Coronavirus: London transport workers 'dropping like flies'
Images of London's rammed Tube carriages have been all over the media and there has been little chance for many key workers using the service to stay two metres away from others.
Tom EdwardsTransport correspondent, London@BBCTomEdwardson Twitter While the problem has eased slightly today, there is still overcrowding in places. The mayor has blamed non-essential travel, aiming in particular at construction workers, but the government says Transport for London (TfL) should run more trains. (There is also disagreement over whether construction workers should be deemed essential - the mayor thinks they shouldn't). That has led to an almighty row and the unions and transport workers have found themselves - for once - on the side of TfL management who say they can't run any more trains due to sickness. Numerous transport workers, critical staff themselves, have direct messaged me via Twitter and they are furious: There are questions about the use of the Night Tube drivers and whether they could be utilised more - I'm told they're not being used at the moment - but for Londoners the last thing they will want is a political row. Transport workers do want to help but at the moment they feel wrongly vilified.