Andy Burnham praised after confirming bus fares across Greater Manchester will be capped at £2 a journey from next month
Burnham described his announcement as ‘a glimmer of light in tough times’.
Burnham described his announcement as ‘a glimmer of light in tough times’.
“Brilliant news for the people of Greater Manchester.”
From September 2022, people won’t pay more than £2 for a single journey across Greater Manchester
“A universal basic income will put a solid foundation beneath everybody so that they can have a life with security and stop worrying about everything.”
Andy Burnham says the privatisation of public transport has failed.
As calls are made for scandal-hit P&O Ferries to be nationalised, Manchester is celebrating taking control of its public transport with the era of £4 single bus fares coming to an end.
‘You cut councils in their budget then you campaign against council tax rises when councils have no other choice but to do that.’
‘From 2007 to 2019, annual bus passenger journeys in Scotland plummeted by 121 million’
It follows a series of scandals over ‘pork barrel’ politics in the government’s levelling up spending.
‘Of those surveyed, 35% of voters think Keir Starmer should quit as Labour leader, compared to 28% who think he should stay on.’