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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Gwyn Topham Transport correspondent

TfL funding deal means tube fares must rise and bus services be cut

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan speaks to the media at West Ham bus depot
London’s mayor, Sadiq Khan, says the settlement presents the capital with a £600m shortfall. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA

Tube fares will rise and more bus services will be cut in the capital, the mayor, Sadiq Khan, warned, after Transport for London agreed to accept a £1.2bn funding settlement from the government.

The deal, slightly improved from a “final offer” made in July by the transport secretary, Grant Shapps, was welcomed by TfL as allowing it to avert the “managed decline” of its transport network.

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