Tube fares will increase by 10p in zone one and between 10p to 30p across the rest of the Tube network (Ian West/PA)
(Picture: PA Archive)The working week started with another blow for Londoners struggling with the cost-of living-crisis - the worst Tube and bus fare increases for 10 years.
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Passengers must soon pay between 10 to 30 pence more per journey - an average of almost five per cent - as Transport for London tries to claw back a huge deficit after its finances were “decimated” by Covid.
So how can TfL and Mayor Sadiq Khan justify such inflation-busting hikes, and how come we’re the world’s most expensive city to travel around?
Mark Blunden speaks to Emma Gibson, chief executive of the London TravelWatch.
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