Does Mayor of London’s categorical assurance mean nothing? When Boris Johnson visited and signed a petition to save the local North Harrow ticket office, in a run up to his campaign to become Mayor of London, he categorically announced that he was absolutely committed to "ensuring there is always a manned ticket office at every station," and stated: "I will [also] defend local ticket offices...

by Marcus Mulholland, from 21st century socialism 800 jobs- that is the key issue in the industrial dispute which has started today, between the workers on London Underground (the capital’s metro network, known colloquially as the Tube) and their employer, led by Conservative Mayor Boris Johnson. The Mayor of London claims that the abolition of these 800

Labour's London Minister Tessa Jowell today issued a challenge to Conservative candidates in the capital on whether they back Boris Johnson's planned cuts to tube ticket office opening hours. Labour's Deputy Leader Harriet Harman was campaigning in Westminster North today, highlighting Boris Johnson's broken promises on tube ticket offices at Warwick Avenue station, which is th...

Navin Shah AM, the London Assembly Member for Brent and Harrow, has today reacted angrily to the rumours Transport for London are planning to close 144 London Underground ticket offices. Questioning the Mayor at today's Assembly Plenary meeting, the Mayor refused to answer Navin's request for clarification that a "staffed station" means an open ticket office, instead stated that "All Lon...

London mayor Boris Johnson warned today that the City must "radically" up its game or face losing its status as the world's top financial centre. A report commissioned by Johnson in June found that London is in danger of losing business and jobs to other cities such as Dublin and Luxembourg, which have together attracted over £420bn of investment funds away from London over the past yea...

Today, at Mayor’s Questions, Boris Johnson claimed that no ticket office will close due to his proposed cuts in transport spending. However, a leaked Transport for London document revealed to Socialist Unity shows that claim is untrue. Several will close, several others will close for most of the week, and many more will see their hours of

Boris Johnson is making long-term decisions that are in danger of making London less green, environmental and social campaigners say, as the new mayor reaches 100 days in office

General secretary of RMT urges London mayor to come to negotiating table in attempt to break deadlock The general secretary of the RMT union, Bob Crow, today called for direct talks with, the London mayor, Boris Johnson, in an attempt to avoid a 48-hour tube strike next month. London underground members of the union are set to walk out for two days from Tuesday 9 June in a jobs and pay dispute wit...

The three year old has kept me awake most of the night so I might as well write about Boris Johnson and busking on London Underground. Apparently, there used to be an online booking system that allowed licensed buskers to book a pitch on key sites of the Underground. I had no idea that in the

After suspending a pan-London scheme upon taking office, the mayor of London may now return to the idea Boris Johnson today raised the prospect of establishing new low emission zones in London's pollution hotspots – just months after suspending further development of a pan-London scheme already in place. The mayor of London also put road-pricing schemes on the table to encourage Londone...