Transport for London has been granted another short-term extension to its emergency funding deal by the Government, it has been announced. The £200 million bailout agreed in February was set to expire on 24 June but a stalemate in negotiations over a long-term funding agreement saw the deadline extended until 11.59pm this evening. But with […]
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TfL bailout: Mayor and Tory rival unite against South Circular congestion charge proposal
Updated story: Sadiq Khan and his Conservative rival Shaun Bailey have united against proposals to expand London’s congestion charge to the North and South Circular roads. This huge increase to the charging area is believed to be a government condition in ongoing negotiations for a new Transport for London (TfL) bailout, which has been extended […]
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Scrapping free children’s travel delayed to spring while TfL boss says cut not needed
Free bus travel for London secondary school children will not be cut until next spring, the head of Transport for London has revealed. The scheme was due to be suspended after the October half term, but TfL’s new commissioner Andy Byford said it would be pushed back to 2021. The Government ordered Sadiq Khan to […]
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Bakerloo Line: Stop playing games with TfL funding, Lewisham mayor tells government
Lewisham’s elected mayor and the leader of Southwark Council have accused the government of “game-playing” over Transport for London’s finances after it emerged that TfL did not prioritise the Bakerloo line extension when asking for Whitehall funding this week. TfL is proposing to extend the Bakerloo line from Elephant & Castle to Lewisham via two new stops on the Old Kent […]
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TfL cash crisis: City Hall Tories refuse to oppose free children’s travel cuts
Conservative London Assembly members have refused to back a cross-party appeal to the government opposing cuts to children’s free travel in the capital. After October half-term, ministers plan to make most young people over ten pay to use London buses – with exceptions to help vulnerable pupils or those facing long journeys get to school. […]
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TfL bailout: Older people to lose free travel before 9am from 15 June
Older people will lose their right to travel for free in London at morning rush hour during the coronavirus outbreak from June 15, it has been confirmed today. This temporary cut to free journeys was a condition of the Government bailout agreed by Transport for London last month. From 15 June passengers using the Older […]
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TfL bailout: Scrapping free child travel will cost us £16m, councils tell government
London’s 32 borough councils want the government to scrap the suspension of free travel for under-18s, complaining that it will cost them £16 million and will be impossible to administer before the new school year. Transport secretary Grant Shapps imposed the condition two weeks ago as part of a £1.6 billion bailout of Transport for […]
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