Funding the Tube

There's been a bit of backlash to LUL's latest corporate-sponsorship wheeze, allowing Heineken to rebrand various Bakerloo line stations to advertise its alcohol-free beer.

TfL faces a new funding shortfall of £23 million, due to increases in employer National Insurance contributions.

Despite local safety reps repeatedly raising the issue, Kilburn Park station had to close recently when a section of the ceiling in the ticket hall collapsed.

It is welcome to see the general secretaries of the RMT and Aslef calling for London Overground and the Elizabeth line, which are currently run by private contractors, to be brought in-house.

Finally, after 14 years of government of the rich, by the rich, for the rich, the Tories are out of office.

A recent email from Director of Customer Operations Nick Dent set out LUL's "Five Year Plan" covering Trains, Stations and Revenue, and Service Control.

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.

Here at Tubeworker, we've long argued that climate change is a working-class issue, and that we as public transport workers have a particular role to play in fighting for a pro-worker transition to a zero-carbon future.

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

Following a board meeting on 30 August, TfL has accepted a funding settlement from the Department of Transport.