Ham and High readers will already be left worse off by the Conservative government’s proposed funding settlement for TfL. They are demanding an increase in council tax taxes on all Londoners; and also insist on scrapping all free travel for under 18s and over 60s. The Conservative Government’s demand to extend the congestion charge to the North Circular will cripple […]
Read moreLabour London Assembly Member for Barnet and Camden Andrew Dismore has written to the three Barnet Conservative MPs, Mike Freer, Theresa Villiers and Matthew Offord, after details of the Government’s proposed funding support for TfL was published. The funding would come at the price of abolishing free travel for the over 60s and under 18s, an undisclosed hike in the […]
Read moreTube Noise [1] Question No: 2020/3440 Andrew Dismore When were noise levels last recorded at Mornington Crescent residential properties; what were those levels; and what solution do you propose to tube noise nuisance there? Tube Noise [1] The Mayor Last updated: 19 October, 2020 In July 2020 Transport for London (TfL) resumed its residential noise monitoring programme, with additional protocols […]
Read moreIn response to reports that the Government’s TfL emergency funding package will increase fares, expand the congestion charge zone, and reduce concessions, local London Assembly Member, Andrew Dismore AM, said: “If these reports are accurate and the Government moves ahead with this deal, it falls far short of what our transport services need and what Londoners deserve. “The refusal of […]
Read moreDear editor, The reported offer being made to Transport for London (TfL) for a bailout package by the Government is tantamount to blackmail. The Conservative Government want to scrap free travel for children and over 60’s as well as inflation busting fare rises for hard-pressed Londoners. The extension of the Congestion Charge to the North and South Circular will destroy […]
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