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Cable Car – Boris and TfL’s private hire charges don’t add up
Here’s another example of poor Thames Cable Car value to follow on from yesterday’s three. According to the website emiratesairline.co.uk – which has been registered up by Emirates Airlines* rather...
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TfL frees Londoners from the tyranny of Dubai law
An artist’s impression of the cable car scheme. Image: TfLEarlier this week I reported that use of an official website providing information about the Thames Cable Car placed Londoners under Dubai law....
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Time for Hogan-Howe to prove he really is his own man
Mayor Boris Johnson and Met Commissioner Bernard Hogan-Howe. Image: MayorWatchToday’s no-show by Met Commissioner Bernard Hogan-Howe visibly annoyed the London Assembly’s Police and Crime Committee –...
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How Bernard Hogan-Howe spends some of his 200 working days a year
Met Commissioner Bernard Hogan-HoweLast week’s claims that Met Commissioner Bernard Hogan-Howe was too busy to appear before the Assembly seem to support my past suggestion (2mins 15 seconds) that...
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Boris should play nice with AMs, his police reforms could rely on their support
Mayor Boris Johnson and Met Commissioner Bernard Hogan-Howe. Image: MayorWatchA final thought (for now) on last week’s London Assembly Policing and Crime Committee meeting. Stephen Greenhalgh has an...
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TfL must renegotiate its contact with Barclays
Despite the headline sponsorship deal with Barclays, taxpayers are the scheme’s major funders. Image: MayorWatch“There are also risks to TfL’s reputation if the branding of public assets is deemed to...
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Can you solve the mystery behind Project X?
Lady T (Left) is one of the mysterious characters you’ll meet as you solve the mysteries of PROJECT X. Image: MayorWatchAs reported last week, the London Transport Museum has a new live theatre...
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Fairer funding – a bold initiative from Boris we should all support
London could keep more of the taxes it paysOne policy which really excited me during this year’s City Hall elections was Boris Johnson’s vow to look at a fairer funding settlement for London. I set out...
View ArticleBoris pays off TfL after threat to block City Hall backed redevelopment scheme
Transport for London aren’t my biggest fans – the price of writing stories they consider unhelpful has been to fall off their invite list for events such as the launch of the New Bus for London or the...
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TfL reveals frequency of Barclays sponsorship payments
Barclays is the minority funder of the Cycle Hire scheme.In response to an FOI request Transport for London has provided some additional information about the payment arrangements for its £50m Cycle...
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A deal so good TfL signed it twice?
Tourists can buy Oyster cards from VisitBritain’s shops.Yesterday Transport for London issued a press release announcing it had “appointed” VisitBritain to sell and promote the Oyster card overseas....
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Why didn’t Boris tell Londoners he was quizzing the Met?
Boris Johnson chairing October 2012′s MOPAC Challenge meeting at City Hall. Image: MayorWatchThis morning Met Commissioner Bernard Hogan-Howe and members of his senior team were questioned about the...
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Boris’s poor value sponsorship deal finally catches up with him
Barclays is the minority funder of the Cycle Hire scheme.Commentators have known for some time that Boris Johnson’s cycle hire sponsorship deal with Barclays was incredibly poor value for Londoners and...
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Cable Car: TfL reveals Emirates payments & schedule
Image: TfLIn response to an FOI I submitted last month, Transport for London has released the schedule of payments and sums paid by Emirates for their £36m cable car sponsorship deal, including the...
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TfL salaries cost Londoners £1.5bn per year
Tube salaries are costing Londoners more than £1bn per yearLondoners are paying more than a billion pounds a year to staff the London Underground, with the Tube accounting for two-thirds of Transport...
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An update on Boris’s ‘secret’ police scrutiny sessions
Boris Johnson chairing October 2012′s MOPAC Challenge meeting at City Hall.Last month I highlighted how the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime was failing to inform Londoners of its regular ‘MOPAC...
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Will TfL finally come clean over Barclays’ Cycle Hire payments?
Having previously been told it had no intention of revealing how much money Barclays has actually handed over for its sponsorship of the Cycle Hire scheme, I was surprised when TfL provided the same...
View ArticleTfL can no longer deliver value for money and it’s all my fault
After years of blaming Boris for rising fares and poor value from Transport for London, I’m afraid readers will now have to reserve some of their ire for me. By selfishly insisting on knowing how much...
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Boris’s crime plan: A blunt message for Londoners, a blunter one for...
Londoners will be able to have their say on the future of policing.Yesterday started with an earlier than usual trip to City Hall for a briefing on the new London Police and Crime Plan, also known in...
View ArticleThe public needs to know the Met’s leadership is sharing the pain
I was unsurprised but disappointed at the Met’s refusal this week to reveal whether the budget for providing protection for senior officers will fall as part of the force’s spending cuts. Whenever an...
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