Tim Donovan retweeted
EXCL: A company that has spent thousands of pounds on free Taylor Swift tickets for Sadiq Khan has been given nearly £50m worth of work by City Hall.
My latest for @_TheLondoner
the-londoner.co.uk/sadiq-khan-tay…
My latest for @_TheLondoner
the-londoner.co.uk/sadiq-khan-tay…
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From City Hall: “The Mayor and TfL are continually exploring innovative approaches to making public transport as attractive and as affordable as possible for Londoners…..
NEW: Mayor's off-peak Fridays fare trial made no difference to passenger numbers says Tfl report (published in December but just come to light). Academics say it shows behaviour and lifestyle more important than savings:
content.tfl.gov.uk/offpeakfridays…
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“The Friday fares trial was also a direct response to the concerns of London’s businesses, who see incentivising travel on quieter days of the week as a key priority. The data gathered from this trial form part of a wider look at how we address post-COVID demand….
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Tim Donovan retweeted
NEW: Mayor's off-peak Fridays fare trial made no difference to passenger numbers says Tfl report (published in December but just come to light). Academics say it shows behaviour and lifestyle more important than savings:
content.tfl.gov.uk/offpeakfridays…
content.tfl.gov.uk/offpeakfridays…
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Met police faces £450 m shortfall and a need to cut 2,300 officers and 400 staff next year - Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley tells London Policing Board
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Met Police due to get its funding settlement before Xmas and then find out what City Hall will give it early next year. These are the “assumptions” Commissioner has had to make given the signals he has been getting
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Commissioner’s report warns he may have to consider “scaling back our ability to tackle serious violence and organised crime.”
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Tim Donovan retweeted
Did @Ofwat keep bills too low, and put too much trust in credit agencies? Or does the fault for @thameswater crisis lie with rapacious capitalism? Either way, as the crisis comes to a head, it looks like the consumer will end up paying. My @OnLondon report onlondon.co.uk/charles-wright…
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Interesting. Can see need to balance things out politically with Tory Andy Street - ex West Midlands mayor - also said to be on draft honours list. But no Sir Andy Burnham - with three whopping victories to his name in Manchester?!
Sir Sadiq? Ignore the haters, this is good for London standard.co.uk/news/london/sa…
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Former Labour minister @KarenPBuckQP is to be the new chair of the Old Oak & Park Royal Development Corporation - regenerating the capital’s biggest brownfield site as HS2 station gets done
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Tim Donovan retweeted
NEW from @CharlesWright57 - #London has been making progress towards its #NetZero target, but the hard parts lie ahead: onlondon.co.uk/hard-part-yet-… @LondonAssembly @ZackPolanski @LeonieC @CityHallTories @HinaBokhariLD @theCCCuk @Ed_Miliband @c40cities
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Mayor @SadiqKhan under fire for ‘delaying’ improvements to Oxford Street standard.co.uk/news/london/ox…
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Tim Donovan retweeted
The Met commissioner has warned it faces "eye-watering cuts" to services unless ministers increase its funding. bbc.in/3O5sDKC
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RT @StephenMcDonell: Shutting down reporting on the horrible killings in #Zhuhai #Guangdong #China CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW TO WATCH…
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Tim Donovan retweeted
A 1% fall in house prices in London could yield a £7.3bn boost to the economy over a decade, mayor Sadiq Khan has said.
bbc.in/3YMdcvK
bbc.in/3YMdcvK
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