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Unions set to 'shut' Jubilee line 
Posted on  07-04-2009 02:37:27 PM (GMT +01:00)
Published By  declan@thelondondailynews.com

The northern section of the Jubilee line could be effectively shut after a breakdown in industrial relations.

Nearly 100 staff are to strike for 24 hours from 18:59 tomorrow, sparked by what the union calls "aggressive and bullying local management."

Rail Maritime and Transport union members at several ...


  
Villiers "Labour's failure and incompetence" in running the rail system 
Posted on  01-07-2009 02:26:08 PM (GMT +01:00)
Published By  News Desk

News Desk

London MP and shadow transport secretary Theresa Villiers has condemned the decision of the Labour government to nationalise the East Coast rail service by saying to the BBC:

"This Labour government has used the franchising process to push the train operators to make ...

  
Truckers ready for strike action, rising fuel costs provokes new wave of anger 
Posted on  12-06-2009 05:19:30 AM (GMT +01:00)
Published By  City Desk

City Desk

Hikes in fuel costs are likely to see a new wave of angry protests by truckers in theUK that may cause gridlock and widespread disruption.

Protests planned by the "TransAction Group" which last summer brought 230 trucks to the roads of London, is ...


  
London grinds to a halt, RMT tarnishes London's image further, Mayor unable to make a deal 
Posted on  10-06-2009 05:35:22 PM (GMT +01:00)
Published By  Editorial

Editorial

Don't listen to the rubbish from London's "established" media, the capital again has come to a standstill, buses are packed, mainline trains crammed to the rafters and the roads totally congested.

We are a laughing stock around the world, without any type of the ...


  
Crow claims last minute deal collapsed, allegations Mayor's office refused to approve agreement 
Posted on  09-06-2009 11:47:29 PM (GMT +01:00)
Published By  News Desk

Crow claims last minute deal collapsed, allegations Mayor's office refused to approve agreement

News Desk

Bob Crow the leader of the RMT has claimed that at 6:15pm a "deal was ready to be typed up" when someone from City Hall crashed the deal.  


  
London Euro MEP lobbies for change in air passenger duty 
Posted on  09-06-2009 12:25:28 PM (GMT +01:00)
Published By  Travel Desk

Travel Desk

London MEP Syed Kamall has lobbied the European Commission to reform the Air Passenger Duty in the UK following plans by the Labour Chancellor Alistair Darling to sharply increase air passenger.

The proposed new air passenger duty will tax British passengers more heavily, ...


  
London to “STOP” for 48 hours, 48 hour Tube strike is a “GO” 
Posted on  08-06-2009 11:11:38 PM (GMT +01:00)
Published By  Travel Desk

Travel Desk

Despite all the optimism that a deal could be brokered between London Underground and the RMT, no deal has been brokered, and London is set to come to a standstill with a two-day strike.

The strike, over guarantees over jobs, is due to ...


  
Last ditch talks to derail 48hr tube strike 
Posted on  08-06-2009 10:42:24 AM (GMT +01:00)
Published By  declan@thelondondailynews.com

Tube bosses and union officials are in last minute talks to try an divert a series of crippling strikes.

Millions of commuters across London would be stranded if the 48 hour walkout goes ahead as planned at 18.59 tomorrow.

Unite and the Rail, Maritime and Transport union are ...


  
Tube strike talks "completely breakdown" 
Posted on  02-06-2009 11:19:20 AM (GMT +01:00)
Published By  declan@thelondondailynews.com

Talks aimed at averting a crippling tube strike have "completely broken down" according to unions.

Are things stand a 48 hour walkout next Tuesday is a go.

Unions are fighting tooth and nail for every job and every concession as Transport for London managers try to find £2.4bn ...


  
Heathrow's Terminal 5 is sinking! 
Posted on  01-06-2009 12:44:49 PM (GMT +01:00)
Published By  declan@thelondondailynews.com

Just when it seemed Heathrow's Terminal 5 had turned a corner, it goes and sinks!

The £4.3bn building is being hit by subsidence only 15 months after its chaotic opening.

The state-of-the-art terminal is being affected by it's clay foundation which is "swelling" and causing the movement which ...


  
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