Gov poised to bail out Mayor & TfL after 'blackmail' threat to cut services

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Gov poised to bail out Mayor & TfL after 'blackmail' threat to cut services
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Sadiq Khan threatens to cut Tube services unless he’s given £2bn

: "An extraordinary remark. He is threatening the health of Londoners by saying this sort of thing.A Number 10 spokesperson said this afternoon the Government is in an "advanced stage" of negotiations with TfL on the funding and increasing transport, with the priority remaining keeping critical services going and safe.

Today he claimed his team had been working towards an original restriction lifting date of May 18, and were taken by surprise with last weekend's announcement. And research found the level of road congestion in London at 8am on Thursday was 19 per cent, up from 16 per cent a week earlier.commuters crushed into Tubes and buses and unable to stay two metres from other passengers.

He told the Sun Online: "I work near Bond Street Station and I've seen the increase in foot flow since Monday."When you get on at Bond Street the platform isn't crowded but when the train arrived yesterday it was crowded. That's when I took the picture. Cabinet minister Robert Jenrick claimed he would be prepared to board a packed bus or train to commute to work.

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