London Underground staff ask Londoners to stay away until afternoon with fresh tube strike tomorrow March 2, 2022 London Underground services continued to be disrupted on Wednesday, after a strike by thousands of workers crippled the Tube on Tuesday. Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) are taking industrial action in a bitter dispute over jobs, pensions and conditions. The Tube was suspended during Tuesday’s rush hour, with only a few [...]
Bank of England, Home Office, MI5 and News Corp HQ targeted by Just Stop Oil vandalism October 31, 2022 The Bank of England was among London landmarks targeted by environment activists this morning, along with the Home Office, MI5 and headquarters of News Corp. Two Just Stop Oil demonstrators were arrested by City police outside the Bank of England, after the building was covered in orange paint. The City of London Police said the [...]
Northern Line Bank branch to reopen next Monday after seventeen-week closure May 9, 2022 THE CITY’S REBOUND from Covid-19 will receive a significant boost next week when the Northern Line’s Bank branch reopens. Stations from Moorgate to Kennington will welcome commuters again after a seventeen-week closure on Monday May 16. The work to upgrade Bank station has been completed on time and the new station is set to offer [...]
Transport for London demands £2.9bn to keep Tube service running in 2021 November 11, 2020 TfL demands £2.9bn to keep the Tube and other public transport services running
Rail cleaners go on 48-hour strike across London and South East this weekend March 8, 2022 The National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) has announced its members working for cleaning contractor Churchill will take the streets for the second time in less than a month over wages. The strike – which will affect major rail operators such as Thameslink, Eurostar and Southeastern – will take place on Saturday [...]
Editorial: Is anybody willing to take responsibility for Strike Island? June 23, 2022 Welcome to Strike Island, then. British Airways’ ground handlers – or at least, a chunk of them – are now joining an ever-growing list of unionised workers who have picked walkouts over work amid a heightening cost of everything crisis. Whether it’s wise for union leaders to take their staff out on strike at the [...]
Coronavirus: TfL set to lose £500m from decline in passengers March 16, 2020 Transport for London (TfL) is expecting to lose up to £500m from the impact of coronavirus and will ask the government for financial support. In the past week, passenger numbers on the Tube were down by 19 per cent year-on-year, while bus passenger numbers fell by 10 per cent. The transport body said the figures [...]
Night Overground services to return in December November 3, 2021 Night Overground services will be restored on weekends from 17 December, a week before Christmas. Transport for London (TfL) announced today that night services will run between Highbury & Islington and New Cross Gate, passing through areas such as Hoxton and Shoreditch, which are an integral part of London’s night life. “The return of the [...]
Ride-hailing firms have ‘moral imperative’ to give drivers’ workers rights, says Heidi Alexander July 2, 2021 London’s deputy mayor for transport has said that ride-hailing firms have a “moral imperative” to offer their drivers basic workers’ rights. Speaking to City A.M., Heidi Alexander said that City Hall would like to see minicab operators like Bolt and Ola adapt their business models to embrace the Supreme Court’s historic judgement on Uber. Her [...]
London cabbies’ green ambitions slowed by poor EV charging set-up, warn taxi firms May 8, 2023 Taxi firms have called for more action from government and City Hall to address failures in London’s EV charging infrastructure, which they argue is slowing the transition to electric fleets. “There’s work to be done on infrastructure,” Liam Griffin, CEO of Addison Lee, told City A.M. “When we signed up to this, there were all [...]