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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Mark BrownNorth of England correspondent

Bus drivers’ strike is ‘damaging lives’ in north-east England, says council leader

The central bus station, Sunderland – view of quite empty concourse with several people standing around and one bus in background
The central bus station, Sunderland. Large parts of the bus network across Northumberland, Tyne and Wear and County Durham have been affected by the strikes. Photograph: Gary Calton/The Observer

A bus company has been accused of damaging the daily lives of passengers as people in north-east England are forced to stay at home, missing work, medical appointments and college because of a bitter pay dispute with its drivers.

Martin Gannon, the leader of Gateshead council and chair of the north-east joint transport committee, said what was happening as a result of the Go North East industrial action was “an absolute disgrace”.

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