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Boris's fares policy has come under renewed attack from Brian Paddick for the Liberal Democrats too.
Whatever the protestations, the buck for the mayor's new fares policy stops fairly and squarely with the mayor.
The Tories do not seem to have learned that fares policy can be as defining and sensitive for London government as taxation is for central government.
But TfL makes a solid point: its boss Sir Peter Hendy has spelled out the continuing, massive pressures on the system's capacity, and the consistency of the mayor's fares policy has long been welcomed by its planners.
In a warning that fares policy is needlessly increasing overcrowding, the report made radical proposals, including scrapping some cheap walk-up tickets for long-distance journeys and lifting price restrictions on selected commuter season tickets.
TfL's income is in a pincer squeeze, as the government's operational grant is phased out and Khan's fares policy means less coming in than would have been the case had he allowed them to rise by inflation or more.
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Throughout his career, however, those enemies regularly rescued him: in the 80s, the banning of his cheap fares policies by the Law Lords, and Thatcher's abolition of the GLC, turned him into a democratic martyr; 15 years later, Blair's shameless rigging of Labour's selection process to block Livingstone helped him win a landslide as London's first elected mayor.
"I believe this is the right time to advance this fare policy initiative".
The people who have to enforce the onboard fare policy are generally unenthusiastic.
This might pose political problems for the minister pushing this solution because the government sets rail fare policy.
WITH its current fare policy, Metro-North has sent a rather unsubtle message to its customers: Don't buy your ticket on the train.
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