Shaping London’s economic future
Stage: Evidence gatheringThe Mayor is working with London Councils to help drive London’s economic growth for the benefit of all Londoners. Find out more and have your say on the future of London’s economy.
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City Hall -in partnership with London Councils- is working on the London Growth Plan. This is a strategic document about the best way to grow London’s economy for the benefit of all Londoners.
Your experience of living and working in London will help them shape the plan.
Join the conversation:
- How do you see your future in the capital? What do you need to thrive?
- What do you like most or least about your local high street, and why?
- What does a good job or good place to work look like to you?
- What does successful economic growth look like to you? What would make you feel like you’re benefitting from it too?
Shaun from City Hall’s Economic Development team will be joining in the discussion.
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Community Member 1 week agoLiving in Greater London, I’m sick of seeing fields being concreted over with ugly blocks of flats and beautiful houses being pulled down to be replaced by the same. The population is far too big and unsustainable and it just seems to be...
Show full commentLiving in Greater London, I’m sick of seeing fields being concreted over with ugly blocks of flats and beautiful houses being pulled down to be replaced by the same. The population is far too big and unsustainable and it just seems to be getting bigger daily. I used to be able to get a doctor’s appointment within 24 hours of ringing the surgery. Now I have to wait a week. The traffic is ridiculous, the High Street is nothing but Barber shops, coffee shops and takeaway food outlets. Croydon, where I have the misfortune to work, is an absolute dump with boarded up shops and so much crime. I’ve seen people with knives during the day, let alone at night. I work there and feel unsafe at all times. I’ve seen people grabbing goods and walking out of shops laden with goods they haven’t paid for and no one does anything. The thieves know the police won’t do anything so they carry on. Public transport is far too expensive and unreliable. Go to other European countries where the trains are reliable, clean, not overcrowded and cheaper. We want to leave the area as soon as we can. I just know the fields and woods near our house will soon sprout a whole load of flats and I don’t want to see that, nor do I want to think about where the poor wildlife will go. If we could, we’d leave the country as we really feel it has gone to the dogs.
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Community Member 1 week agoBorn and raised in London lived on a fairly nice road until 2020 when LTNs were implemented and consequently roads like ours have suffered from an of increase volume of traffic. LTNs created some priveleged quiet areas and others took...
Show full commentBorn and raised in London lived on a fairly nice road until 2020 when LTNs were implemented and consequently roads like ours have suffered from an of increase volume of traffic. LTNs created some priveleged quiet areas and others took the displaced traffic! Social injustice ! Community split
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Community Member 1 week agoLTNs displace traffic from leafy side roads onto main roads where poorer people live. It is the poorest residents who suffer the effects of increased pollution from idling traffic. A truly pernicious scheme benefiting the better off at the...
Show full commentLTNs displace traffic from leafy side roads onto main roads where poorer people live. It is the poorest residents who suffer the effects of increased pollution from idling traffic. A truly pernicious scheme benefiting the better off at the detriment of the poorest. Shameful
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Community Member 1 week agoLived in London for over 40 years but the increased crime, lack of visible policing, horrendous traffic, expensive and unreliable transport system, constant roadworks and now 20 mph enforcements I feel like everywhere is grinding to a halt...
Show full commentLived in London for over 40 years but the increased crime, lack of visible policing, horrendous traffic, expensive and unreliable transport system, constant roadworks and now 20 mph enforcements I feel like everywhere is grinding to a halt. For such a beautiful and cultural capital the Mayor and City Hall needs a large kick up the backside. You are ruining London. Invest in our transport system before clogging up our roads and get more police on the ground to make us feel safe.
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Community Member 1 week agoThe top issues for me are unregulated building and rental market, which means it's the wild west for anyone trying to navigate either, the ever increasing population (which now hinders my ability to enjoy living in my city on a weekly basis...
Show full commentThe top issues for me are unregulated building and rental market, which means it's the wild west for anyone trying to navigate either, the ever increasing population (which now hinders my ability to enjoy living in my city on a weekly basis as nothing is ever available or else overwhelmed by swarms of people), the ghastly traffic everywhere, which is desperately unsafe and grossly unsanitary, and the fact that I no longer feel safe, even in my own neighbourhood. The city has changed radically post-Covid, and not in pleasing ways. These seemingly small things chip away at the meagre joy you might have and make being here feel more like a punishment than a privilege. Add to this that it's more expense than ever to live here, and one begins to feel like the subject of a farce.
