Date published: 2007/08/20
The BBC says:
Londoners on income support will be required to pay only half the fare on buses, Mayor Ken Livingstone has said.
At least 250,000 people, including single parents, carers and disabled people, will benefit from the low fares costing 50p for a single journey.
The mayor said the low fares follow an oil deal with Venezuela which helped slash fuel expenses for buses by 20%.
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London Assembly Conservative leader Angie Bray said Mr Livingstone should have appealed to the Treasury if he needed financial support."Most Londoners will reflect that the mayor of one of the richest cities in the world buying popularity off the backs of those in one of the poorest cities in the world beggars belief," she said.
Yes, Bray has it spot on, this beggars belief. Livingstone should be ashamed of himself, this is about as low as you can get. How many poor people in Venezuela are going to have to do without the very basics in life just so Livingstone can try and bribe his way to another election win? This is corruption worthy of Bush.
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