Funding the Tube

Government grants, budget cuts ... How is the Tube being funded? How could it be better funded? And what are we doing to fight for funds?

Free public transport? Why not?!

It’s a fairly mainstream view in Britain that healthcare, as a vital public service we all rely on, should be socially provided, for free, and funded by taxation.

LUL: prepare to fight on pay

Part of the funding settlement agreed between the Department for Transport and TfL says that future pay awards must “follow public sector pay policy.”

As TfL board debates our future... demonstrate 30 August!

The Transport for London board will meet on Tuesday 30 August to discuss whether to accept the £3.6 billion funding settlement from the Department for Transport.

Although the contents of the proposed settlement will, if accepted, have a profound impact on our working lives, and on the services we...

New TfL funding deal? Open the books!

Grant Shapps has announced that he has put a long-term funding deal for TfL "on the table", in order to "ensure services are supported and £3.6bn of capital projects take place by 2024."

TfL commissioner Andy Byford has said TfL and City Hall will now consider "the details" of the deal.

But...

"Not persuaded"?

Mayor Khan has said in an interview that he is "not persuaded" of the need to change our pension arrangements.

That's the clearest statement anyone from TfL or City Hall has made that they don't agree with the Department for Transport's demands that the scheme must be cut. It's certainly a step...

Funding settlement extended, ballot mandate renewed...

23 June saw a nice coincidence of timing, as the Department for Transport announced they were extending TfL's current funding settlement, previously due to expire tomorrow, until 13 July - and on the same day, RMT announced that LU members had voted by over 90%, on a 53% turnout, to renew our...

Stations strike shuts down the Tube

A strike by station staff has shut down the service today, with trains running empty through closed stations, if at all.

The strike is part of RMT's dispute over pensions, agreements, and jobs. Today's strike of station staff was intended to particularly highlight and resist LU's plan to cut 600...

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