Entries tagged with “Income Support” from Working For Walthamstow

This week, Boris Johnson made one of his first policy decisions and announced he is planning to end the deal which gives half price travel cards to Londoners on income support. I know how popular this has been in Walthamstow - over 3,000 people here, alone, could be affected by this cut, and of those many are carers or have young children. Doubling the cost of transport can make all the difference to being able to get to hospital appointments, job interviews or family events. The scheme is set to finish on the 20 August so hopefully there is time to encourage the new Mayor to change his mind and make sure London is a city open to all. If you would like to help campaign on this issue please do get in touch - and I've set up a Facebook group you can also join to register your support for retaining this scheme.