In his manifesto released before May’s mayoral election, Sadiq Khan pledged to freeze “all TfL fares” and bike hire charges. It’s a promise Boris Johnson also made in his day, and his failure to keep it is often used as evidence of his disingenuousness.
However, only a month after his election, critics are already accusing Khan of breaking his promise that Londoners “won’t pay a penny more” on their travel. The mayor has announced changes to TfL which make clear that the promise applied only to “single fares” , which means fares for daily, weekly, monthly or yearly railcards will still go up.
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