Khan’s Transport for London is this week having to locate £23 million in savings to cover Reeves’ NI hike. Ironic…
This is despite TfL being set to receive £500 million from central government shortly.UK DOGE’s The Waste Files has examined where some permanent savings can be made to the bloated state transport operator. TfL is approaching the end of a three-year contract, given to one company, to get “customer service staff, train operators, signal engineers and service control to their place of work when there is reduced transport system.” I.e. when those same staff are striking…
The contract was awarded to GT GETTAXI who got a tidy £16,000,000 – £5.3 million per year – to ferry TfL staff around the capital. For that you could:
The taxpayer may have a view on which should be prioritised. When the contract expires in March it will likely be renewed. UK DOGE recommends costs are cut here…
Lord Khan in the Telegraph: “I hope, and I say this in a non-pompous way, that the public service I do will bring rewards in this world and the hereafter,” he says. “I’m hoping the work I do is earning me Brownie points.”