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Category Archives: Caroline Pidgeon
Tram passengers face 6.5% fare rise as TfL feels the squeeze
London’s Tube, bus and tram fares are to be increased by an average of almost 5per cent, the biggest annual jump in Transport for London fares since 2012, when Boris Johnson was London Mayor. The daily tram and bus cap … Continue reading
Posted in Boris Johnson, Caroline Pidgeon, Christian Wolmar, Commuting, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, Sian Berry, TfL, Tramlink, Transport
Tagged Caroline Pidgeon, Christian Wolmar, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Tramlink, Department for Transport, DfT, Labour, London, London Assembly, Mayor, Sadiq Khan, TfL, Tory, Transport for London
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Thameslink can’t blame covid for service cuts, says Pidgeon
Swingeing cuts to rail services by Govia Thameslink Railway have caused one London Assembly Member to declare that she is “totally unsatisfied with the timetable GTR are providing”. Among the worst-affected are those who used to travel from Purley and … Continue reading
Greens and LibDems team up with the Tories at City Hall
Less than a week since Assembly Members were elected to City Hall, a Labour party strop has left the London Assembly hobbled in its work of holding the capital’s devolved government to account, as the Greens and LibDems have forged … Continue reading
Posted in 2021 London elections, Caroline Pidgeon, Caroline Russell, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, Shaun Bailey, Sian Berry
Tagged Caroline Pidgeon, Caroline Russell, Conservative, Green Party, Labour, Len Duvall, Leonie Cooper, Liberal Democrats, London, London Assembly, Susan Hall, Tory
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Nearly 1,000 catalytic converter thefts in borough in 2020
Official police figures published today show that Croydon is the second worst-hit borough in London for catalytic converter thefts, while the number of arrests for the crime remain “pitifully low”, according to a London Assembly Member. Crime stats show that … Continue reading
Posted in Caroline Pidgeon, Crime, London-wide issues
Tagged Caroline Pidgeon, catalytic converter, Crime, Metropolitan Police
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We need urgent return to real community policing in London
CROYDON COMMENTARY: It was Sir Robert Peel, the founder of the Metropolitan Police, who said that ‘the ability of the police to perform their duties is dependent upon public approval’. Assembly Member CAROLINE PIDGEON, pictured right, says that there’s a … Continue reading
Tories accused of ‘playing childish political games’ over TfL
JEREMY CLACKSON, transport correspondent, on the latest last-gasp arrangement forced on the capital by anti-London Dominic Cummings and his government Croydon South MP Chris Philp and his Tory government have consigned the whole of London to significant Council Tax rises … Continue reading
Posted in Boris Johnson, Caroline Pidgeon, Chris Philp MP, Commuting, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Paul Scully MP, Sadiq Khan, TfL, Tramlink, Transport
Tagged Caroline Pid, Caroline Pidgeon, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Labour, Liberal Democrats, London, London Assembly, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, TfL, Tory, Transport for London
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London’s free school travel to end in October, Tories insist
The Conservatives – the party of “Maggie Thatcher – Milk Snatcher!” when they took away kids’ school milk in the 1970s – is now pushing ahead with demands to remove free travel on London’s buses, Tubes and trams for most … Continue reading
Posted in 2021 London elections, Caroline Pidgeon, Commuting, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, TfL, Tramlink, Transport
Tagged Caroline Pidgeon, Charlotte Vere, Conservative, Labour, London, London Assembly, Mayor, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, TfL, Tory, Transport for London
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Threats of libel action as Sutton election campaign turns nasty
EXCLUSIVE: Chuka Umunna, Jo Swinson, Caroline Lucas, even Bianca Jagger, have all taken at face value allegations made by a Liberal Democrat General Election candidate, and so now could now be dragged into a bitter legal action. Our Sutton investigations … Continue reading
Transport expert asks RAIB to re-open tram safety investigation
Transport for London has been accused of covering up a second safety report into fatigue among tram drivers – when driver tiredness thought to be one of the prime causes of the 2016 Croydon tram crash, in which seven people … Continue reading
Posted in Caroline Pidgeon, Florence Eshalomi, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, Sandilands derailment, TfL, Tramlink, Transport
Tagged Caroline Pidgeon, Croydon tram crash, Florence Eshalomi, London Assembly, Mayor of London, Michael Liebreich, Sadiq Khan, Sandilands derailment, TfL, TOL, Tram Operations Ltd, Transport for London
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Mayor Khan under growing pressure over tram fatigue cover-up
A former senior adviser to two London Mayors will use the transport committee meeting at City Hall tomorrow to call for an independent investigation into how TfL censored a safety report at the request of the tram operators, and then … Continue reading
Posted in Boris Johnson, Caroline Pidgeon, London Assembly, Mayor of London, New Addington, Sadiq Khan, Sandilands derailment, TfL, Tramlink, Transport
Tagged Croydon tram crash, Croydon Tramlink, FirstGroup, Leon Daniels, Mayor of London, Michael Liebreich, Mike Brown, Sadiq Khan, Sandilands, Sandilands derailment, TfL, TOL, Tram Operations Ltd, Transport for London
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TfL ‘scandal putting passengers at risk’ over driver fatigue
Three years on from the Croydon tram crash, London’s transport chiefs’ reluctance, or failure, to act decisively on the issue of driver fatigue on the capital’s buses and tram network is “a scandal that is putting passengers at risk”, according … Continue reading