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Community Member 1 week agoBefore high rise blocks went up, the locals all asked about the impact of current infrastructure. The local authority did not pay that any attention. High rises galore went up, and the local tube station is overwhelmed with people, the...
Show full commentBefore high rise blocks went up, the locals all asked about the impact of current infrastructure. The local authority did not pay that any attention. High rises galore went up, and the local tube station is overwhelmed with people, the train station is still in need of upgrade and at weekends everywhere is crowded. It is awful. I feel I cannot breathe in one of the 2 local high streets. But I am sure the economy in that area is doing great for a few, and the mass of visitors. Those who move into the new tower blocks soon discover a local authority that does not respond or work very well. Luckily, the other high street has not yet fallen prey to a rapid increase of residents. And when it does, they are students.
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Community Member 1 week agoMy future in London? Even though I have lived in London a long time, I have always had this dissatisfaction with it, because it can never compare to where I was born (Somerset/Avon). That being said, I would love to leave the country, not...
Show full commentMy future in London? Even though I have lived in London a long time, I have always had this dissatisfaction with it, because it can never compare to where I was born (Somerset/Avon). That being said, I would love to leave the country, not just London, as it has become too tiring facing such hard hearted people on a daily basis. Why are people so rude to each other? Why are people so self-centred? Why are people so stuck to their phones (walk, cycle and drive looking at phones)? So I can't envision my future here.
My high street? Have easy access to 2. One has been gentrified to the nth-degree and I walk through but rarely stay in it. It has been made a place for consumers of alcohol and food. People in the area have to face people pissing (&worse), drug taking, and vomit on their doorsteps. Community has been lost. But there is a constant party for some. The other high street, I will spend a little more time in, the park has been opened up made safer, has a good mix of places to eat at a variety of price points. It does have a serious issue with open drug taking and homelessness.
We have been encouraged to travel in healthier ways and that's fine. I avoid tube because it is so expensive; there seems to be so many different "daily caps" for so many different situations. I spent £30 on TfL travel alone one weekend. The Mayor has tinkered with buses and they are super unreliable now; frequency can be so bad you wonder if the bus you are waiting for is running, or they terminate early which seems to be happening more often. So use of TfL services is frustrating. So I have started to cycle for some journeys but with roads so potholes you get shaken about so much that your body feels like you just used a jackhammer. I can understand why people just drive, the alternative is not really working. So right now, a job that I can walk to would be ideal. A good place to work is one I feel safe in and is not institutionally racist.
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Community Member 1 week agoRe housing. If you look at any high st at night there are many empty flats/rooms above shops etc. why not survey these and encourage owners to let councils refurb or enable owners to, to make habitable, affordable rent dwellings?
ER
Community Member 1 week agoSomething needs to be done about the crawling traffic. Understandable during the day and by schools and houses but utterly pointless on a main rd at 10pm or at other less busy times for both public and private transport.
ymchan87
Community Member 1 week agoSpeed up the traffic, it is losing our time and money.
Show full commentReduce the crime in our society, such as robbery. Educate the people, if we are facing crime, what kind of self defence we can do.
Provide bonus scheme if a normal people catch a robber...
Speed up the traffic, it is losing our time and money.
Show less of commentReduce the crime in our society, such as robbery. Educate the people, if we are facing crime, what kind of self defence we can do.
Provide bonus scheme if a normal people catch a robber.
Prohibit CBT licence drivers (L plate) to drive in london when peak hours, and central london.
BigBren
Community Member 1 week agoBuild more bus lanes. The city is choking with cars and vans. There is plenty of cycle routes. Get the buses moving without getting coaght up in car traffic.
SteveH
Community Member 1 week agoWork from Home is great if you are a parent with young children. It also cuts down the working day by having no journey times and saves money on both food and transport
Show full commentHowever there are problems caused by this such as empty offices dead...
Work from Home is great if you are a parent with young children. It also cuts down the working day by having no journey times and saves money on both food and transport
However there are problems caused by this such as empty offices dead sandwich bars pubs and restaurants
But most importantly is the lack of face to face communication
There needs to be a balance
Maybe 3 days in the office and 2 at home ?
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Community Member 1 week agoLack of face to face communication is actually a good thing for many roles (e.g. roles that require deep thinking and focus). It's also in some cases better for neurodivergent needs.
Empty offices is only a problem for real estate...
Show full commentLack of face to face communication is actually a good thing for many roles (e.g. roles that require deep thinking and focus). It's also in some cases better for neurodivergent needs.
