The announcement that Go North East will scale back bus services across the North East is utterly predictable. When central government fails to provide proper funding for bus services, companies are forced to cut back on vital bus routes because they are unviable to run. It makes a mockery of levelling up and leaves behind the communities that need public transport the most.
ECHO COLUMN: Lack of bus services makes mockery of Tory levelling-up rhetoric.
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Read Sharon Hodgson MP's report - News from Westminster - Mar-Apr 2016 - number 84
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