From TfL Tube strike and VJ 70 Day to Google’s transformation and London’s Plague pits: Here’s what got us talking this week August 15, 2015 A tennis player got fined for not playing cricket. The Labour leadership contest turned nasty. And somewhere in Covent Garden was the sound of the house price market going super-sonic. Here's what got us talking this week 1. We are pretty tight when it comes to tipping Yep, turns out we're pretty stingy. But not [...]
UK house prices rose at the fastest pace in a year in July – and could speed up this year August 13, 2015 British house prices rose at their fastest rate in a year last month, while the gap between supply and demand means they could speed up this year. The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics) monthly house price balance rose to +44 in July, from +40 a month earlier. This was the highest since July 2014 and [...]
August 2015 TfL Tube strike: London must have a Night Tube if it’s to keep its status as a global capital August 13, 2015 Once again, millions of Londoners are suffering travel chaos after the unions convinced London Underground staff to strike. The strike has been called in response to plans for weekend all-night running on some Tube lines. Those plans involve staff getting a two per cent pay rise and bonuses on top worth hundreds of pounds. [...]
August 2015 TfL Tube strike: Night Tube to miss 12 September launch date August 12, 2015 The Night Tube is being delayed until after its 12 September launch date as unions continue to threaten strike action. Sources have told City A.M that London Underground is poised to announce the 24-hour service will miss its start-point next month. A TfL spokesman said there was "no change to our position", which [...]
TfL Tube strike August 2015: RMT confirms two new 24 hour strike dates August 12, 2015 RMT has confirmed a further two 24-hour strikes over the Night Tube to take place in August. Train operators and instructor operators will walk out from 9pm on Tuesday 25 August until the same time 26 August. It will be repeated again from 9pm on 27 August until 28 August. All other staff will [...]
August 2015 TfL Tube strike: Tube union demands would “cost TfL £1.4bn” – and it’s commuters who’ll pay August 12, 2015 The demands being made by the four unions in the Night Tube dispute would cost £1.4bn over the next eight years, forcing Tube fares up, TfL has claimed. RMT, TSSA, Aslef and Unite have been leading industrial action for the last few weeks over the introduction of the 24-hour service, seeking a number of [...]
TfL Tube strike August 2015: Just one in five commuters back the strikers as two new strike dates announced August 11, 2015 As RMT announced another two Tube strike dates, it seems the majority of Londoners are getting fed up with the conflict over the Night Tube disrupting their commute – although most of us don't like the idea of night-working ourselves. Only one in five back the strikers, showed a Yougov poll conducted over the latest [...]
TfL Tube strike: Night Tube talks between TfL and unions RMT, TSSA, Aslef and Unite adjourned until Wednesday August 11, 2015 Crunch talks over the Night Tube will not resume until Wednesday at the earliest, as the threat of another Tube strike looms over Londoners. UPDATE: RMT confirms two new 24 hour strike dates Representatives of the four unions – RMT, TSSA, Aslef and Unite – met with Transport for London bosses at Acas yesterday [...]
TfL Tube strike: Talks begin between unions and transport bosses to avert more action over Night Tube August 11, 2015 A fresh attempt to break the deadlock between transport unions and TfL over the Night Tube dispute will begin today in an effort to avoid yet another Tube strike. UPDATE: These are the new Tube strike dates The two sides will meet at conciliatory service Acas today, with the unions threatening yet more industrial [...]
August 2015 TfL Tube strike: No employer can afford to meet the demands of unions RMT, TSSA, Aslef and Unite over the Night Tube August 6, 2015 London is growing and increasingly becoming a 24 hour city. The Night Tube will transform night time journeys, cutting journey times by an average of 20 minutes, with some by more than an hour. London's night-time economy will be opened up to a host of new opportunities, with the new 24 hour services supporting around [...]