AMs says that although TfL has identified £117m of savings over the next 2 years, the organisation has yet to work out how it can fund the policy.
Why didn’t Sadiq take up TfL’s offer to freeze the cost of Travelcards? Will he ever publish TfL’s fares advice?
After a bit of chasing I finally received a response from Transport for London and City Hall to my request for the “emails, briefing documents and other paperwork between TfL and City Hall” relating to Sadiq’s fares freeze.
Why won’t Sadiq Khan release Transport for London’s advice on his fares freeze?
When Sadiq announced his fares freeze he failed to publish the advice which he’d relied on and is now failing to deliver on his pledge “to lead the most transparent, engaged and accessible administration London has ever seen”.
Sadiq Khan accused of breaking fares freeze pledge after confirming travelcard costs will rise each year
During the campaign to succeed Boris Johnson as mayor, Mr Khan promised that Londoners would pay the same fare in 2020, when he’ll be up for re-election, as they did at the start of his mayoralty.
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.
