London builders have ‘until middle of this week’ to cut Tube overcrowding or face sites being shut down

By Dave Rogers and Jonathan Owen2021-01-18T06:00:00

Emergency summit called last Friday afternoon in aftermath of government threat

Building bosses have spent the weekend drawing up plans in response to threats by the government to shut down sites in London amid concerns over the numbers of workers using public transport.

An emergency summit on the issue was held on Friday afternoon with around 40 chief executives of London’s biggest contractors along with officials from the business department and representatives from London Underground working out how to cut the number of builders using the network.

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