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English local transport funding close to international levels but outputs poorer

Rhodri Clark
30 July 2025
Buses in Chester, where a pilot of “scalable” franchising is confirmed
Buses in Chester, where a pilot of “scalable” franchising is confirmed
 

The DfT’s new Permanent Secretary told the Public Accounts Committee that bus funding in England was getting close to that in international peer economies, but the committee’s chair suggested this was a complacent view of the outcomes from English bus funding.

In her first appearance before a House of Commons committee since becoming Permanent Secretary, Jo Shanmugalingam answered questions from the PAC following the National Audit Office’s recent report on local bus services...

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