Nearly three years ago, when @jeremycorbyn raised bus services in #PMQs, Tory MPs yelled "Taxi!"
Today, @michaelgove is announcing plans to put buses at the heart of 'levelling up'.
Yet bus users in many areas in the north are facing even worse services/higher costs now.
Today, @michaelgove is announcing plans to put buses at the heart of 'levelling up'.
Yet bus users in many areas in the north are facing even worse services/higher costs now.
One of the reasons for services being cut back is a big shortage of drivers. Add in years of budget cuts, deregulation, and you get pensioners waiting for upto an hour in the cold for buses that don't arrive.
And then having to, yes, order a taxi to do their weekly shop.
And then having to, yes, order a taxi to do their weekly shop.
Without hard cash for public transport, Levelling Up will be another broken promise on a 'Boris Bus'.
inews.co.uk/opinion/levell…
inews.co.uk/opinion/levell…
Includes this spot-the-difference competition:
2021 PM's Build Bus Better plan for "great bus services to *everyone, everywhere*"
2022 Gove press release “The govt will fund ambitious plans for bus improvement *where this can make the most impact* inc the mayoral city-regions"
2021 PM's Build Bus Better plan for "great bus services to *everyone, everywhere*"
2022 Gove press release “The govt will fund ambitious plans for bus improvement *where this can make the most impact* inc the mayoral city-regions"
More on this whole topic with the @michaelgove v @lisanandy showdown after #PMQs. Followed by @grantshapps v @LouHaigh in coming weeks.
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