03/01/2017 London News

The government and the Mayor have faced criticism

There were protests this morning alongside commuters

returning to work, many of whom found their journeys

We can join Claudia-Liza Armah who's got the details.

It was not the start to the new year many were hoping for and it all

kicked off when price hikes were announced in rail fares and that

average rise of 2.3% was met by protests in London outside King's

Cross where predators were angry at what they described as a rail

rip-off -- protesters. They are saying they are spending six times

more on rail fares compared to be put in Europe and sometimes cannot

even get a seat. The government defended it today, saying it is

crucial to that all-important improvement works.

Around the rail network there's a lot happening,

I guess, of course, nobody wants to see a fare increase,

but costs rise, pay rises and right now fares are rising

So at least that's a step in the right direction.

It was not just the Transport Secretary defending himself. Sadiq

Khan has been criticised for taking people for falls over that key

campaign pledge he made to freeze transport fares until 2020 -- taking

them for fools. Critics say he has not kept his promise.

If a week is a long time in politics, what about a year?

This was Sadiq Khan last January with a key pledge

The fares you pay in 2020 on bus, Tubes, DLR and London Overground

will be the same fares you pay on May 6th, a day after

I'm hopefully elected as the Mayor of London.

It was one he repeated during the campaign.

I've got a fully funded package to freeze fares over

the next four years, so Londoners pay not a penny more

REPORTER: Did you pay a penny more, Sadiq?

Today he was back at Waterloo, campaigning against rail fare rises

and trumped in the fact that many Transport for London

fares have been frozen, but his promise doesn't apply

to travelcards or the cap on Oyster cards.

Does he think we're completely stupid?

He said before the election that Londoners would not pay a penny more

Well, clearly, a lot of them found out that today they are paying more.

I think the Mayor has got to stop peddling this line

because it's quite clear to most commuters going to work

today, they're paying more for their travelcard and more

for their cap on their Oyster card as well.

It's about time the Mayor started looking at how he can help other

The Mayor insists his freeze on TFL fares will save the average London

household around ?200 over the next four years.

I still point to the Government - look, if I can make TFL fit

for purpose, if I can reduce inefficiencies, if I can

make efficiency savings, if I can increase revenue streams

elsewhere to freeze TFL fares, why can't they do the same

The Mayor also called again today for the Government to hand control

of Southern Rail to Transport for London ahead of another planned

He says he'd talk to the unions to avoid action

Karl mentioned there more industrial action on Southern Rail?

Yes, that's right. If you put that was not bad enough and things could

not get worse on the London train network, it is. Next week as part of

an ongoing dispute with Southern rail bosses, its drivers are going

on strike for a whopping six days which is part of that ongoing

dispute with about -- about driver only operated trains when they have

to mix of the doors are closed, something conductors had to do. This

is how the strike will work. It start next Monday. It will finish on

Saturday the 14th of January, that is all inclusive. It is easier to

explain which services will not be effected which is Thames Link and

GABA express are expected to have trains running every 30 minutes. --

Gatwick Express. Southern is advising its passengers not to even

bother using its rail lines for those six days but my advice for

anybody expecting to use it is to check before you travel. Thank you

very much. So, 2017 will be key

for Britain and Brexit. The Prime Minster has pledged

to officially trigger the process of leaving the EU

by the end of March. This week we're looking at how that

could impact the capital. Tonight the view of EU nationals,

feeling uncertain over There are a lot of unknowns when it

comes to how we might leave the European Union but what we do

know is that it's likely to mean So what's the current picture of EU

nationals in London? In 2015 the total number of EU

migrants living in London In this Polish cafe in south London,

these construction workers from the EU did not seem overly

concerned about their future. I didn't know what it is going to be

after March, but at this moment, I'm just waiting for

the Home Office to send me my I was applying two months ago,

for me and my family. We are in this country

for over ten years. But they are two skilled

workers who have lived The big difference is what happens

going forward and there, depending on what kind of system,

what kind of immigration system we get after Brexit,

we could see a significant reduction in the number of new people coming

in, particularly in low skilled jobs that are least likely to qualify

for any new Visa system. Aga is a waitress in

a so-called low skilled job. That would worry me more than,

you know, what's going EU migrants are not so easily

replaced says her manager. It may not be politically correct

to say so but the fact is there are no Brits in that age

sector of any numbers to replace the Europeans that

are currently working. It's not like the Europeans

have come in and taken And what about the highly

skilled EU migrants, 35% of which are in managerial

or professional roles in London? I think the first thing that comes

to mind is definitely uncertainty. But also I would say a fear

which is sometimes not rational. A lot of people have strong emotion

about Brexit but I think I think we should wait and see

what is going to happen. With London's workforce reliant

on EU migrants of all skilled types, On the one hand, you might expect

that more people would come in anticipation of the fact that it

might be more difficult On the other hand, a lot will depend

on the state of the economy and it is possible that people's

uncertainty about whether they will be able to state

and about the political implications of the referendum result could make

the UK less attractive. All EU workers living in London

will be waiting to see Sales of vinyl records have hit

a 25-year high boosted by a new generation of music lovers

who may not even play them. It's thought instead they may be

bought as collectors' items - last year's top selling artist

was Londoner David Bowie. David Sillito has been a record

store in Soho to find out more. For Phil Barton of Sister Ray

records, there is no debate. Music just sounds better when it

comes on a 12 inch disk, However, things have

begun to change. Listen, ten years ago

I would have given you the keys to the shop and said,

look, you know, I can't make So I didn't realise this

stuff was still going David Bowie was the biggest

seller last year. Prince was also in the top ten

along with Amy Winehouse, Over the last ten years,

sales have grown by 1500%. However, a recent survey

found that nearly half, Of course it is worth putting this

into some sort of context because imagine that each of these

records represents a million sales. The BPI says that if you add

in streaming, digital downloads, CDs, about 123 million albums

were sold last year. And the number of vinyl albums sold

last year, 3 million. But both are dwarfed by the real

music titan, streaming. Streaming is a totally

different beast really. 45 billion streams, it is at

the other end of the spectrum. It is not really recorded

music in the physical Even Drake, the world's

most streamed artist, has now issued his back catalogue

on vinyl after discovering But for most fans of Justin Bieber

and the other kings of streaming, this way of listening

is ancient history. I'll say goodnight now,

and leave you with Chris Fawkes We did manage to get a bit of

sunshine today but since then the skies have been turning cloudier and

overnight it will be a largely dry night. Where there are any gaps in

the cloud it is possible to get the odd pockets of frost in the

countryside but the most it is frost free but quite chilly with tempered

is between two and 4 degrees. This is Wednesday, a lot of cloud, the

odd spot of rain but it will not amount to much and for most of us it

will be dry. In the afternoon we should seize sunshine coming back

out and temperatures climbing to about 8 degrees. With those clear

skies, tomorrow night it will be freezing cold with temperatures in

the coldest spots potentially down to -6 or -7. Thursday should be

decent but it turns cloudier and milder later in the week. That is it

from me but coming up next is the national picture. Good evening. But

frost or not of frost, that is the weather question for tomorrow and

the answer is no, probably not because of this weather front that

is slipping south from Scotland, maybe towards the south-west where

we might have one or two pockets of clearer skies. The real cold air is

in the north, behind that cold front and that will be as significant as

we move into Thursday morning. It means that overnight temperatures

will stay just above freezing with the exception in parts of Scotland.

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