A bus operator has been accused of operating a 'scorched earth' policy in cutting services in deprived communities.
Birkenhead MP Mick Whitley has told the operator Arriva that 'enough is enough' and demanded a meeting to discuss the company's proposed service reductions in his constituency. Arriva and a number of private operators are planning to reduce bus routes and services across the Liverpool City Region government funding that was allocated during the pandemic is set to run out.
Mr Whitley said: "The private companies are busting a gut to make as much money as they can by slashing services to the routes in some of Birkenhead’s poorest and most deprived areas prior to Liverpool City Region re-regulating the buses. But as well as bringing them back under municipal control, we urgently needed to stop Arriva’s scorched earth policy now."
