Tubes Covered in Graffiti Despite Cleaning Contracts Costing Taxpayer £155 Million Every Year – Guido Fawkes

EXC: Tubes Covered in Graffiti Despite Cleaning Contracts Costing Taxpayer £155 Million Every Year

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Tom Harwood and the Looking For Growth campaign made a splash on X over the weekend by cleaning graffiti off a Bakerloo line train. Why is TfL not doing this themselves…

Guido had a look at how much taxpayers are contributing towards the non-existent graffiti-cleaning services procured by TfL. Since at least 2017 cleaning services have been performed by ABM Facility Services with repeated contract extensions. The bill to taxpayers has only risen…

A 60-month tender from earlier this year for cleaning services including “Graffiti Removal Services” on “London Underground sites and trains” is worth £775 million excluding VAT. That means taxpayers are paying £12.9 million per month for graffiti cleaning on the Tube. £3.2 million per week, £461,310 per day…

TfL’s excuse for the train Harwood cleaned was that “a track defect in the depot meant we were unable to use our automatic train wash for a few weeks.” Guido doesn’t think that will wash with Londoners…