News from London Assembly Labour

Boris misleads Londoners about ticket office closures

Today, at Mayor’s Questions, Boris Johnson claimed that no ticket offices will close, but this document [pdf] 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 operation severely cut.

It is a clear example from London of broken Tory promises and how the Conservatives cannot be relied on with our public services.

Labour’s Navin Shah AM said: “Boris Johnson misled Londoners today when he told the Assembly that no ticket offices will close under his programme of ticket office cuts that constitute one of his biggest broken election promises. Documents released today show he was not telling truth. Several ticket offices will close, others will close for most of the week and large numbers of offices will see their opening hours drastically cut. Nearly five hundred ticket office staff will be lost under these Conservative cuts and many stations will feel less safe and less friendly as a result of this broken election pledge.

“Nearly two years in Londoners are entitled to ask what the mayor is delivering. It shows our public services are not safe with the Tories.”

Boris Johnson’s time as London’s Mayor has been marked by a series of broken promises, some details of which are available here and here.

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