessor, Boris Johnson.

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Mayor promises to publish all future fares decisions and advice

September 26, 2016 - Martin Hoscik@MayorWatch

There’s been a very important and welcome development in the ongoing efforts to secure publication of whatever advice TfL provided to Sadiq Khan so that he knew his fares freeze was affordable and deliverable.

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