Empty offices is only a problem for real estate speculators.
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Community Member 1 week agoLondon's young really need to be prioritized. Investment in their mental wellbeing: City Hall, schools and local authorities working together with NHS CAMHS. London's young would also benefit immensely from Britain reentering the Erasmus...
Show full commentLondon's young really need to be prioritized. Investment in their mental wellbeing: City Hall, schools and local authorities working together with NHS CAMHS. London's young would also benefit immensely from Britain reentering the Erasmus programme and with greater school exchanges with: the US, France, Germany, Sweden, Spain, South Korea, India and other countries.
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Community Member 1 week agoThe major limiting factor to almost all of our economic problems seems to be a massively overbearing planning burden blocking new housing, placating the NIMBYs who can’t stand high density housing. Reducing the rent cost everyone spends on...
Show full commentThe major limiting factor to almost all of our economic problems seems to be a massively overbearing planning burden blocking new housing, placating the NIMBYs who can’t stand high density housing. Reducing the rent cost everyone spends on housing/commercial space means individuals and businesses have more disposable income to invest in themselves. If I weren’t so worried about saving for a modest house to start a family, I would absolutely be pausing my career to do a PhD, which would ultimately make me far more productive. However, biological clocks exist and I don’t have time for 4 years of near poverty wages.
Some policies I am in favour of:
Major overhaul of planning process: we should simplify rules to allow developers/private home improvers to almost never require a case worker. The rules should be clear and allow automatic permission for as much as possible.
Expand the rights of those who own flats to be able to extend their property. We need to incentivise high density living to meet the housing supply shortfall, yet leaseholders of flats have almost no power and are left at the whims of functionally unaccountable building management companies. I say this as a private renter who has a great landlord but an absolutely useless building management agency that has legal power to forbid the landlord from performing basic repairs, instead contracting out to the cheapest most ineffective agency they could find, leaving my flat actively leaking for eight months.
6-story minimum for all but exceptional cases of new housing development. I want the density of Kensington all over London. This keeps commute times low, is far more carbon efficient, and allows businesses to thrive with the huge local consumer base.
Finally, air conditioning should be standard in housing. We should invest in solar power to meet this need, but the productivity loss from lack of sleep is only going to worsen with climate change. We should prepare now.
theid
Community Member 1 week agoFor years now there has been a lot of talk about the environment, pollution, air quality, etc. and yet developers have free rein when it comes to construction. We should have insisted that all new builds were "green" many many years ago...
Show full commentFor years now there has been a lot of talk about the environment, pollution, air quality, etc. and yet developers have free rein when it comes to construction. We should have insisted that all new builds were "green" many many years ago.
There is also a gret deal of talk about the need for housing and a casual glance at the number of huge cranes everywhere shows that property development continues apace. In my small area there have been four developments in the past few years and they may be selling, but who is buying them and how many of them are actually occupied? I reckon at least 50% are empty, having been purchased as Buy to Let - but of course nobody can afford to rent them so they become Buy to Leave. Even the Housing Trusts are pulling out of agreements made with developers to buy "affordable homes" because they know they will not be able to find tenants to afford the rent necessary to recoup their investment. China's property boom is crashing and the same will happen in our cities any time now. The only solution is council housing - owned and managed by the council - and strict regulation of rental properties, many of which are substandard and some of which are downright uninhabitable and dangerous.
Recent studies have shown that there are about a many empty (abandoned) properties in the UK and a similar amount which are simply not being lived in. There are already regulations in place which allow Councils, if necessary, to take these properties over - and so they should. https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/sn04129/ (Empty Dwelling Management Orders).
Finally, the environmental harm and air pollution caused by building sites in cities cannot be exaggerated but is barely ever mentioned. I wonder why?
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Community Member 1 week ago"Statistics published by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) put the number of empty homes in England in October 2018 at 634,453. This represents a 4.7% increase on the previous year’s total. Of the 634,435...
Show full comment"Statistics published by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) put the number of empty homes in England in October 2018 at 634,453. This represents a 4.7% increase on the previous year’s total. Of the 634,435, 216,186 were classed as long-term empty properties (empty for longer than six months)."
Show less of commentChiswick22
Community Member 1 week agoI don't think this survey provides meaningful information for those intending to make change to the London landscape, whether in terms of housing, transport, education, entertainment. In fact, it is very difficult to see just what...
