London Councils has set out its concerns that over a quarter of Londoners are struggling to meet their energy bills – with rising prices and welfare reforms threatening to send even more into fuel poverty. Fuel poverty in London is defined as when a household has to spend more than a tenth of its income ...
Britain’s largest trade union the GMB is to ballot 300,000 members working in public services in their dispute with the government over pensions. The dispute covers GMB members in local councils, in private contractors working in the public sector, in the NHS, and in prisons, civil service and further and higher education GMB, the union ...
Following the publication of Boris Johnson’s bus, tube, tram and rail fare increases today Ken Livingstone said, ”London already has some of the highest fares in the world, but instead of putting squeezed Londoners first, Boris Johnson is sticking to further stealth-taxes on fares even as he argues for tax cuts for the rich. “These ...
More than 150,000 drivers are now reaping the rewards of signing up to automatically pay the Congestion Charge. By registering to use the CC Auto Pay system they know they need never be fined again and the system is now the most popular way to pay the Charge. Over 150,000 customers benefit from CC Auto ...
London Underground (LU) has reached agreement with train drivers’ unions over temporary changes to working arrangements and payments during the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics Games. The agreement follows six months of constructive discussions with union representatives, and will allow LU to meet the demands of extended services in the most efficient way. In return ...
The shop workers union Usdaw is launching a campaign against the police cuts in England and Wales and has...
Nicky Gavron, Labour’s London Assembly housing and planning spokesperson, has called on Mayor Boris Johnson to come clean over...
In what the RMT has reported as a “penny-pinching measure, designed solely to pump up profits at the expense...
More measures to clean up London’s air in areas of busy traffic have been unveiled by the Mayor today....
Yesterday, a delegation from Islington Pensioners Forum travelled to City Hall to deliver a clear message to the Mayor...
London Councils has set out its concerns that over a quarter of Londoners are struggling to meet their energy...
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