LBC has obtained new figures which show that passenger lifts on London Underground have been closed for long periods of time because of a lack of available staff.

LBC’s Political Editor Theo Usherwood has the story.

“I can reveal that lifts have been closed at stations across the underground network for a total of more than 400 hours during the course of 2013 because staff were not available.

Reported by LBC. You can read the full story here. 

Matthew Burgess
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I am a journalist and author. I am a journalist at the UK edition of WIRED magazine. In 2015, my first book Freedom of Information: A Practical Guide for UK Journalists, was published. My second book Reed Hastings: Building Netflix, was published in March 2020. I created FOI Directory in 2012 and have maintained it in my spare time ever since.