Buses get £1 billion boost – how much cash each area will get to improve services confirmed
Bus services will get a cash boost of nearly £1billion in plans to be announced tomorrow.
Transport Secretary Louise Haigh is to reveal who gets what as she vows to deliver London-style services to the whole country.
The Department for Transport said the cash would mean fewer cuts to at-risk routes and make more buses run on time.
And Ms Haigh said it would bring to an end the postcode lottery of unreliable services.
Buses are by far the most popular form of public transport in the UK, with 3.4 billion passenger journeys last year in England.
They can be a vital lifeline for the elderly and rural communities, and support tourism, commuters and the night-time economy in big cities like Manchester.
But decades of deregulation have seen thousands of vital routes axed.
Labour is empowering local councils to take back control of services. Funding will be based on need, levels of deprivation and population instead of making local areas compete with each other for cash. Every region in England will benefit from the new round of funding – but particularly historically neglected rural areas and small towns.
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