Ken Livingstone today announced details of an emergency fares
package to cut fares which he would introduce if elected in May 2012.
Ken promised to rip up Boris Johnson’s ‘high fare’ policy which has committed Londoners to 20 years of fare increases at 2% above inflation and replace it with a fairer fares package starting with an immediate overall fares cut:
* An overall cut in fares for Londoners of 5% in the autumn of 2012
* No further fare rises at all in 2013.
* From January 2014 and in subsequent years no fare rises above RPI inflation.
Ken promised to rip up Boris Johnson’s ‘high fare’ policy which has committed Londoners to 20 years of fare increases at 2% above inflation and replace it with a fairer fares package starting with an immediate overall fares cut:
* An overall cut in fares for Londoners of 5% in the autumn of 2012
* No further fare rises at all in 2013.
* From January 2014 and in subsequent years no fare rises above RPI inflation.
Ken
Livingstone said, “Fares must be
cut - on transport grounds to make the system more attractive, but also on
economic grounds to put ordinary Londoners first by putting money back in the
pockets that will boost the London economy. I’m drawing a line in the sand - Boris Johnson will
hit you with a painful fare increase this coming January, but if I am elected by
October the fares will be cut. There could be no clearer choice."
For more information see Ken for London
For more information see Ken for London
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