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New TfL commissioner must have workforce at heart, transport unions says
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A CHANGE in leadership at Transport for London (TfL) could signal more Tory funding cuts, transport unions warned today.

TSSA urged the next boss of the strike-hit local government body to have its workforce “at heart” as management comes under increasing pressure to find billions of pounds’ worth of savings following the financial impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. 

The call came after commissioner Andy Byford announced that he will leave the organisation at the end of October.

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