Show full commentI don't think this survey provides meaningful information for those intending to make change to the London landscape, whether in terms of housing, transport, education, entertainment. In fact, it is very difficult to see just what information the survey is intended to elicit from respondents. If, as I suspect, it is about the Mayor's plans to enlarge the population of London, the survey does not address this matter directly. I think it will be disastrous for London, to grow beyond its present size. It will also be disastrous for London if the Mayor is allowed to continue with his plans to build 100s of tower blocks all in and around the city. If anything, London's daytime and nightime population needs to come down by about 2 million. The city is overcrowded, transport facilities are inadequate to meet the needs of residents and visitors, the water and sewage systems are already overloaded, the streets are clogged with cars (why do private cars need to come into central London at all!), skip lorries, concrete pump lorries, all sorts of vehicles connected with the building industry. London is short of doctors' surgeries, dentists, hospital beds, schools, libraries. We have lost our night sky. We are lacking green spaces. The Mayor should copy Paris, where building heights are strictly controlled and, gradually, 15-minute 'cities' are being created so people can do almost everything they want within a 15-minute walk. London is, slowly but surely, becoming unlivable. As for the idea of creating a 'hub' with Oxford and Cambridge, that is a ludicrous idea.
Show less of commentShaun - City Hall
Official Representative 1 week agoHi Chiswick22, thank you for your comments. The Mayor does not have specific plans to increase the population of London, but does not ignore the reality that the city's population is continuing to grow annually and will hit 9.6m by 2035.
The London Growth Plan recognises that in order to sustain a thriving economy London needs an affordable supply of good quality housing, convenient transport links and other infrastructure to support a growing population. Some of these are in the direct gift of the Mayor or London local authorities, but others require cross-agency working or national legislative change to enable. The Growth Plan attempts to set out together what London needs to build on its economic strengths and address it weaknesses (specifically affordability, insecure work). To understand these needs better, we're seeking the views of Londoners on their everyday economic concerns and whether they feel they can meet their aspirations for life in London.
Cambridge is the UK's fastest growing city (17% increase in population between the last two censuses) and along with Oxford, is a globally renowned centre for learning, research and industries of the future including life sciences. Both are within around an hour journey time to central London and that presents an opportunity to consider that learning and labour market system in the whole.
The concept of a '15 minute city' has attracted some conflicting attention in recent years from its position as quite a technical planning principle. But yes, the values underpinning it are reflected in policies to introduce low-traffic neighbourhoods & public transport investment (making walking and cycling more attractive modes of transport), work to protect London's high streets and denser neighbourhoods where people live closer to amenities. The Mayor does not have powers or plans to build 100s of tower blocks as you suggest, though the office does have oversight over some planning decisions. You may be interested in the separate but related London Plan - London's spatial development strategy - for more information on how London is anticipated to develop in the next 20-25 years.
Best,
Shaun
GLA Economic Fairness team
theid
Community Member 1 week agoI believe that if you bother to read the comments you will find that the things you are extolling are exactly the things which residents are objecting to. If the Mayor has oversight over some planning decisions (including traffic?) he...
Show full commentI believe that if you bother to read the comments you will find that the things you are extolling are exactly the things which residents are objecting to. If the Mayor has oversight over some planning decisions (including traffic?) he had better make sure he has the backing of the people when he makes those decisions. At the moment it would seem he does not.
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Community Member 1 week agoHas the GLA given up on the proportion of the population that can’t cycle or walk far ?
It feels like it .
I have 2 elderly relatives who rely on buses and occasionally taxis to get around . The buses are always full and have great usage by...
Show full commentHas the GLA given up on the proportion of the population that can’t cycle or walk far ?
It feels like it .
I have 2 elderly relatives who rely on buses and occasionally taxis to get around . The buses are always full and have great usage by elderly, disabled and those with pushchairs yet the bus lanes have been systematically given over to cyclists who nearly always could be sent down a side street . Take a look at Southwark - their cycle routes from New Cross to London Bridge avoid bus routes and are very well used
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Community Member 1 week agoVery unlikely we will ever find the majority working within 15 minutes of home / certainly not in jobs of any great prospects or salary . So it’s important we have good transport into the centre and across London
caito
Community Member 1 week agoGrow the solidarity economy in London!
Including but not limited to:
- organising the economy to meet our needs rather than generate profits for the rich
- cooperatives, owned and run by and for the community and the workers
- ecological and just...
Show full commentGrow the solidarity economy in London!
