As you well know (and as Gov have confirmed), you were not forced to increase the C-charge. You were only asked to make proposals to review.
If the Gov wanted to force you to increase the c-charge, they would have done so. But they didn't.
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It means consultation. Cost-analysis.
It doesn't mean you were "forced" to do it during lockdown, when people should be avoiding public transport.
So where are your proposals?
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Because instead of working with the Government on this, you chose to play politics.
You decided to go ahead and immediately increase the c-charge yourself.
Even Gov ministers were shocked when they heard.
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You thought most Londoners wouldn't know what was meant by "proposals".
And Londoners have been left to pay the price.
£15 a day, 7 days a week, to be exact.
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