Khan eats his cake but keeps it too
So, having complained for years that TfL is in dire financial straits and needs more central government funding, Sadiq Khan has magically found £30million down the back of his sofa to appease the tube unions (albeit scuppering previously agreed pay deals in the process).Now he’s managed to find more cash to fund a fare freeze, despite fare revenue being a crucial component in TfL funding. Blatant electioneering of course, and fundamentally dishonest. Should he get back in khan will whack those fares up next January, as he has done before.And for those Labour apologists out there, this is the mayor who increases his council tax precept by the maximum every year to fund his bloated and unwieldy City Hall fiefdom.I don’t think London gets a fair funding deal from government, but the whole TfL setup should be removed from political influence. It’s only London residents who suffer.
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