Including but not limited to:
- organising the economy to meet our needs rather than generate profits for the rich
- cooperatives, owned and run by and for the community and the workers
- ecological and just creation / production / exchange / use / surplus allocation of goods and services
- shorter working hours
- equal pay and/or social waging
- end landlordism, right to permanent housing for all
Show less of commentShaun - City Hall
Official Representative 1 week agoThanks Caito,
The Mayor's manifesto for the 2024 Mayoral election specifically committed to increasing the numbers of employee-owned and co-operative business models in London, plus more general workforce dialogue and engagement mechanisms (eg wider Trade Union recognition, . This recognises the link between these things, more equitable outcomes, more productive businesses and ultimately happier citizens. One programme is the London Ownership Hub, a partnership with Co-ops UK and the Employee Ownership Association, offering support to businesses to enact more democratic business ownership models. You can learn more here
Best,
Shaun
GLA Economic Fairness
Pamela MMA
Community Member 1 week agoMental Health Support for Work
Unemployment ruins mental health. Economies need roles to be created and filled that support the mental health of would be workers and possible business starters, regardless of age. To engage with these people...
Show full commentMental Health Support for Work
Unemployment ruins mental health. Economies need roles to be created and filled that support the mental health of would be workers and possible business starters, regardless of age. To engage with these people requires investment through the hardest part - the beginning- of any endeavour regarding work, business and finances.
Rules and attitudes tend to block progress; if you are sick, you’re discouraged from trying to start a business. But if you START feeling better you’re forced to enter the work market before you’re really ready, thus health relapses ensue. Causing a loss to the economy and increasing tax burdens via the benefits resumption to those whose business or job fails.
Support is needed!
Show less of commentShaun - City Hall
Official Representative 1 week agoThanks for raising this vital issue, Pamela MMA,
Mental health and financial well-being are absolutely intertwined. Those who find themselves in good quality work that pays a fair wage also tend to experience better mental health outcomes.
The London Growth Plan will be taking a 'Health in all policies' approach, with the overarching aim that all London's communities can access the city's economic opportunities while living healthily.
MVB
Community Member 1 week agoMy local high street isn’t very local at all—I live in an neighbourhood that sees lots of people flocking to on the weekends (which is great for the economy). But the businesses on the high street cater to the visitors, not the residents:...
Show full commentMy local high street isn’t very local at all—I live in an neighbourhood that sees lots of people flocking to on the weekends (which is great for the economy). But the businesses on the high street cater to the visitors, not the residents: 4 gelato shops, 2 creperies, 1 chain bookstore, more designer labels than I can count. Not one of those things are local or independent—and not one of those things actually help me in my day-to-day.
Show less of commentThe traffic in my neighbourhood is also atrocious. The wealthy residents are not fazed at all by the expensive cost of parking and drive 5 minutes from home to pick up their children from school, clogging the streets. Local busses can barely get down the road sometimes because of the parked cars and traffic. It makes going to businesses difficult and ruins the ambience and is horrible for the environment.
Shaun - City Hall
Official Representative 1 week agoVery interesting, thanks MVB
What kinds of things are missing on your local high street in terms of what residents need & want?
If parking costs aren't proving effective to address traffic, what other things do you think would help in your area? Are there any other parts of London where you think this is done well that could be replicated?
Cheers,
Shaun
Rainesixteen
Community Member 1 week agoThe main issue with the economy in London is that even if you have a decent job, which would allow you to support a family and have a normal living condition and work life balance anywhere else, you never earn enough in London because...
Show full commentThe main issue with the economy in London is that even if you have a decent job, which would allow you to support a family and have a normal living condition and work life balance anywhere else, you never earn enough in London because transport and rent are unaffordable. Rent and home prices are out of control. Everyone excuses this with demand and supply, but it is clear that prices are artificially inflated. It is not possible that rents go up so much every year without regulation, even if you have lived in the same home for a long while. This shouldn’t be allowed by law. I would understand a small contribution for higher expenses, but rents that go up with fake inflation data that only benefit landlords is criminal.
The public transport is a total scam. I would understand the current prices if all the lines were like the Elizabeth line, but apart from the Elizabeth line, the prices of the tube and buses are unjustified. How is it possible that a monthly travel card costs the same as taking the transport by paying trip by trip, and in certain circumstances even more if you don’t travel every day? It’s a total scam. Everywhere in the world, a monthly subscription would reduce the cost to at least half the price, which would benefit residents, and tourists would still pay the full price because they don’t stay a month.
