Click Here To E-mail Boris And Have Your Say As you will already know, Boris Johnson has instituted above-inflation fare increases for London transport for the second-year running. Under Boris, bus fares have increased from 90p to £1.20. Tube fares outside of zone 1 have increased by 18%. This will hit the most vulnerable Londoners the hardest, after a year when they have suffered enough already. While he has increased fares for ordinary Londoners, he has reduced the costs of driving gas-guzzling Jeeps, Porsches and Ferraris around Central London. He has scrapped the extension of the congestion zone to Kensington and Chelsea (worth £70 million a year). He has scrapped the levy on gas-guzzling vehicles driving in London (worth £50 million a year). Ordinary Londoners are suffering so we can subsidise the lifestyles of the rich few. Boris has asked Londoners to tell him what they think, so let's tell him. Click Here To E-mail Boris And Have Your Say
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