Days before the first coronavirus lockdown in March, Deputy London Mayor Heidi Alexander agreed to pay management at Transport for London approximately £8.3million in bonuses. She also approved seven new roles with salaries of more than £100,000 each. The payments were agreed
Andy Byford, the London transport commissioner, has written to Bernadette Kelly, permanent secretary at the Department for Transport (DfT), this week, calling for £80million of urgent support to keep the £19billion project on track, it has emerged. The huge underground rail network
Transport for London (TfL) has already received bail-outs totalling £3.4billion this year but has warned it will need a further £2.9billion to keep the capital moving throughout 2021. The fresh demands are bound to enrage Boris Johnson, who served two terms as
Figures showed the number of staff at Transport for London earning more than £100,000 a year has increased by nearly 100 to 557 since the Labour mayor took office in the capital four years ago. The bill for the six-figure salaries has
The Labour mayor used an explosive op-ed to hit out at Boris Johnson after he said Mr Khan had “effectively bankrupted” the capital’s public transport system. The Prime Minister’s scathing review of the mayor’s performance came during this week’s PMQs amid an
Boris Johnson took aim at London Mayor Sadiq Khan in the House of Commons following an end to a potential new congestion charge. Mr Johnson defended this new plan and insisted the financial state of the transport network in London was the responsibility of Sadiq
Boris Johnson took aim at London Mayor Sadiq Khan in the House of Commons following an end to a potential new congestion charge. Mr Johnson defended this new plan and insisted the financial state of the transport network in London was the
London was thrown into crisis earlier this year amid the coronavirus pandemic. And according to Sky News, the government has offered Transport for London a new £1billion bailout. The Government is understood to be demanding the extension of London’s congestion charge zone