The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, has cut his share of Council tax saving a family living in a band D property £3.62 per year, or about 1p per day.  What will you do with your extra penny each day?

Of course at the same time he’s increases bus and train fares by more than inflation.  A single journey by bus using your Oyster card will now cost you 5p more (up from £1.35 to £1.40), the cash fare up is up 10p (from £2.30 to £2.40).  On the trains a peak time single from Surbiton to Waterloo is up 20p (from £4.80 to £5.00) and an annual pass for zones 1 to 6 is going up by over £80 per year.

This is sounding similar to the fare increases we reported last year http://stmarksward.mycouncillor.org.uk/2012/01/08/happy-new-year-but-another-bus-fare-increase/