{"id":123807,"date":"2019-06-20T17:10:37","date_gmt":"2019-06-20T17:10:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/rmt-rail-union-accuses-sadiq-khan-of-tory-cuts-stitch-up\/"},"modified":"2019-06-20T17:10:37","modified_gmt":"2019-06-20T17:10:37","slug":"rmt-rail-union-accuses-sadiq-khan-of-tory-cuts-stitch-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/rmt-rail-union-accuses-sadiq-khan-of-tory-cuts-stitch-up\/","title":{"rendered":"RMT rail union accuses Sadiq Khan of Tory cuts stitch up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cityam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/GettyImages-1133259886.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The RMT rail union has accused Sadiq Khan of carrying out \u201cTory cuts to the Tube\u201d as it protests outside City Hall this morning.<\/p>\n<p>The union claims that Transport for London (TfL), which Khan chairs, has \u201cgiven up\u201d on restoring central government funding to the transport body.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cityam.com\/tube-strike-action-cards-aslef-and-rmt-unions-reject-tfl\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tube strike action on the cards as Aslef and RMT unions reject TfL pay deal<\/a><\/p>\n<p>TfLs finances have been on the rocks due to the loss of the government grant, which took effect last year. TfL has had to manage with the reduction of around \u00a3700m per year, as well as the ongoing costs to the Crossrail delay and the loss of fare income from the project.<\/p>\n<p>To cope with the stretch on its finances, TfL has carried out a rigorous cost-cutting programme, including a 30 per cent reduction in middle and backroom staff.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year it said such measures had allowed it to slash its near \u00a31bn deficit down to \u00a3500m.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cityam.com\/tfl-delays-investment-future-years-debt-climbs-11bn\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">TfL delays investment to future years as debt climbs to \u00a311bn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>RMT boss Mick Cash said: \u201cStaff across London Underground are furious at the attempts to smuggle in a creeping programme of cuts and privatisation under the cloak of the transformation programme and the fact that this stitch-up in being rolled out under the watch of a London Labour Mayor is disgraceful.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A spoke<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cityam.com\/rmt-rail-union-accuses-sadiq-khan-of-tory-cuts-stitch-up\/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=rmt-rail-union-accuses-sadiq-khan-of-tory-cuts-stitch-up\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Read More \u2013 Source<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n[contf]<br \/>\n[contfnew]<br \/>\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/loopup.com\/app\/uploads\/2016\/08\/cityam-logo.jpeg\" \/><\/p>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cityam.com\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">CityAM<\/a><\/h5>\n<p>[contfnewc]<br \/>\n[contfnewc]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The RMT rail union has accused Sadiq Khan of carrying out \u201cTory cuts to the Tube\u201d as it protests out..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":123808,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-123807","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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