Not to mention the yearly subscription that has a ridiculous price, but it’s clear that this is a tax, literally robbery from a left wing administration that says it does things for the people. What a shame. And all this, you go out and it seems to be like living in a third world country due to the low standards of everything from cleaning conditions to safety, crime, and antisocial behavior. What a mess London is. Shame on you for administering so badly.
Show less of commentShaun - City Hall
Official Representative 1 week agoThanks for your comment Rainesixteen,
You're right about the high cost of living in the capital. This is why the Mayor of London is a long-standing supporter of the London Living Wage campaign, which encourages employers to pay at least a rate of pay that reflects the true cost of living. At £13.15 per hour, this is higher than the legal minimums. Over 3,600 employers have accredited as a Living Wage employer in London, resulting in annual pay lifts for 130,000 workers.
Earlier this year, the Mayor froze Transport for London (TfL) fares until 2025. However, he does not have oversight over rail fares. TfL is reliant on passenger fare revenue to meet the day-to-day costs of running the network. Measures such as the Bus Hopper ticket and investment in walking and cycling infrastructure are also designed to ensure Londoners have a number of affordable active travel options.
The London Growth Plan will seek to understand London's future transport needs over a number of years, including cost, upgrades, repairs and extensions. An efficient, affordable, healthy transport system is pivotal to maintaining London's economic competitiveness.
Best,
Shaun
Rainesixteen
Community Member 14 hours agoI’m sorry, but your response doesn’t address or solve any of the issues mentioned. Blocking fares for the tube is the least that could be done, given that the fares are already extortionate. You have plenty of delinquents crossing without...
Show full commentI’m sorry, but your response doesn’t address or solve any of the issues mentioned. Blocking fares for the tube is the least that could be done, given that the fares are already extortionate. You have plenty of delinquents crossing without paying right before my eyes every day. But how can you blame them when taking the tube is like a luxury? In certain cases, it could cost as much as an Uber ride. It’s ridiculous.
Before, there were the Tories, and how bad of them, the mayor was asking for help for tfl, which “they didn’t provide” despite multiple bailouts. But now Labour is in power. Ask them for the money and cut the fares to a decent price, at least to reflect the state of the service, which is ridiculous with screeching, boiling, always late, dirty, decadent trains on 90% of the lines and circumstances.
It’s ridiculous to mention the living wage when, if you were to live on a 40 hour living wage contract, you couldn’t even afford your so called “living rent” not even a one bedroom apartment. Guys, do you realize how sick all this is? How can you even have the audacity to come back with such a ridiculous answer?
You have a thing called a living wage, which, if you work a normal 40 hour contract, wouldn’t allow you to afford even the so called “living rent”, or all those other scam schemes like shared ownership in which between the extra rent for the percentage you don’t buy and the extortionate service charges that go up each year for no reason, for doing nothing, because when you need the company for fixings or problems in the building, they are nowhere to be found, or they say this or that is not covered, and all sorts of other scams…
There are plenty of circumstances of 10 to 20 people living in one bedroom flats, with organized crime profiting from these sorts of things, not to mention everything else around.
With what straight face do you come back to me answering “living wage” and TFL frozen fares? It’s absurd.
Show less of commentaminoabdia34
Community Member 1 week agoImproving the infrastructure of the economy through these innovative ideas
logistics software that finds the quickest routes, reorder from suppliers easily access all of them, and automate processes and repetitive work in bulk. Better...
Show full commentImproving the infrastructure of the economy through these innovative ideas
logistics software that finds the quickest routes, reorder from suppliers easily access all of them, and automate processes and repetitive work in bulk. Better designed automations in factories that require less attendance with a device using software connected to the machines to do work and check when things are going wrong.
remote IT diagnostics can stop people from being disrupted at work.
automation of administration tasks using machine learning and ai in bulk.
Show less of commentaminoabdia34
Community Member 1 week agomore innovative ideas - budget alert apps for businesses to use and ai or advanced calculations of what work they need to do to reach a financial goal or surpass, could be used widespread in banks too.
rjbrooks
Community Member 1 week agoI feel there should be more fairness for those of us who live in the south east outer London boroughs where we face the prospect of having , very soon, to pay to cross the Thames at Blackwall and the new Silvertown tunnel with charges...
Show full commentI feel there should be more fairness for those of us who live in the south east outer London boroughs where we face the prospect of having , very soon, to pay to cross the Thames at Blackwall and the new Silvertown tunnel with charges already for the Dartford crossing too. Why do those on the west side of London not have to pay for crossing the river? There are plenty of bridges for them which will also cost a lot to maintain. Let's have more equality.
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