Tim Donovan

EXCL: A company that has spent thousands of pounds on free Taylor Swift tickets for Sadiq Khan has been given nearly £50m worth of work by City Hall. My latest for @_TheLondoner the-londoner.co.uk/sadiq-khan-tay…

“The Friday fares trial was also a direct response to the concerns of London’s businesses, who see incentivising travel on quieter days of the week as a key priority. The data gathered from this trial form part of a wider look at how we address post-COVID demand….

From City Hall: “The Mayor and TfL are continually exploring innovative approaches to making public transport as attractive and as affordable as possible for Londoners…..

@BBCTomEdwards City Hall say: “The Mayor and TfL are continually exploring innovative approaches to making public transport as attractive and as affordable as possible for Londoners.”

NEW: Mayor's off-peak Fridays fare trial made no difference to passenger numbers says Tfl report (published in December but just come to light). Academics say it shows behaviour and lifestyle more important than savings: content.tfl.gov.uk/offpeakfridays…

Commissioner’s report warns he may have to consider “scaling back our ability to tackle serious violence and organised crime.”

Met Police due to get its funding settlement before Xmas and then find out what City Hall will give it early next year. These are the “assumptions” Commissioner has had to make given the signals he has been getting

Met police faces £450 m shortfall and a need to cut 2,300 officers and 400 staff next year - Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley tells London Policing Board

Did @Ofwat keep bills too low, and put too much trust in credit agencies? Or does the fault for @thameswater crisis lie with rapacious capitalism? Either way, as the crisis comes to a head, it looks like the consumer will end up paying. My @OnLondon report onlondon.co.uk/charles-wright…

Interesting. Can see need to balance things out politically with Tory Andy Street - ex West Midlands mayor - also said to be on draft honours list. But no Sir Andy Burnham - with three whopping victories to his name in Manchester?!

Former Labour minister @KarenPBuckQP is to be the new chair of the Old Oak & Park Royal Development Corporation - regenerating the capital’s biggest brownfield site as HS2 station gets done

NEW from @CharlesWright57 - #London has been making progress towards its #NetZero target, but the hard parts lie ahead: onlondon.co.uk/hard-part-yet-… @LondonAssembly @ZackPolanski @LeonieC @CityHallTories @HinaBokhariLD @theCCCuk @Ed_Miliband @c40cities

So this ‘flagship’ third-term policy not looking at all straight forward bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

The Met commissioner has warned it faces "eye-watering cuts" to services unless ministers increase its funding. bbc.in/3O5sDKC

Shutting down reporting on the horrible killings in #Zhuhai #Guangdong #China CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW TO WATCH… bbc.com/news/articles/…