London mayoral election: Freezing fares or cutting council tax? How Zac and Sadiq’s giveaways stack up May 4, 2016 Elections are rarely free from giveaways. Labour Mayoral hopeful Sadiq Khan’s flagship policy is to freeze Transport for London’s fares for four years. His main contender, Conservative candidate Zac Goldsmith, has made clear he would freeze the council tax collected by the Mayor. This is one of the few big policy differences between the two [...]
London mayoral election 2016: Nearly half of London’s transport users say candidates haven’t spent enough time on transport issues May 4, 2016 Nearly half of London's transport users don't think any of the mayoral candidates have spend enough time addressing the capital's transport issues, according to new research. Research from taxi app Hailo found that both Sadiq Khan and Zac Goldsmith should use the last day of campaigning to make clear their case for ensuring the future economic prosperity [...]
There’s going to be 40,000 fewer seats on London flight routes to Isle of Man this summer May 4, 2016 There will be 40,000 fewer seats on London routes to the Isle of Man this summer, according to TravelWatch. The transport watchdog said that the fall was due to the planned reduction in Easyjet flights from Gatwick on peak summer Saturdays and some peak summer midweek days, as well as the loss of Flybe's Stansted [...]
Labour’s Sadiq Khan can’t be trusted to deliver for Londoners – but Zac is a man I can do business with May 4, 2016 When I first became chancellor six years ago, I inherited a British economy and a London economy that were on their knees. It’s why on day one we immediately put a plan in place to rescue the public finances while laying the foundations for recovery. London led that recovery, bouncing back first and fastest. With [...]
Why George Osborne thinks Zac Goldsmith, not Sadiq Khan, can deliver the best deal for London May 4, 2016 George Osborne has urged Londoners to vote for fellow Conservative Zac Goldsmith in the London mayoral election on Thursday to help the government deliver “the best possible deal for London”. Writing in City A.M., the chancellor said he wants a mayor “who wants to work with me to get things done” and questioned what sort of [...]
Transport Select Committee urges government to provide clear timetable for south east airport expansion plan May 4, 2016 The government's failure to set out a clear timetable for airport expansion has been blasted as a “squandered opportunity” by top MPs. In a report released today by the Transport Select Committee, which backs the construction of a third runway at Heathrow, ministers are urged to make a decision as soon as possible to end decades of “political dithering”. [...]
London facing prospect of more strike action and delays over Night Tube May 3, 2016 London is facing the prospect of more strike action over the Night Tube. Members of the RMT union are voting on whether to strike over their pay and conditions under the Night Tube deal. The ballot for action involves nearly 1,500 maintenance and engineering staff and concerns pay and pensions. Read more: Night Tube back on track? [...]
Now Zac Goldsmith’s campaign claims it’s as quick to commute to Venice than it is to reach Bromley on the train May 3, 2016 It may be the final few days of London's mayoral election, but things are continuing to heat up – after Zac Goldsmith's campaign made some pretty strong claims about the capital's commute times. The Conservative candidate's campaign has crunched the number and discovered it takes as long for some of the capital's commuters to reach [...]
Zac Goldsmith seems to have found his mojo: But is it too late to defeat Sadiq Khan? May 3, 2016 City Social, on the 24th floor of Tower 42, is used to hosting London’s power brokers, and it would take an interesting guest to tempt the diners to look up from their menus or their phones. Nobody reaches for their cameras when I take a window seat with Zac Goldsmith, but they definitely notice him. [...]
As London goes to the polls this week, which mayoral candidate would be better for business? May 3, 2016 Karren Brady, businesswoman and Conservative peer, says Zac. The next mayor has to be able to work with this government, above all to deliver the infrastructure to cope with a growing population. It’s a scandal, for example, that Bank station – probably the most important tube station in the financial world – gets closed once a [...]