Posted in Caroline Pidgeon, Commuting, Croydon Central, London Assembly, Mayor of London, Sandilands derailment, Sarah Jones MP, TfL, Tramlink, Transport
Tagged Caroline Pidgeon, Christian Wolmar, Croydon tram crash, Sandilands, Sandilands derailment, Sarah Jones MP, TfL, TOL, Tram Operations Ltd, Transport for London
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Documents show TfL censored safety audit after tram crash
Long-standing suspicions that there has been a cover-up over safety reports relating to the tram network following the 2016 Sandilands crash appear to be confirmed today, with the publication of a file of documents which show that reports critical of … Continue reading
Posted in Caroline Pidgeon, London Assembly, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, Sandilands derailment, TfL, Tramlink, Transport
Tagged Croydon tram crash, Croydon Tramlink, London, London Assembly, Mayor, Sadiq Khan, Sandilands, Sandilands derailment, TfL, Tram Operations Ltd, Transport for London
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Tory Bailey manages just a single question for Mayor Khan
Shaun Bailey, the Conservative Party candidate in next year’s London Mayor elections, is so hard-working that he managed to put up just a single question for last month’s session of Mayor’s Question Time. Bailey, who has been a London Assembly … Continue reading
Bonham selected by LibDems to seize Assembly seat chance
Political editor WALTER CRONXITE reports that while Labour in London is sitting on their hands over next year’s Assembly elections, their polling booth rivals are already getting to work Chuka Umunna, who was elected as the Labour MP for Streatham … Continue reading
Posted in Caroline Pidgeon, Claire Bonham, London Assembly, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, Shaun Bailey, Sutton Council
Tagged Caroline Pidgeon, Claire Bonham, Conservative, Croydon, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Labour, Liberal Democrats, London, London Assembly, Mayor, Sadiq Khan, Siobhan Benita, Sutton Council, Tory
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Pidgeon critical of TfL plan to shorten 11 Croydon bus routes
A London Assembly Member has joined local community passenger groups in accusing Transport for London of having already accepted tenders for some of the 11 routes through central Croydon which are set to be curtailed and shortened. TfL’s consultation on … Continue reading
Posted in Caroline Pidgeon, Commuting, East Croydon, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, TfL, Transport, West Croydon
Tagged East Croydon station, Fairfield Halls, Liberal Democrats, London, London Assembly, London Buses, Mayor, Sadiq Khan, TfL, Transport for London, West Croydon Bus Station, Whitgift Centre
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LibDems’ Mayoral candidate shows that Khan is a shoo-in
WALTER CRONXITE on the latest low-powered London election selection London’s Liberal Democrats are gathering in a phone box in Canary Wharf this morning for their annual conference, where their candidate for Mayor in 2020, Siobhan Benita, will give her first … Continue reading
O’Connell’s ‘reap what you sow’ remarks branded ‘terrifying’
Political editor WALTER CRONXITE on how a Tory councillor has been forced into a climbdown after appearing to voice support for right-wing thugs after their assault on peaceful protesters There was cross-party condemnation last night for Steve O’Connell, the Croydon … Continue reading
Posted in Caroline Pidgeon, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Policing, Steve O'Connell, Tom Copley
Tagged Conservative, Labour, London, London Assembly, Mayor, Steve O'Connell, Tory
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Now Mayor Khan takes an axe to his tree-planting programme
Sadiq Khan, the Mayor of London, has effectively cried “Timber!” to his promise to plant 2million trees along the capital’s roads. Such is the pressure on Transport for London’s budgets that it no longer has a dedicated amount of money … Continue reading
More questions after TfL is forced to publish tram fatigue report
Transport correspondent JEREMY CLACKSON on an intriguing turn of events over a previously suppressed Transport for London report Within days of Inside Croydon highlighting the failure of Transport for London to share a safety audit report into driver fatigue with … Continue reading
‘Residents expect to be safe travelling on public transport’
Politicians at Croydon Town Hall and in City Hall this afternoon called for all of the recommendations in the RAIB report to be implemented as soon as possible. The Rail Accident Investigations Branch report published today followed an investigation into … Continue reading
Landlord licensing scheme made one prosecution in a year
BARRATT HOLMES on some surprising statistics regarding the borough’s private landlords The Labour-run council’s controversial landlord licensing scheme, which has collected an estimated £6million from the borough’s private landlords, has made just a single prosecution in the past 12 months. … Continue reading
Drivers warned of fatigue risks two years before tram crash
The operators of the Croydon tram network were formally warned by staff two and a half years before the tragic Sandilands derailment that the company’s shift system was creating dangerous levels of fatigue among its drivers “which could lead to … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe West, Caroline Pidgeon, London Assembly, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, Sandilands derailment, TfL, Tramlink, Transport
Tagged Caroline Pidgeon, Croydon Tramlink, First Group, Liberal Democrats, London, London Assembly, Sandilands derailment, TfL, TOL, Tram Operations Ltd, Trams, Transport for London
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Trams caught speeding 128 times since Sandilands crash
There were 128 speeding incidents recorded on the tram network little more than six months after the Sandilands derailment last November, according to official figures from City Hall. Seven people were killed and 58 injured when a tram, going faster … Continue reading
