The last in our series of extracts from Janine Booth’s new book, Plundering London Underground: New Labour, private capital and public transports 1997-2010.
By the beginning of 2001, the government and Tube bosses were pressing ahead with preparations for the Public-Private Partnership, and recently-elected London Mayor Ken Livingstone, elected on a platform of opposing the PPP, was tacking towards compromise. But Tube trade unions, RMT and ASLEF had balloted members for action, and members of both unions voted Yes.
An excerpt from a new book, Plundering London Underground: New Labour, private capital and public service 1997-2010.
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