He said: "This self-authored code doesn't acknowledge the need to cap charges and remove debt recovery fees.
Transport for London (TfL) is appealing to the government for funding. If the project is approved, TfL believes construction could start in the 2030s with services running by 2040.It is estimated the extension would cost between £5.2bn and £8.7bn, based on figures from 2021. The line would be extended south from Elephant and Castle to Lewisham via New Cross Gate, with new stations proposed at Old Kent Road and Burgess Park.
Over the next eight months, TfL hopes to encourage the acceleration of its finance request once designs by architects at WW+P are under way, with civil engineering matters managed by AECOM.Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has proposed setting up a "Bakerloop" bus service as an interim service.Mr Khan’s re-election manifesto this year included a pledge "to work with a Labour government to take the necessary steps to give Londoners the services they deserve", including a "push" for the Bakerloo line extension.
The extension could provide a £1.5bn boost to the economy each year, according to Shadi Shekarrizi, AECOM’s rail director for London and the South East.She said the new stations would support regeneration and incentivise new housing development, while reducing traffic congestion and overcrowding on local public transport and improving air quality.
The leader of Brent Council, Muhammed Butt,
urging it to release the project’s required funding, arguing that the project could "unlock 20,400 homes and 9,700 jobs and deliver a £1.5bn boost to our national economy".Industrial action follows the university also saying it was in the "very early stages" of opening a new campus in India.
A spokesperson said it was working to "address financial pressures" like other universities across the UK."[This] is why our senior management have been exploring opportunities overseas including a possible campus in India," they said.
Prof Perry said: "Gambling on the international student market and expansion through new buildings is going to cost our jobs unless we do something about it."He said planned cuts at Newcastle University, as well as those planned at Sunderland and Durham, were a "recipe for recession" in north-east England.