Leader - Boris is right to make firms pay for Crossrail

Regeneration & Renewal, 25 May 2009

Last week, Boris Johnson became something he has previously struggled to be - an executive mayor. Johnson came to power full of warm words about working in partnership with the boroughs and business, so much so that many students of London government wondered if he grasped that governing the capricious, unruly metropolis requires a firm hand.

But on Crossrail, the mayor has found new strength. The planned Business Rates Supplement is needed to extract from firms the cash to part fund this vast rail project. However,...

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