Mayor Boris Johnson recently announced a range of fare hikes for next year.

Pay as you go Oyster bus fares are rising by 20p to £1.20 and the cost of a weekly bus pass will be £16.60, £2.80 higher than the current price. On average, bus fares are going up by 12.7% and tube fares will increase by 3.9%.

Chuka is joining former Mayor Ken Livingstone in urging people to protest against the rises by emailing Boris Johnson at mayor {at} london.gov(.)uk.

Chuka said: “It is completely unacceptable for Boris to levy increases of up to 20% in the middle of a recession.

“Boris’ excuses are red herrings – these increases could have been avoided by abandoning his plans to subsidise well off polluters at the expense of the rest of us.

Last year Johnson decided to scrap the £25 congestion charge for London’s most polluting vehicles and Chuka is calling him to reverse this decision rather than hitting hard working people with fare hikes.