Ken and Boris: The Story So Far May 2, 2012 KEN LIVINGSTONE ● Promises to cut public transport fares by seven per cent and then peg future rises to inflation ● Reintroduce Educational Maintenance Allowance for young Londoners ● Help parents back into work with improved childcare services ● Save Londoners £150pa on energy bills by buying fuel through Transport for London contracts ● Reinstate [...]
Why Boris Johnson is by far the best choice for Londoners | City A.M. May 2, 2012 TOMORROW is decision time for Londoners. Our great city is at a crossroads: it must choose who to elect as its mayor at a time of extreme economic uncertainty and just months before the Olympics, when the eyes of the world will be on London. Having carefully examined all the candidates, this newspaper believes that [...]
Why Boris Johnson is by far the best choice for Londoners May 1, 2012 TOMORROW is decision time for Londoners. Our great city is at a crossroads: it must choose who to elect as its mayor at a time of extreme economic uncertainty and just months before the Olympics, when the eyes of the world will be on London. Having carefully examined all the candidates, this newspaper believes that [...]
Ken blasts fare stealth taxes May 1, 2012 KEN Livingstone has declared that Londoners have “24 hours to save £1,000” as he makes a final push to convince traditional Labour voters that they should vote for him. “Boris is a hardline, dyed-in-the-wool Tory who wants to cut the top rate of tax further while whacking up fares to cover the cost of the [...]
US school buses boost National Express sales May 1, 2012 TRANSPORT firm National Express Group said it had traded well in the first quarter of 2012, driven by strong growth at its rail and North American school bus businesses. National Express said yesterday revenues at its C2C commuter rail service, which runs into central London, grew 10 per cent in the first three months of [...]
Olympics won’t come to rescue of UK economy May 1, 2012 THE OLYMPIC Games will provide only a “temporary fillip” to corporate earnings and fail to lift the UK from its economic stagnation, according to a study released yesterday by Moody’s. The impact of Olympics-related infrastructure developments has “probably already been felt”, Moody’s said. In 2005 the government calculated the economic net benefit of the event [...]
Moody’s says Olympics will give UK economy minor boost May 1, 2012 The Olympic Games in London this summer will likely provide only a temporary boost to corporate earnings, credit ratings agency Moody’s said. Britain, which went back into recession at the start of 2012, has spent nine billion pounds building the Olympics venues in east London and hopes the Games will be a catalyst to help [...]
SHOULD BORIS BE GIVEN POWER TO RUN THE COMMUTER TRAINS? April 30, 2012 NICK CUMMINS MIKI TRAVEL I don’t think the Mayor of London should be extended that kind of power. He’s already got plenty to sort out with Transport for London’s current services. Then again, he could be a good independent counterbalance to the current operating companies. NICHOLAS SCANLON SUMITOMO MITSUI BANKING CORPORATION EUROPE Yes, he’s done [...]
The mayoral debate: Boris and Ken issue their final message to voters April 30, 2012 THIS election comes when we have been going through the toughest times that anyone can remember. The big question is therefore blindingly simple. It is about who has the best plan for the jobs and growth that will help bring prosperity to all. It is about who will deliver the investment – from central government [...]
BORIS POISED TO TAKE CONTROL OF COMMUTER TRAINS April 29, 2012 BORIS Johnson is set to gain control of suburban rail services after the transport secretary Justine Greening gave City A.M. the strongest indication yet that she is willing to hand him control of key commuter routes if he is re-elected on Thursday. Under the proposals Transport for London (TfL) would have direct control over certain [...]