DfT must face up to implications of bus service cuts, says select committee

Aug 11

The government has been accused of failing to monitor or understand the impact of last year’s comprehensive spending review on bus services by a cross-party of group of MPs.

In its report on bus services after the spending review, the Commons Transport Committee concluded that the industry faces its “greatest financial challenge for a generation” as a result of current cuts to local authority grants, concessionary fare reimbursement, and planned cuts to Bus Service...

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