Thousands of bus services axed under Conservatives, as Labour outlines plan to fix broken system

Thursday, 27 April 2023 22:30

Shock new figures reveal thousands of bus services have been axed under the Conservatives, as Labour today (Friday 28 April) pledges the first steps in the biggest bus overhaul in decades. Despite the Conservatives promising services that “run so often you wouldn’t need a timetable”, in 2022 the total number of miles driven by buses plummeted by 175 million compared to 2016, with over 1,000 services lost in the last year alone. Meanwhile fares surged by 51%,...Request free trial