Reacting to the news that tube upgrade works are under threat, as Tube Lines, the public private partnership (PPP) responsible for the work, faces a £1.5 billion funding shortfall, Green Party Member of the London Assembly, Jenny Jones, said:
"Tube Lines staggered on after Metronet collapsed, but it is now clearly seen as part of the problem and not the solution. The PPP was a flawed idea imposed on London by a Government that refused to listen to common sense.
"The PPP has cost Londoners a lot more money than it was meant to and I don’t see why we should go on putting good money after bad whilst suffering weekend delays and broken deadlines for work to be completed. Transport for London should take all the work in house and the PPP disaster must be wound up ."