As a regular commuter into London John Jones knows well the cost of the average commute into London.
The River Ward Labour team are working with Medway Labour colleagues across Strood, Rochester, Gillingham and Chatham stations to campaign against the 9% increase in rail fares which stings commuter in the pockets.
The Conservatives in Medway campaigned against fare increases prior to May 2010 but have supported the government's great train robbery.
Cllr Paul Godwin, Leader of the Labour Group says
“We believe the Conservatives have targeted the squeezed middle class commuter and have undertaken a u-turn on promises to voters. Considering the Tories campaigned on this issue, and promised commuters fares would not increase, this is hugely hypocritical”.
“We are now presenting a motion to full council to challenge these false promises calling on the Tory administration to stand up for Medway’s train users”
The Labour Group is concerned about the potential impact of prohibitively high fares for Medway.
Cllr Vince Maple says
“We believe this government’s imposition of year-on-year rail fare increases for Kent’s commuters threatens to damage the Kent economy, deterring visitors, commuters and businesses from coming here”
John Jones and Adetomi Yemi will continue to fight for fair fares.
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